diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 96a4eeb5a5..de5426f672 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -436,7 +436,15 @@ M: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
 W: https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/HVF
 S: Maintained
 F: target/i386/hvf/
+
+HVF
+M: Cameron Esfahani <dirty@apple.com>
+M: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
+W: https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/HVF
+S: Maintained
+F: accel/hvf/
 F: include/sysemu/hvf.h
+F: include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
 
 WHPX CPUs
 M: Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@microsoft.com>
diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-all.c b/accel/hvf/hvf-all.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f185b0830a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/hvf/hvf-all.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Hypervisor.framework support
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ * Contributions after 2012-01-13 are licensed under the terms of the
+ * GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "sysemu/hvf.h"
+#include "sysemu/hvf_int.h"
+
+void assert_hvf_ok(hv_return_t ret)
+{
+    if (ret == HV_SUCCESS) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    switch (ret) {
+    case HV_ERROR:
+        error_report("Error: HV_ERROR");
+        break;
+    case HV_BUSY:
+        error_report("Error: HV_BUSY");
+        break;
+    case HV_BAD_ARGUMENT:
+        error_report("Error: HV_BAD_ARGUMENT");
+        break;
+    case HV_NO_RESOURCES:
+        error_report("Error: HV_NO_RESOURCES");
+        break;
+    case HV_NO_DEVICE:
+        error_report("Error: HV_NO_DEVICE");
+        break;
+    case HV_UNSUPPORTED:
+        error_report("Error: HV_UNSUPPORTED");
+        break;
+    default:
+        error_report("Unknown Error");
+    }
+
+    abort();
+}
diff --git a/accel/hvf/meson.build b/accel/hvf/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..227b11cd71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/hvf/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+hvf_ss = ss.source_set()
+hvf_ss.add(files(
+  'hvf-all.c',
+))
+
+specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_HVF', if_true: hvf_ss)
diff --git a/accel/meson.build b/accel/meson.build
index b44ba30c86..dfd808d2c8 100644
--- a/accel/meson.build
+++ b/accel/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ specific_ss.add(files('accel-common.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(files('accel-softmmu.c'))
 user_ss.add(files('accel-user.c'))
 
+subdir('hvf')
 subdir('qtest')
 subdir('kvm')
 subdir('tcg')
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h b/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3deb4cfacc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Hypervisor.framework (HVF) support
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+/* header to be included in HVF-specific code */
+
+#ifndef HVF_INT_H
+#define HVF_INT_H
+
+#include <Hypervisor/hv.h>
+
+void assert_hvf_ok(hv_return_t ret);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
index f044181d06..32f42f1592 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 #include "sysemu/hvf.h"
+#include "sysemu/hvf_int.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "hvf-i386.h"
 #include "vmcs.h"
@@ -76,38 +77,6 @@
 
 HVFState *hvf_state;
 
-static void assert_hvf_ok(hv_return_t ret)
-{
-    if (ret == HV_SUCCESS) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    switch (ret) {
-    case HV_ERROR:
-        error_report("Error: HV_ERROR");
-        break;
-    case HV_BUSY:
-        error_report("Error: HV_BUSY");
-        break;
-    case HV_BAD_ARGUMENT:
-        error_report("Error: HV_BAD_ARGUMENT");
-        break;
-    case HV_NO_RESOURCES:
-        error_report("Error: HV_NO_RESOURCES");
-        break;
-    case HV_NO_DEVICE:
-        error_report("Error: HV_NO_DEVICE");
-        break;
-    case HV_UNSUPPORTED:
-        error_report("Error: HV_UNSUPPORTED");
-        break;
-    default:
-        error_report("Unknown Error");
-    }
-
-    abort();
-}
-
 /* Memory slots */
 hvf_slot *hvf_find_overlap_slot(uint64_t start, uint64_t size)
 {