diff --git a/hw/virtio-bus.c b/hw/virtio-bus.c
index b8f656e..6045d8a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-bus.c
@@ -113,6 +113,41 @@ size_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_config_len(VirtioBusState *bus)
     return bus->vdev->config_len;
 }
 
+/* Get the features of the plugged device. */
+uint32_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_features(VirtioBusState *bus,
+                                    uint32_t requested_features)
+{
+    VirtioDeviceClass *k;
+    assert(bus->vdev != NULL);
+    k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(bus->vdev);
+    assert(k->get_features != NULL);
+    return k->get_features(bus->vdev, requested_features);
+}
+
+/* Get bad features of the plugged device. */
+uint32_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_bad_features(VirtioBusState *bus)
+{
+    VirtioDeviceClass *k;
+    assert(bus->vdev != NULL);
+    k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(bus->vdev);
+    if (k->bad_features != NULL) {
+        return k->bad_features(bus->vdev);
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Get config of the plugged device. */
+void virtio_bus_get_vdev_config(VirtioBusState *bus, uint8_t *config)
+{
+    VirtioDeviceClass *k;
+    assert(bus->vdev != NULL);
+    k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(bus->vdev);
+    if (k->get_config != NULL) {
+        k->get_config(bus->vdev, config);
+    }
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo virtio_bus_info = {
     .name = TYPE_VIRTIO_BUS,
     .parent = TYPE_BUS,
diff --git a/hw/virtio-bus.h b/hw/virtio-bus.h
index f378897..7584a0e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-bus.h
+++ b/hw/virtio-bus.h
@@ -83,5 +83,12 @@ void virtio_bus_destroy_device(VirtioBusState *bus);
 uint16_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_id(VirtioBusState *bus);
 /* Get the config_len field of the plugged device. */
 size_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_config_len(VirtioBusState *bus);
+/* Get the features of the plugged device. */
+uint32_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_features(VirtioBusState *bus,
+                                    uint32_t requested_features);
+/* Get bad features of the plugged device. */
+uint32_t virtio_bus_get_vdev_bad_features(VirtioBusState *bus);
+/* Get config of the plugged device. */
+void virtio_bus_get_vdev_config(VirtioBusState *bus, uint8_t *config);
 
 #endif /* VIRTIO_BUS_H */
diff --git a/hw/virtio.c b/hw/virtio.c
index 77b53a9..ca170c3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "virtio.h"
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
+#include "virtio-bus.h"
 
 /* The alignment to use between consumer and producer parts of vring.
  * x86 pagesize again. */
@@ -875,11 +876,16 @@ int virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void virtio_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev)
+void virtio_common_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
     qemu_del_vm_change_state_handler(vdev->vmstate);
     g_free(vdev->config);
     g_free(vdev->vq);
+}
+
+void virtio_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev)
+{
+    virtio_common_cleanup(vdev);
     g_free(vdev);
 }
 
@@ -902,14 +908,10 @@ static void virtio_vmstate_change(void *opaque, int running, RunState state)
     }
 }
 
-VirtIODevice *virtio_common_init(const char *name, uint16_t device_id,
-                                 size_t config_size, size_t struct_size)
+void virtio_init(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *name,
+                 uint16_t device_id, size_t config_size)
 {
-    VirtIODevice *vdev;
     int i;
-
-    vdev = g_malloc0(struct_size);
-
     vdev->device_id = device_id;
     vdev->status = 0;
     vdev->isr = 0;
@@ -917,20 +919,28 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_common_init(const char *name, uint16_t device_id,
     vdev->config_vector = VIRTIO_NO_VECTOR;
     vdev->vq = g_malloc0(sizeof(VirtQueue) * VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX);
     vdev->vm_running = runstate_is_running();
-    for(i = 0; i < VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX; i++) {
         vdev->vq[i].vector = VIRTIO_NO_VECTOR;
         vdev->vq[i].vdev = vdev;
     }
 
     vdev->name = name;
     vdev->config_len = config_size;
-    if (vdev->config_len)
+    if (vdev->config_len) {
         vdev->config = g_malloc0(config_size);
-    else
+    } else {
         vdev->config = NULL;
+    }
+    vdev->vmstate = qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(virtio_vmstate_change,
+                                                     vdev);
+}
 
-    vdev->vmstate = qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(virtio_vmstate_change, vdev);
-
+VirtIODevice *virtio_common_init(const char *name, uint16_t device_id,
+                                 size_t config_size, size_t struct_size)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    vdev = g_malloc0(struct_size);
+    virtio_init(vdev, name, device_id, config_size);
     return vdev;
 }
 
@@ -1056,3 +1066,39 @@ EventNotifier *virtio_queue_get_host_notifier(VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     return &vq->host_notifier;
 }
+
+static int virtio_device_init(DeviceState *qdev)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(qdev);
+    VirtioDeviceClass *k = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(qdev);
+    assert(k->init != NULL);
+    if (k->init(vdev) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    virtio_bus_plug_device(vdev);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtio_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    /* Set the default value here. */
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    dc->init = virtio_device_init;
+    dc->bus_type = TYPE_VIRTIO_BUS;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo virtio_device_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+    .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIODevice),
+    .class_init = virtio_device_class_init,
+    .abstract = true,
+    .class_size = sizeof(VirtioDeviceClass),
+};
+
+static void virtio_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&virtio_device_info);
+}
+
+type_init(virtio_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/virtio.h b/hw/virtio.h
index b9f1873..9cc7b85 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.h
+++ b/hw/virtio.h
@@ -108,8 +108,17 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define VIRTIO_NO_VECTOR 0xffff
 
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE "virtio-device"
+#define VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+        OBJECT_GET_CLASS(VirtioDeviceClass, obj, TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE)
+#define VIRTIO_DEVICE_CLASS(klass) \
+        OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(VirtioDeviceClass, klass, TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE)
+#define VIRTIO_DEVICE(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIODevice, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE)
+
 struct VirtIODevice
 {
+    DeviceState parent_obj;
     const char *name;
     uint8_t status;
     uint8_t isr;
@@ -119,6 +128,10 @@ struct VirtIODevice
     void *config;
     uint16_t config_vector;
     int nvectors;
+    /*
+     * Function pointers will be removed at the end of the series as they are in
+     * VirtioDeviceClass.
+     */
     uint32_t (*get_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t requested_features);
     uint32_t (*bad_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev);
     void (*set_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t val);
@@ -147,6 +160,23 @@ struct VirtIODevice
     VMChangeStateEntry *vmstate;
 };
 
+typedef struct VirtioDeviceClass {
+    /* This is what a VirtioDevice must implement */
+    DeviceClass parent;
+    int (*init)(VirtIODevice *vdev);
+    uint32_t (*get_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t requested_features);
+    uint32_t (*bad_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev);
+    void (*set_features)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t val);
+    void (*get_config)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config);
+    void (*set_config)(VirtIODevice *vdev, const uint8_t *config);
+    void (*reset)(VirtIODevice *vdev);
+    void (*set_status)(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t val);
+} VirtioDeviceClass;
+
+void virtio_init(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *name,
+                         uint16_t device_id, size_t config_size);
+void virtio_common_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev);
+
 VirtQueue *virtio_add_queue(VirtIODevice *vdev, int queue_size,
                             void (*handle_output)(VirtIODevice *,
                                                   VirtQueue *));
