diff --git a/tools/kvm/builtin-run.c b/tools/kvm/builtin-run.c
index 7969901..0acfe81 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/builtin-run.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/builtin-run.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static const char *guest_mac;
 static const char *host_mac;
 static const char *script;
 static const char *guest_name;
+static const char *hugetlbfs_path;
 static struct virtio_net_params *net_params;
 static bool single_step;
 static bool readonly_image[MAX_DISK_IMAGES];
@@ -422,6 +423,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('\0', "tty", NULL, "tty id",
 		     "Remap guest TTY into a pty on the host",
 		     tty_parser),
+	OPT_STRING('\0', "hugetlbfs", &hugetlbfs_path, "path", "Hugetlbfs path"),
 
 	OPT_GROUP("Kernel options:"),
 	OPT_STRING('k', "kernel", &kernel_filename, "kernel",
@@ -807,7 +809,7 @@ int kvm_cmd_run(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		guest_name = default_name;
 	}
 
-	kvm = kvm__init(dev, ram_size, guest_name);
+	kvm = kvm__init(dev, hugetlbfs_path, ram_size, guest_name);
 
 	kvm->single_step = single_step;
 
diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/kvm.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/kvm.h
index 5fe6e75..7159952 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/kvm.h
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct kvm_ext {
 void kvm__set_dir(const char *fmt, ...);
 const char *kvm__get_dir(void);
 
-struct kvm *kvm__init(const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const char *name);
+struct kvm *kvm__init(const char *kvm_dev, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size, const char *name);
 int kvm__recommended_cpus(struct kvm *kvm);
 int kvm__max_cpus(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm__init_ram(struct kvm *kvm);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int kvm__enumerate_instances(int (*callback)(const char *name, int pid));
 void kvm__remove_socket(const char *name);
 
 void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video);
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const char *name);
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *kvm_dev, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size, const char *name);
 void kvm__arch_setup_firmware(struct kvm *kvm);
 bool kvm__arch_cpu_supports_vm(void);
 void kvm__arch_periodic_poll(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
index dc2e0b9..1f6fbbd 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
@@ -75,4 +76,7 @@ static inline void msleep(unsigned int msecs)
 {
 	usleep(MSECS_TO_USECS(msecs));
 }
+
+void *mmap_hugetlbfs(const char *htlbfs_path, u64 size);
+
 #endif /* KVM__UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm.c b/tools/kvm/kvm.c
index c54f886..35ca2c5 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int kvm__max_cpus(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct kvm *kvm__init(const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const char *name)
+struct kvm *kvm__init(const char *kvm_dev, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size, const char *name)
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm;
 	int ret;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ struct kvm *kvm__init(const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const char *name)
 	if (kvm__check_extensions(kvm))
 		die("A required KVM extention is not supported by OS");
 
-	kvm__arch_init(kvm, kvm_dev, ram_size, name);
+	kvm__arch_init(kvm, kvm_dev, hugetlbfs_path, ram_size, name);
 
 	kvm->name = name;
 
diff --git a/tools/kvm/util.c b/tools/kvm/util.c
index 4efbce9..90b6a3b 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/util.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/util.c
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 #include "kvm/util.h"
 
+#include <linux/magic.h>	/* For HUGETLBFS_MAGIC */
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
+
 static void report(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	char msg[1024];
@@ -99,3 +104,43 @@ size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
 
 	return res;
 }
+
+void *mmap_hugetlbfs(const char *htlbfs_path, u64 size)
+{
+	char mpath[PATH_MAX];
+	int fd;
+	int r;
+	struct statfs sfs;
+	void *addr;
+
+	do {
+		/*
+		 * QEMU seems to work around this returning EINTR...  Let's do
+		 * that too.
+		 */
+		r = statfs(htlbfs_path, &sfs);
+	} while (r && errno == EINTR);
+
+	if (r)
+		die("Can't stat %s\n", htlbfs_path);
+
+	if (sfs.f_type != HUGETLBFS_MAGIC) {
+		die("%s is not hugetlbfs!\n", htlbfs_path);
+	}
+
+	if (sfs.f_bsize == 0 || (unsigned long)sfs.f_bsize > size) {
+		die("Can't use hugetlbfs pagesize %ld for mem size %lld\n",
+		    sfs.f_bsize, size);
+	}
+
+	snprintf(mpath, PATH_MAX, "%s/kvmtoolXXXXXX", htlbfs_path);
+	fd = mkstemp(mpath);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		die("Can't open %s for hugetlbfs map\n", mpath);
+	unlink(mpath);
+	ftruncate(fd, size);
+	addr = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_RW, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	close(fd);
+
+	return addr;
+}
diff --git a/tools/kvm/x86/kvm.c b/tools/kvm/x86/kvm.c
index a116f4b..31671e7 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/x86/kvm.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/x86/kvm.c
@@ -130,8 +130,22 @@ void kvm__arch_set_cmdline(char *cmdline, bool video)
 		strcat(cmdline, " console=ttyS0 earlyprintk=serial i8042.noaux=1");
 }
 
+/* This function wraps the decision between hugetlbfs map (if requested) or normal mmap */
+static void *mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 size)
+{
+	if (hugetlbfs_path) {
+		/*
+		 * We don't /need/ to map guest RAM from hugetlbfs, but we do so
+		 * if the user specifies a hugetlbfs path.
+		 */
+		return mmap_hugetlbfs(hugetlbfs_path, size);
+	} else {
+		return mmap(NULL, size, PROT_RW, MAP_ANON_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 /* Architecture-specific KVM init */
-void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const char *name)
+void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *kvm_dev, const char *hugetlbfs_path, u64 ram_size, const char *name)
 {
 	struct kvm_pit_config pit_config = { .flags = 0, };
 	int ret;
@@ -147,9 +161,9 @@ void kvm__arch_init(struct kvm *kvm, const char *kvm_dev, u64 ram_size, const ch
 	kvm->ram_size		= ram_size;
 
 	if (kvm->ram_size < KVM_32BIT_GAP_START) {
-		kvm->ram_start = mmap(NULL, ram_size, PROT_RW, MAP_ANON_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+		kvm->ram_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(hugetlbfs_path, ram_size);
 	} else {
-		kvm->ram_start = mmap(NULL, ram_size + KVM_32BIT_GAP_SIZE, PROT_RW, MAP_ANON_NORESERVE, -1, 0);
+		kvm->ram_start = mmap_anon_or_hugetlbfs(hugetlbfs_path, ram_size + KVM_32BIT_GAP_SIZE);
 		if (kvm->ram_start != MAP_FAILED) {
 			/*
 			 * We mprotect the gap (see kvm__init_ram() for details) PROT_NONE so that
