diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 4c4d397..8f240ea 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ obj-y = vl.o async.o monitor.o pci.o pci_host.o pcie_host.o machine.o gdbstub.o
 # virtio has to be here due to weird dependency between PCI and virtio-net.
 # need to fix this properly
 obj-y += virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o virtio-pci.o virtio-serial-bus.o
+obj-y += virtio-9p.o virtio-9p-debug.o
 obj-y += rwhandler.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += kvm.o kvm-all.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_MMIO) += isa_mmio.o
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c b/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..060337f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p-debug.c
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio 9p PDU debug
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2010
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+#include "virtio.h"
+#include "pc.h"
+#include "virtio-9p.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+
+#define BUG_ON(cond) assert(!(cond))
+
+extern int dotu;
+static FILE *llogfile;
+
+static struct iovec *get_sg(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx)
+{
+    if (rx)
+	return pdu->elem.in_sg;
+    return pdu->elem.out_sg;
+}
+
+static void pprint_int8(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp,
+						const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int8_t value;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + sizeof(value)) > sg[0].iov_len);
+
+    memcpy(&value, sg[0].iov_base + offset, sizeof(value));
+    offset += sizeof(value);
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s=0x%x", name, value);
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_int16(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp,
+						const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int16_t value;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + sizeof(value)) > sg[0].iov_len);
+
+    memcpy(&value, sg[0].iov_base + offset, sizeof(value));
+    offset += sizeof(value);
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s=0x%x", name, value);
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_int32(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp,
+						const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int32_t value;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + sizeof(value)) > sg[0].iov_len);
+
+    memcpy(&value, sg[0].iov_base + offset, sizeof(value));
+    offset += sizeof(value);
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s=0x%x", name, value);
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_int64(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp,
+						const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int64_t value;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + sizeof(value)) > sg[0].iov_len);
+
+    memcpy(&value, sg[0].iov_base + offset, sizeof(value));
+    offset += sizeof(value);
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s=0x%" PRIx64, name, value);
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_str(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int16_t size;
+    size_t result;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + 2) > sg[0].iov_len);
+    memcpy(&size, sg[0].iov_base + offset, 2);
+    offset += 2;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + size) > sg[0].iov_len);
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s=", name);
+    result = fwrite(sg[0].iov_base + offset, 1, size, llogfile);
+    BUG_ON(result != size);
+    offset += size;
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_qid(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={", name);
+    pprint_int8(pdu, rx, offsetp, "type");
+    pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", version");
+    pprint_int64(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", path");
+    fprintf(llogfile, "}");
+}
+
+static void pprint_stat(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={", name);
+    pprint_int16(pdu, rx, offsetp, "size");
+    pprint_int16(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", type");
+    pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", dev");
+    pprint_qid(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", qid");
+    pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", mode");
+    pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", atime");
+    pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", mtime");
+    pprint_int64(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", length");
+    pprint_str(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", name");
+    pprint_str(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", uid");
+    pprint_str(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", gid");
+    pprint_str(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", muid");
+    if (dotu) {
+	pprint_str(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", extension");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", uid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", gid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, rx, offsetp, ", muid");
+    }
+    fprintf(llogfile, "}");
+}
+
+static void pprint_strs(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int16_t count, i;
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={", name);
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + 2) > sg[0].iov_len);
+    memcpy(&count, sg[0].iov_base + offset, 2);
+    offset += 2;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	char str[512];
+	if (i)
+	    fprintf(llogfile, ", ");
+	snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "[%d]", i);
+	pprint_str(pdu, rx, &offset, str);
+    }
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "}");
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_qids(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    int16_t count, i;
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={", name);
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + 2) > sg[0].iov_len);
+    memcpy(&count, sg[0].iov_base + offset, 2);
+    offset += 2;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	char str[512];
+	if (i)
+	    fprintf(llogfile, ", ");
+	snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "[%d]", i);
+	pprint_qid(pdu, rx, &offset, str);
+    }
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "}");
+
+    *offsetp = offset;
+}
+
+static void pprint_sg(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    unsigned int count;
+    int i;
+
+    if (rx)
+	count = pdu->elem.in_num;
+    else
+	count = pdu->elem.out_num;
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={", name);
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	if (i)
+	    fprintf(llogfile, ", ");
+	fprintf(llogfile, "(%p, 0x%zx)", sg[i].iov_base, sg[i].iov_len);
+    }
+    fprintf(llogfile, "}");
+}
+
+/* FIXME: read from a directory fid returns serialized stat_t's */
+#ifdef DEBUG_DATA
+static void pprint_data(V9fsPDU *pdu, int rx, size_t *offsetp, const char *name)
+{
+    struct iovec *sg = get_sg(pdu, rx);
+    size_t offset = *offsetp;
+    unsigned int count;
+    int32_t size;
+    int total, i, j;
+    ssize_t len;
+
+    if (rx)
+	count = pdu->elem.in_num;
+    else
+	count = pdu->elem.out_num;
+
+    BUG_ON((offset + sizeof(size)) > sg[0].iov_len);
+
+    memcpy(&size, sg[0].iov_base + offset, sizeof(size));
+    offset += sizeof(size);
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "size: %x\n", size);
+
+    sg[0].iov_base += 11; /* skip header */
+    sg[0].iov_len -= 11;
+
+    total = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	    total += sg[i].iov_len;
+	    if (total >= size) {
+		    /* trim sg list so writev does the right thing */
+		    sg[i].iov_len -= (total - size);
+		    i++;
+		    break;
+	    }
+    }
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, "%s={\"", name);
+    fflush(llogfile);
+    for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+	    if (j) {
+		    fprintf(llogfile, "\", \"");
+		    fflush(llogfile);
+	    }
+
+	    do {
+		    len = writev(fileno(llogfile), &sg[j], 1);
+	    } while (len == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+	    fprintf(llogfile, "len == %ld: %m\n", len);
+	    BUG_ON(len != sg[j].iov_len);
+    }
+    fprintf(llogfile, "\"}");
+
+    sg[0].iov_base -= 11;
+    sg[0].iov_len += 11;
+
+}
+#endif
+
+void pprint_pdu(V9fsPDU *pdu);
+
+void pprint_pdu(V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    size_t offset = 7;
+
+    if (llogfile == NULL)
+	llogfile = fopen("/tmp/pdu.log", "w");
+
+    switch (pdu->id) {
+    case P9_TVERSION: {
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TVERSION: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "msize");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", version");
+	break;
+    }
+    case P9_RVERSION:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RVERSION: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, "msize");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 1, &offset, ", version");
+	break;
+    case P9_TAUTH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TAUTH: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "afid");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", uname");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", aname");
+	if (dotu)
+	    pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", n_uname");
+	break;
+    case P9_RAUTH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RAUTH: (");
+	pprint_qid(pdu, 1, &offset, "qid");
+	break;
+    case P9_TATTACH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TATTACH: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", afid");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", uname");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", aname");
+	if (dotu)
+	    pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", n_uname");
+	break;
+    case P9_RATTACH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RATTACH: (");
+	pprint_qid(pdu, 1, &offset, "qid");
+	break;
+    case P9_TERROR:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TERROR: (");
+	break;
+    case P9_RERROR:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RERROR: (");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 1, &offset, "ename");
+	if (dotu)
+	    pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, ", ecode");
+	break;
+    case P9_TFLUSH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TFLUSH: (");
+	pprint_int16(pdu, 0, &offset, "oldtag");
+	break;
+    case P9_RFLUSH:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RFLUSH: (");
+	break;
+    case P9_TWALK:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TWALK: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", newfid");
+	pprint_strs(pdu, 0, &offset, ", wnames");
+	break;
+    case P9_RWALK:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RWALK: (");
+	pprint_qids(pdu, 1, &offset, "wqids");
+	break;
+    case P9_TOPEN:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TOPEN: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_int8(pdu, 0, &offset, ", mode");
+	break;
+    case P9_ROPEN:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "ROPEN: (");
+	pprint_qid(pdu, 1, &offset, "qid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, ", iounit");
+	break;
+    case P9_TCREATE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TCREATE: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", name");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", perm");
+	pprint_int8(pdu, 0, &offset, ", mode");
+	if (dotu)
+	    pprint_str(pdu, 0, &offset, ", extension");
+	break;
+    case P9_RCREATE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RCREATE: (");
+	pprint_qid(pdu, 1, &offset, "qid");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, ", iounit");
+	break;
+    case P9_TREAD:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TREAD: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_int64(pdu, 0, &offset, ", offset");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", count");
+	pprint_sg(pdu, 0, &offset, ", sg");
+	break;
+    case P9_RREAD:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RREAD: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, "count");
+	pprint_sg(pdu, 1, &offset, ", sg");
+	offset = 7;
+#ifdef DEBUG_DATA
+	pprint_data(pdu, 1, &offset, ", data");
+#endif
+	break;
+    case P9_TWRITE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TWRITE: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	pprint_int64(pdu, 0, &offset, ", offset");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, ", count");
+	break;
+    case P9_RWRITE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RWRITE: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 1, &offset, "count");
+	break;
+    case P9_TCLUNK:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TCLUNK: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	break;
+    case P9_RCLUNK:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RCLUNK: (");
+	break;
+    case P9_TREMOVE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TREMOVE: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	break;
+    case P9_RREMOVE:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RREMOVE: (");
+	break;
+    case P9_TSTAT:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TSTAT: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	break;
+    case P9_RSTAT:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RSTAT: (");
+	offset += 2; /* ignored */
+	pprint_stat(pdu, 1, &offset, "stat");
+	break;
+    case P9_TWSTAT:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "TWSTAT: (");
+	pprint_int32(pdu, 0, &offset, "fid");
+	offset += 2; /* ignored */
+	pprint_stat(pdu, 0, &offset, ", stat");
+	break;
+    case P9_RWSTAT:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "RWSTAT: (");
+	break;
+    default:
+	fprintf(llogfile, "unknown(%d): (", pdu->id);
+	break;
+    }
+
+    fprintf(llogfile, ")\n");
+}
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p.c b/hw/virtio-9p.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93402c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p.c
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio 9p backend
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2010
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "virtio.h"
+#include "pc.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "virtio-9p.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/* from Linux's linux/virtio_9p.h */
+
+/* The ID for virtio console */
+#define VIRTIO_ID_9P	9
+/* Maximum number of virtio channels per partition (1 for now) */
+#define MAX_9P_CHAN	1
+
+#define MAX_REQ		128
+
+#define BUG_ON(cond) assert(!(cond))
+
+typedef struct V9fsFidState V9fsFidState;
+
+typedef struct V9fsString
+{
+    int16_t size;
+    char *data;
+} V9fsString;
+
+typedef struct V9fsQID
+{
+    int8_t type;
+    int32_t version;
+    int64_t path;
+} V9fsQID;
+
+typedef struct V9fsStat
+{
+    int16_t size;
+    int16_t type;
+    int32_t dev;
+    V9fsQID qid;
+    int32_t mode;
+    int32_t atime;
+    int32_t mtime;
+    int64_t length;
+    V9fsString name;
+    V9fsString uid;
+    V9fsString gid;
+    V9fsString muid;
+    /* 9p2000.u */
+    V9fsString extension;
+    int32_t n_uid;
+    int32_t n_gid;
+    int32_t n_muid;
+} V9fsStat;
+
+struct V9fsFidState
+{
+    int32_t fid;
+    V9fsString path;
+    int fd;
+    DIR *dir;
+    uid_t uid;
+    V9fsFidState *next;
+};
+
+typedef struct V9fsState
+{
+    VirtIODevice vdev;
+    VirtQueue *vq;
+    V9fsPDU pdus[MAX_REQ];
+    V9fsPDU *free_pdu;
+    V9fsFidState *fid_list;
+    char *root;
+    uid_t uid;
+} V9fsState;
+
+int dotu = 1;
+int debug_9p_pdu = 1;
+
+extern void pprint_pdu(V9fsPDU *pdu);
+
+static V9fsPDU *alloc_pdu(V9fsState *s)
+{
+    V9fsPDU *pdu = NULL;
+
+    if (s->free_pdu) {
+	pdu = s->free_pdu;
+	s->free_pdu = pdu->next;
+    }
+
+    return pdu;
+}
+
+static void free_pdu(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (pdu) {
+	pdu->next = s->free_pdu;
+	s->free_pdu = pdu;
+    }
+}
+
+static void v9fs_version(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_attach(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_stat(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_walk(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_clunk(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_open(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_write(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_create(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_flush(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_remove(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_wstat(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+}
+
+typedef void (pdu_handler_t)(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu);
+
+static pdu_handler_t *pdu_handlers[] = {
+    [P9_TVERSION] = v9fs_version,
+    [P9_TATTACH] = v9fs_attach,
+    [P9_TSTAT] = v9fs_stat,
+    [P9_TWALK] = v9fs_walk,
+    [P9_TCLUNK] = v9fs_clunk,
+    [P9_TOPEN] = v9fs_open,
+    [P9_TREAD] = v9fs_read,
+#if 0
+    [P9_TAUTH] = v9fs_auth,
+#endif
+    [P9_TFLUSH] = v9fs_flush,
+    [P9_TCREATE] = v9fs_create,
+    [P9_TWRITE] = v9fs_write,
+    [P9_TWSTAT] = v9fs_wstat,
+    [P9_TREMOVE] = v9fs_remove,
+};
+
+static void submit_pdu(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    pdu_handler_t *handler;
+
+    if (debug_9p_pdu)
+	pprint_pdu(pdu);
+
+    BUG_ON(pdu->id >= ARRAY_SIZE(pdu_handlers));
+
+    handler = pdu_handlers[pdu->id];
+    BUG_ON(handler == NULL);
+
+    handler(s, pdu);
+}
+
+static void handle_9p_output(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
+{
+    V9fsState *s = (V9fsState *)vdev;
+    V9fsPDU *pdu;
+    ssize_t len;
+
+    while ((pdu = alloc_pdu(s)) &&
+	   (len = virtqueue_pop(vq, &pdu->elem)) != 0) {
+	uint8_t *ptr;
+
+	BUG_ON(pdu->elem.out_num == 0 || pdu->elem.in_num == 0);
+	BUG_ON(pdu->elem.out_sg[0].iov_len < 7);
+
+	ptr = pdu->elem.out_sg[0].iov_base;
+
+	memcpy(&pdu->size, ptr, 4);
+	pdu->id = ptr[4];
+	memcpy(&pdu->tag, ptr + 5, 2);
+
+	submit_pdu(s, pdu);
+    }
+
+    free_pdu(s, pdu);
+}
+
+static uint32_t virtio_9p_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint32_t features)
+{
+    return features;
+}
+
+VirtIODevice *virtio_9p_init(DeviceState *dev, const char *path)
+{
+    V9fsState *s;
+    int i;
+
+    s = (V9fsState *)virtio_common_init("virtio-9p",
+				     VIRTIO_ID_9P,
+				     0, sizeof(V9fsState));
+
+    /* initialize pdu allocator */
+    s->free_pdu = &s->pdus[0];
+    for (i = 0; i < (MAX_REQ - 1); i++)
+	s->pdus[i].next = &s->pdus[i + 1];
+    s->pdus[i].next = NULL;
+
+    s->vq = virtio_add_queue(&s->vdev, MAX_REQ, handle_9p_output);
+    BUG_ON(s->vq == NULL);
+
+    s->root = strdup("/");
+    BUG_ON(s->root == NULL);
+    s->uid = -1;
+
+    s->vdev.get_features = virtio_9p_get_features;
+
+    return &s->vdev;
+}
diff --git a/hw/virtio-9p.h b/hw/virtio-9p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3945f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio-9p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#ifndef _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_H
+#define _QEMU_VIRTIO_9P_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <utime.h>
+
+enum {
+	P9_TVERSION = 100,
+	P9_RVERSION,
+	P9_TAUTH = 102,
+	P9_RAUTH,
+	P9_TATTACH = 104,
+	P9_RATTACH,
+	P9_TERROR = 106,
+	P9_RERROR,
+	P9_TFLUSH = 108,
+	P9_RFLUSH,
+	P9_TWALK = 110,
+	P9_RWALK,
+	P9_TOPEN = 112,
+	P9_ROPEN,
+	P9_TCREATE = 114,
+	P9_RCREATE,
+	P9_TREAD = 116,
+	P9_RREAD,
+	P9_TWRITE = 118,
+	P9_RWRITE,
+	P9_TCLUNK = 120,
+	P9_RCLUNK,
+	P9_TREMOVE = 122,
+	P9_RREMOVE,
+	P9_TSTAT = 124,
+	P9_RSTAT,
+	P9_TWSTAT = 126,
+	P9_RWSTAT,
+};
+
+
+/* qid.types */
+enum {
+	P9_QTDIR = 0x80,
+	P9_QTAPPEND = 0x40,
+	P9_QTEXCL = 0x20,
+	P9_QTMOUNT = 0x10,
+	P9_QTAUTH = 0x08,
+	P9_QTTMP = 0x04,
+	P9_QTSYMLINK = 0x02,
+	P9_QTLINK = 0x01,
+	P9_QTFILE = 0x00,
+};
+
+#define P9_NOTAG	(u16)(~0)
+#define P9_NOFID	(u32)(~0)
+#define P9_MAXWELEM	16
+
+typedef struct V9fsPDU V9fsPDU;
+
+struct V9fsPDU
+{
+    uint32_t size;
+    uint16_t tag;
+    uint8_t id;
+    VirtQueueElement elem;
+    V9fsPDU *next;
+};
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index bcd40f7..f837376 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct {
     BlockConf block;
     NICConf nic;
     uint32_t host_features;
+    char *share_path;
     /* Max. number of ports we can have for a the virtio-serial device */
     uint32_t max_virtserial_ports;
 } VirtIOPCIProxy;
@@ -551,6 +552,21 @@ static int virtio_balloon_init_pci(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int virtio_9p_init_pci(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
+{
+    VirtIOPCIProxy *proxy = DO_UPCAST(VirtIOPCIProxy, pci_dev, pci_dev);
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+
+    vdev = virtio_9p_init(&pci_dev->qdev, proxy->share_path);
+    virtio_init_pci(proxy, vdev,
+		    PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET,
+		    0x1009,
+		    0x2,
+		    0x00);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static PCIDeviceInfo virtio_info[] = {
     {
         .qdev.name = "virtio-blk-pci",
@@ -604,6 +620,15 @@ static PCIDeviceInfo virtio_info[] = {
         },
         .qdev.reset = virtio_pci_reset,
     },{
+        .qdev.name = "virtio-9p-pci",
+        .qdev.size = sizeof(VirtIOPCIProxy),
+        .init      = virtio_9p_init_pci,
+        .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
+            DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
+            DEFINE_PROP_STRING("share_path", VirtIOPCIProxy, share_path),
+            DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+        },
+    },{
         /* end of list */
     }
 };
diff --git a/hw/virtio.h b/hw/virtio.h
index 3baa2a3..4032a96 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.h
+++ b/hw/virtio.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ VirtIODevice *virtio_blk_init(DeviceState *dev, BlockConf *conf);
 VirtIODevice *virtio_net_init(DeviceState *dev, NICConf *conf);
 VirtIODevice *virtio_serial_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t max_nr_ports);
 VirtIODevice *virtio_balloon_init(DeviceState *dev);
+VirtIODevice *virtio_9p_init(DeviceState *dev, const char *path);
 
 void virtio_net_exit(VirtIODevice *vdev);
 
