diff --git a/include/hw/arm/smmu-common.h b/include/hw/arm/smmu-common.h
index c41eb5c3b00..7ce95ca0dcb 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/smmu-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/smmu-common.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ typedef struct SMMUDevice {
     int                devfn;
     IOMMUMemoryRegion  iommu;
     AddressSpace       as;
+    uint32_t           cfg_cache_hits;
+    uint32_t           cfg_cache_misses;
 } SMMUDevice;
 
 typedef struct SMMUNotifierNode {
@@ -142,4 +144,7 @@ int smmu_ptw(SMMUTransCfg *cfg, dma_addr_t iova, IOMMUAccessFlags perm,
  */
 SMMUTransTableInfo *select_tt(SMMUTransCfg *cfg, dma_addr_t iova);
 
+/* Return the iommu mr associated to @sid, or NULL if none */
+IOMMUMemoryRegion *smmu_iommu_mr(SMMUState *s, uint32_t sid);
+
 #endif  /* HW_ARM_SMMU_COMMON */
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/smmuv3.h b/include/hw/arm/smmuv3.h
index 23f70363e54..36b2f452539 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/smmuv3.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/smmuv3.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct SMMUv3State {
     SMMUQueue eventq, cmdq;
 
     qemu_irq     irq[4];
+    QemuMutex mutex;
 } SMMUv3State;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/hw/arm/smmu-common.c b/hw/arm/smmu-common.c
index 3c5f7245b52..db242c73dfb 100644
--- a/hw/arm/smmu-common.c
+++ b/hw/arm/smmu-common.c
@@ -310,6 +310,24 @@ static AddressSpace *smmu_find_add_as(PCIBus *bus, void *opaque, int devfn)
     return &sdev->as;
 }
 
+IOMMUMemoryRegion *smmu_iommu_mr(SMMUState *s, uint32_t sid)
+{
+    uint8_t bus_n, devfn;
+    SMMUPciBus *smmu_bus;
+    SMMUDevice *smmu;
+
+    bus_n = PCI_BUS_NUM(sid);
+    smmu_bus = smmu_find_smmu_pcibus(s, bus_n);
+    if (smmu_bus) {
+        devfn = sid & 0x7;
+        smmu = smmu_bus->pbdev[devfn];
+        if (smmu) {
+            return &smmu->iommu;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static void smmu_base_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     SMMUState *s = ARM_SMMU(dev);
@@ -321,7 +339,7 @@ static void smmu_base_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
     }
-
+    s->configs = g_hash_table_new_full(NULL, NULL, NULL, g_free);
     s->smmu_pcibus_by_busptr = g_hash_table_new(NULL, NULL);
 
     if (s->primary_bus) {
@@ -333,7 +351,9 @@ static void smmu_base_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
 static void smmu_base_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
-    /* will be filled later on */
+    SMMUState *s = ARM_SMMU(dev);
+
+    g_hash_table_remove_all(s->configs);
 }
 
 static Property smmu_dev_properties[] = {
diff --git a/hw/arm/smmuv3.c b/hw/arm/smmuv3.c
index 70b8f295aa9..df704c26f8a 100644
--- a/hw/arm/smmuv3.c
+++ b/hw/arm/smmuv3.c
@@ -544,6 +544,58 @@ static int smmuv3_decode_config(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, SMMUTransCfg *cfg,
     return decode_cd(cfg, &cd, event);
 }
 
+/**
+ * smmuv3_get_config - Look up for a cached copy of configuration data for
+ * @sdev and on cache miss performs a configuration structure decoding from
+ * guest RAM.
+ *
+ * @sdev: SMMUDevice handle
+ * @event: output event info
+ *
+ * The configuration cache contains data resulting from both STE and CD
+ * decoding under the form of an SMMUTransCfg struct. The hash table is indexed
+ * by the SMMUDevice handle.
+ */
+static SMMUTransCfg *smmuv3_get_config(SMMUDevice *sdev, SMMUEventInfo *event)
+{
+    SMMUv3State *s = sdev->smmu;
+    SMMUState *bc = &s->smmu_state;
+    SMMUTransCfg *cfg;
+
+    cfg = g_hash_table_lookup(bc->configs, sdev);
+    if (cfg) {
+        sdev->cfg_cache_hits++;
+        trace_smmuv3_config_cache_hit(smmu_get_sid(sdev),
+                            sdev->cfg_cache_hits, sdev->cfg_cache_misses,
+                            100 * sdev->cfg_cache_hits /
+                            (sdev->cfg_cache_hits + sdev->cfg_cache_misses));
+    } else {
+        sdev->cfg_cache_misses++;
+        trace_smmuv3_config_cache_miss(smmu_get_sid(sdev),
+                            sdev->cfg_cache_hits, sdev->cfg_cache_misses,
+                            100 * sdev->cfg_cache_hits /
+                            (sdev->cfg_cache_hits + sdev->cfg_cache_misses));
+        cfg = g_new0(SMMUTransCfg, 1);
+
+        if (!smmuv3_decode_config(&sdev->iommu, cfg, event)) {
+            g_hash_table_insert(bc->configs, sdev, cfg);
+        } else {
+            g_free(cfg);
+            cfg = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    return cfg;
+}
+
+static void smmuv3_flush_config(SMMUDevice *sdev)
+{
+    SMMUv3State *s = sdev->smmu;
+    SMMUState *bc = &s->smmu_state;
+
+    trace_smmuv3_config_cache_inv(smmu_get_sid(sdev));
+    g_hash_table_remove(bc->configs, sdev);
+}
+
 static IOMMUTLBEntry smmuv3_translate(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
                                       IOMMUAccessFlags flag, int iommu_idx)
 {
@@ -553,7 +605,7 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry smmuv3_translate(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
     SMMUEventInfo event = {.type = SMMU_EVT_NONE, .sid = sid};
     SMMUPTWEventInfo ptw_info = {};
     SMMUTranslationStatus status;
-    SMMUTransCfg cfg = {};
+    SMMUTransCfg *cfg = NULL;
     IOMMUTLBEntry entry = {
         .target_as = &address_space_memory,
         .iova = addr,
@@ -562,27 +614,30 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry smmuv3_translate(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
         .perm = IOMMU_NONE,
     };
 
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
+
     if (!smmu_enabled(s)) {
         status = SMMU_TRANS_DISABLE;
         goto epilogue;
     }
 
-    if (smmuv3_decode_config(mr, &cfg, &event)) {
+    cfg = smmuv3_get_config(sdev, &event);
+    if (!cfg) {
         status = SMMU_TRANS_ERROR;
         goto epilogue;
     }
 
-    if (cfg.aborted) {
+    if (cfg->aborted) {
         status = SMMU_TRANS_ABORT;
         goto epilogue;
     }
 
-    if (cfg.bypassed) {
+    if (cfg->bypassed) {
         status = SMMU_TRANS_BYPASS;
         goto epilogue;
     }
 
-    if (smmu_ptw(&cfg, addr, flag, &entry, &ptw_info)) {
+    if (smmu_ptw(cfg, addr, flag, &entry, &ptw_info)) {
         switch (ptw_info.type) {
         case SMMU_PTW_ERR_WALK_EABT:
             event.type = SMMU_EVT_F_WALK_EABT;
@@ -628,6 +683,7 @@ static IOMMUTLBEntry smmuv3_translate(IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
     }
 
 epilogue:
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
     switch (status) {
     case SMMU_TRANS_SUCCESS:
         entry.perm = flag;
@@ -664,6 +720,7 @@ epilogue:
 
 static int smmuv3_cmdq_consume(SMMUv3State *s)
 {
+    SMMUState *bs = ARM_SMMU(s);
     SMMUCmdError cmd_error = SMMU_CERROR_NONE;
     SMMUQueue *q = &s->cmdq;
     SMMUCommandType type = 0;
@@ -698,6 +755,7 @@ static int smmuv3_cmdq_consume(SMMUv3State *s)
 
         trace_smmuv3_cmdq_opcode(smmu_cmd_string(type));
 
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
         switch (type) {
         case SMMU_CMD_SYNC:
             if (CMD_SYNC_CS(&cmd) & CMD_SYNC_SIG_IRQ) {
@@ -706,10 +764,74 @@ static int smmuv3_cmdq_consume(SMMUv3State *s)
             break;
         case SMMU_CMD_PREFETCH_CONFIG:
         case SMMU_CMD_PREFETCH_ADDR:
+            break;
         case SMMU_CMD_CFGI_STE:
+        {
+            uint32_t sid = CMD_SID(&cmd);
+            IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr = smmu_iommu_mr(bs, sid);
+            SMMUDevice *sdev;
+
+            if (CMD_SSEC(&cmd)) {
+                cmd_error = SMMU_CERROR_ILL;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (!mr) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            trace_smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_ste(sid);
+            sdev = container_of(mr, SMMUDevice, iommu);
+            smmuv3_flush_config(sdev);
+
+            break;
+        }
         case SMMU_CMD_CFGI_STE_RANGE: /* same as SMMU_CMD_CFGI_ALL */
+        {
+            uint32_t start = CMD_SID(&cmd), end, i;
+            uint8_t range = CMD_STE_RANGE(&cmd);
+
+            if (CMD_SSEC(&cmd)) {
+                cmd_error = SMMU_CERROR_ILL;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            end = start + (1 << (range + 1)) - 1;
+            trace_smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_ste_range(start, end);
+
+            for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
+                IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr = smmu_iommu_mr(bs, i);
+                SMMUDevice *sdev;
+
+                if (!mr) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                sdev = container_of(mr, SMMUDevice, iommu);
+                smmuv3_flush_config(sdev);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
         case SMMU_CMD_CFGI_CD:
         case SMMU_CMD_CFGI_CD_ALL:
+        {
+            uint32_t sid = CMD_SID(&cmd);
+            IOMMUMemoryRegion *mr = smmu_iommu_mr(bs, sid);
+            SMMUDevice *sdev;
+
+            if (CMD_SSEC(&cmd)) {
+                cmd_error = SMMU_CERROR_ILL;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (!mr) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            trace_smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_cd(sid);
+            sdev = container_of(mr, SMMUDevice, iommu);
+            smmuv3_flush_config(sdev);
+            break;
+        }
         case SMMU_CMD_TLBI_NH_ALL:
         case SMMU_CMD_TLBI_NH_ASID:
         case SMMU_CMD_TLBI_NH_VA:
@@ -735,6 +857,7 @@ static int smmuv3_cmdq_consume(SMMUv3State *s)
                           "Illegal command type: %d\n", CMD_TYPE(&cmd));
             break;
         }
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
         if (cmd_error) {
             break;
         }
@@ -1114,6 +1237,8 @@ static void smmu_realize(DeviceState *d, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    qemu_mutex_init(&s->mutex);
+
     memory_region_init_io(&sys->iomem, OBJECT(s),
                           &smmu_mem_ops, sys, TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3, 0x20000);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/trace-events b/hw/arm/trace-events
index 0ab66bb4a86..8ee4c21dd77 100644
--- a/hw/arm/trace-events
+++ b/hw/arm/trace-events
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ smmuv3_translate_success(const char *n, uint16_t sid, uint64_t iova, uint64_t tr
 smmuv3_get_cd(uint64_t addr) "CD addr: 0x%"PRIx64
 smmuv3_decode_cd(uint32_t oas) "oas=%d"
 smmuv3_decode_cd_tt(int i, uint32_t tsz, uint64_t ttb, uint32_t granule_sz) "TT[%d]:tsz:%d ttb:0x%"PRIx64" granule_sz:%d"
+smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_ste(int streamid) "streamid =%d"
+smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_ste_range(int start, int end) "start=0x%d - end=0x%d"
+smmuv3_cmdq_cfgi_cd(uint32_t sid) "streamid = %d"
+smmuv3_config_cache_hit(uint32_t sid, uint32_t hits, uint32_t misses, uint32_t perc) "Config cache HIT for sid %d (hits=%d, misses=%d, hit rate=%d)"
+smmuv3_config_cache_miss(uint32_t sid, uint32_t hits, uint32_t misses, uint32_t perc) "Config cache MISS for sid %d (hits=%d, misses=%d, hit rate=%d)"
+smmuv3_config_cache_inv(uint32_t sid) "Config cache INV for sid %d"
