diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
index 94af08410a..acbbe5c4e8 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-scsi.h"
-#if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
-#include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h"
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_SCSI
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-scsi.h"
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ typedef struct VirtIOSerialPCI VirtIOSerialPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIONetPCI VirtIONetPCI;
 typedef struct VHostSCSIPCI VHostSCSIPCI;
 typedef struct VHostUserSCSIPCI VHostUserSCSIPCI;
-typedef struct VHostUserBlkPCI VHostUserBlkPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOGPUPCI VirtIOGPUPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOCryptoPCI VirtIOCryptoPCI;
 
@@ -233,20 +229,6 @@ struct VHostUserSCSIPCI {
     VHostUserSCSI vdev;
 };
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
-/*
- * vhost-user-blk-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
- */
-#define TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI "vhost-user-blk-pci-base"
-#define VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(obj) \
-        OBJECT_CHECK(VHostUserBlkPCI, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI)
-
-struct VHostUserBlkPCI {
-    VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
-    VHostUserBlk vdev;
-};
-#endif
-
 /*
  * virtio-blk-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
  */
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk-pci.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk-pci.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca66c217a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk-pci.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Vhost user blk PCI Bindings
+ *
+ * Copyright(C) 2017 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu@intel.com>
+ *
+ * Largely based on the "vhost-user-scsi.c" and "vhost-scsi.c" implemented by:
+ * Felipe Franciosi <felipe@nutanix.com>
+ * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ * Nicholas Bellinger <nab@risingtidesystems.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_pci.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h"
+#include "hw/pci/pci.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "virtio-pci.h"
+
+typedef struct VHostUserBlkPCI VHostUserBlkPCI;
+
+/*
+ * vhost-user-blk-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
+ */
+#define TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI "vhost-user-blk-pci-base"
+#define VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VHostUserBlkPCI, (obj), TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI)
+
+struct VHostUserBlkPCI {
+    VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
+    VHostUserBlk vdev;
+};
+
+static Property vhost_user_blk_pci_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("class", VirtIOPCIProxy, class_code, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors,
+                       DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void vhost_user_blk_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    VHostUserBlkPCI *dev = VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(vpci_dev);
+    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
+
+    if (vpci_dev->nvectors == DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED) {
+        vpci_dev->nvectors = dev->vdev.num_queues + 1;
+    }
+
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
+}
+
+static void vhost_user_blk_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
+    PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
+    dc->props = vhost_user_blk_pci_properties;
+    k->realize = vhost_user_blk_pci_realize;
+    pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
+    pcidev_k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_BLOCK;
+    pcidev_k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
+    pcidev_k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_SCSI;
+}
+
+static void vhost_user_blk_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    VHostUserBlkPCI *dev = VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(obj);
+
+    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
+                                TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "bootindex", &error_abort);
+}
+
+static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo vhost_user_blk_pci_info = {
+    .base_name               = TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI,
+    .generic_name            = "vhost-user-blk-pci",
+    .transitional_name       = "vhost-user-blk-pci-transitional",
+    .non_transitional_name   = "vhost-user-blk-pci-non-transitional",
+    .instance_size  = sizeof(VHostUserBlkPCI),
+    .instance_init  = vhost_user_blk_pci_instance_init,
+    .class_init     = vhost_user_blk_pci_class_init,
+};
+
+static void vhost_user_blk_pci_register(void)
+{
+    virtio_pci_types_register(&vhost_user_blk_pci_info);
+}
+
+type_init(vhost_user_blk_pci_register)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index a62006c72c..44cc022a28 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -2061,65 +2061,6 @@ static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo virtio_blk_pci_info = {
     .class_init    = virtio_blk_pci_class_init,
 };
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
-/* vhost-user-blk */
-
-static Property vhost_user_blk_pci_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("class", VirtIOPCIProxy, class_code, 0),
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors,
-                       DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED),
-    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-};
-
-static void vhost_user_blk_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    VHostUserBlkPCI *dev = VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(vpci_dev);
-    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
-
-    if (vpci_dev->nvectors == DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED) {
-        vpci_dev->nvectors = dev->vdev.num_queues + 1;
-    }
-
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
-}
-
-static void vhost_user_blk_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
-{
-    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
-    PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-
-    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
-    dc->props = vhost_user_blk_pci_properties;
-    k->realize = vhost_user_blk_pci_realize;
-    pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
-    pcidev_k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_BLOCK;
-    pcidev_k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
-    pcidev_k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_SCSI;
-}
-
-static void vhost_user_blk_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
-{
-    VHostUserBlkPCI *dev = VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI(obj);
-
-    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
-                                TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK);
-    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
-                              "bootindex", &error_abort);
-}
-
-static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo vhost_user_blk_pci_info = {
-    .base_name               = TYPE_VHOST_USER_BLK_PCI,
-    .generic_name            = "vhost-user-blk-pci",
-    .transitional_name       = "vhost-user-blk-pci-transitional",
-    .non_transitional_name   = "vhost-user-blk-pci-non-transitional",
-    .instance_size  = sizeof(VHostUserBlkPCI),
-    .instance_init  = vhost_user_blk_pci_instance_init,
-    .class_init     = vhost_user_blk_pci_class_init,
-};
-#endif
-
 /* virtio-scsi-pci */
 
 static Property virtio_scsi_pci_properties[] = {
@@ -2489,9 +2430,6 @@ static void virtio_pci_register_types(void)
 
     /* Implementations: */
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_blk_pci_info);
-#if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
-    virtio_pci_types_register(&vhost_user_blk_pci_info);
-#endif
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_scsi_pci_info);
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_serial_pci_info);
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_net_pci_info);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
index 3e655fdce6..35b7698446 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += vhost.o vhost-backend.o vhost-user.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PCI),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock-pci.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_USER_BLK) += vhost-user-blk-pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST) += virtio-input-host-pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT) += virtio-input-pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_RNG) += virtio-rng-pci.o
