diff --git a/event-loop-base.c b/event-loop-base.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a924c73a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event-loop-base.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU event-loop base
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *  Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/event-loop-base.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char *name;
+    ptrdiff_t offset; /* field's byte offset in EventLoopBase struct */
+} EventLoopBaseParamInfo;
+
+static EventLoopBaseParamInfo aio_max_batch_info = {
+    "aio-max-batch", offsetof(EventLoopBase, aio_max_batch),
+};
+
+static void event_loop_base_get_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    EventLoopBase *event_loop_base = EVENT_LOOP_BASE(obj);
+    EventLoopBaseParamInfo *info = opaque;
+    int64_t *field = (void *)event_loop_base + info->offset;
+
+    visit_type_int64(v, name, field, errp);
+}
+
+static void event_loop_base_set_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    EventLoopBaseClass *bc = EVENT_LOOP_BASE_GET_CLASS(obj);
+    EventLoopBase *base = EVENT_LOOP_BASE(obj);
+    EventLoopBaseParamInfo *info = opaque;
+    int64_t *field = (void *)base + info->offset;
+    int64_t value;
+
+    if (!visit_type_int64(v, name, &value, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (value < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "%s value must be in range [0, %" PRId64 "]",
+                   info->name, INT64_MAX);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    *field = value;
+
+    if (bc->update_params) {
+        bc->update_params(base, errp);
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
+
+static void event_loop_base_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
+{
+    EventLoopBaseClass *bc = EVENT_LOOP_BASE_GET_CLASS(uc);
+    EventLoopBase *base = EVENT_LOOP_BASE(uc);
+
+    if (bc->init) {
+        bc->init(base, errp);
+    }
+}
+
+static void event_loop_base_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
+{
+    UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
+    ucc->complete = event_loop_base_complete;
+
+    object_class_property_add(klass, "aio-max-batch", "int",
+                              event_loop_base_get_param,
+                              event_loop_base_set_param,
+                              NULL, &aio_max_batch_info);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo event_loop_base_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_EVENT_LOOP_BASE,
+    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(EventLoopBase),
+    .class_size = sizeof(EventLoopBaseClass),
+    .class_init = event_loop_base_class_init,
+    .abstract = true,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+        { }
+    }
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&event_loop_base_info);
+}
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/event-loop-base.h b/include/sysemu/event-loop-base.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e77d8b69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/event-loop-base.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU event-loop backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_EVENT_LOOP_BASE_H
+#define QEMU_EVENT_LOOP_BASE_H
+
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/typedefs.h"
+
+#define TYPE_EVENT_LOOP_BASE         "event-loop-base"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(EventLoopBase, EventLoopBaseClass,
+                    EVENT_LOOP_BASE)
+
+struct EventLoopBaseClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+
+    void (*init)(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp);
+    void (*update_params)(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp);
+};
+
+struct EventLoopBase {
+    Object parent;
+
+    /* AioContext AIO engine parameters */
+    int64_t aio_max_batch;
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
index 7f714bd136..8f8601d6ab 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/iothread.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 #include "block/aio.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
+#include "sysemu/event-loop-base.h"
 
 #define TYPE_IOTHREAD "iothread"
 
 struct IOThread {
-    Object parent_obj;
+    EventLoopBase parent_obj;
 
     QemuThread thread;
     AioContext *ctx;
@@ -37,9 +38,6 @@ struct IOThread {
     int64_t poll_max_ns;
     int64_t poll_grow;
     int64_t poll_shrink;
-
-    /* AioContext AIO engine parameters */
-    int64_t aio_max_batch;
 };
 typedef struct IOThread IOThread;
 
diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
index 0f98af0f2a..8fa2f3bfb8 100644
--- a/iothread.c
+++ b/iothread.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "block/aio.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
+#include "sysemu/event-loop-base.h"
 #include "sysemu/iothread.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
@@ -152,10 +153,15 @@ static void iothread_init_gcontext(IOThread *iothread)
     iothread->main_loop = g_main_loop_new(iothread->worker_context, TRUE);
 }
 
-static void iothread_set_aio_context_params(IOThread *iothread, Error **errp)
+static void iothread_set_aio_context_params(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp)
 {
+    IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(base);
     ERRP_GUARD();
 
+    if (!iothread->ctx) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     aio_context_set_poll_params(iothread->ctx,
                                 iothread->poll_max_ns,
                                 iothread->poll_grow,
@@ -166,14 +172,15 @@ static void iothread_set_aio_context_params(IOThread *iothread, Error **errp)
     }
 
     aio_context_set_aio_params(iothread->ctx,
-                               iothread->aio_max_batch,
+                               iothread->parent_obj.aio_max_batch,
                                errp);
 }
 
-static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
+
+static void iothread_init(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_error = NULL;
-    IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
+    IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(base);
     char *thread_name;
 
     iothread->stopping = false;
@@ -189,7 +196,7 @@ static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
      */
     iothread_init_gcontext(iothread);
 
-    iothread_set_aio_context_params(iothread, &local_error);
+    iothread_set_aio_context_params(base, &local_error);
     if (local_error) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_error);
         aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
@@ -201,7 +208,7 @@ static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
      * to inherit.
      */
     thread_name = g_strdup_printf("IO %s",
-                        object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(obj)));
+                        object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(base)));
     qemu_thread_create(&iothread->thread, thread_name, iothread_run,
                        iothread, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
     g_free(thread_name);
@@ -226,9 +233,6 @@ static IOThreadParamInfo poll_grow_info = {
 static IOThreadParamInfo poll_shrink_info = {
     "poll-shrink", offsetof(IOThread, poll_shrink),
 };
-static IOThreadParamInfo aio_max_batch_info = {
-    "aio-max-batch", offsetof(IOThread, aio_max_batch),
-};
 
 static void iothread_get_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
         const char *name, IOThreadParamInfo *info, Error **errp)
@@ -288,35 +292,12 @@ static void iothread_set_poll_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
     }
 }
 
-static void iothread_get_aio_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
-        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
-{
-    IOThreadParamInfo *info = opaque;
-
-    iothread_get_param(obj, v, name, info, errp);
-}
-
-static void iothread_set_aio_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
-        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
-{
-    IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
-    IOThreadParamInfo *info = opaque;
-
-    if (!iothread_set_param(obj, v, name, info, errp)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (iothread->ctx) {
-        aio_context_set_aio_params(iothread->ctx,
-                                   iothread->aio_max_batch,
-                                   errp);
-    }
-}
-
 static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
 {
-    UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
-    ucc->complete = iothread_complete;
+    EventLoopBaseClass *bc = EVENT_LOOP_BASE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    bc->init = iothread_init;
+    bc->update_params = iothread_set_aio_context_params;
 
     object_class_property_add(klass, "poll-max-ns", "int",
                               iothread_get_poll_param,
@@ -330,23 +311,15 @@ static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
                               iothread_get_poll_param,
                               iothread_set_poll_param,
                               NULL, &poll_shrink_info);
-    object_class_property_add(klass, "aio-max-batch", "int",
-                              iothread_get_aio_param,
-                              iothread_set_aio_param,
-                              NULL, &aio_max_batch_info);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo iothread_info = {
     .name = TYPE_IOTHREAD,
-    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .parent = TYPE_EVENT_LOOP_BASE,
     .class_init = iothread_class_init,
     .instance_size = sizeof(IOThread),
     .instance_init = iothread_instance_init,
     .instance_finalize = iothread_instance_finalize,
-    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
-        {TYPE_USER_CREATABLE},
-        {}
-    },
 };
 
 static void iothread_register_types(void)
@@ -383,7 +356,7 @@ static int query_one_iothread(Object *object, void *opaque)
     info->poll_max_ns = iothread->poll_max_ns;
     info->poll_grow = iothread->poll_grow;
     info->poll_shrink = iothread->poll_shrink;
-    info->aio_max_batch = iothread->aio_max_batch;
+    info->aio_max_batch = iothread->parent_obj.aio_max_batch;
 
     QAPI_LIST_APPEND(*tail, info);
     return 0;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aef724ad3c..89aa3a2518 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2802,6 +2802,7 @@ subdir('qom')
 subdir('authz')
 subdir('crypto')
 subdir('ui')
+subdir('hw')
 
 
 if enable_modules
@@ -2809,6 +2810,18 @@ if enable_modules
   modulecommon = declare_dependency(link_whole: libmodulecommon, compile_args: '-DBUILD_DSO')
 endif
 
+qom_ss = qom_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
+libqom = static_library('qom', qom_ss.sources() + genh,
+                        dependencies: [qom_ss.dependencies()],
+                        name_suffix: 'fa')
+qom = declare_dependency(link_whole: libqom)
+
+event_loop_base = files('event-loop-base.c')
+event_loop_base = static_library('event-loop-base', sources: event_loop_base + genh,
+                                 build_by_default: true)
+event_loop_base = declare_dependency(link_whole: event_loop_base,
+                                     dependencies: [qom])
+
 stub_ss = stub_ss.apply(config_all, strict: false)
 
 util_ss.add_all(trace_ss)
@@ -2895,7 +2908,6 @@ subdir('monitor')
 subdir('net')
 subdir('replay')
 subdir('semihosting')
-subdir('hw')
 subdir('tcg')
 subdir('fpu')
 subdir('accel')
@@ -3020,13 +3032,6 @@ qemu_syms = custom_target('qemu.syms', output: 'qemu.syms',
                              capture: true,
                              command: [undefsym, nm, '@INPUT@'])
 
-qom_ss = qom_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
-libqom = static_library('qom', qom_ss.sources() + genh,
-                        dependencies: [qom_ss.dependencies()],
-                        name_suffix: 'fa')
-
-qom = declare_dependency(link_whole: libqom)
-
 authz_ss = authz_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
 libauthz = static_library('authz', authz_ss.sources() + genh,
                           dependencies: [authz_ss.dependencies()],
@@ -3079,7 +3084,7 @@ libblockdev = static_library('blockdev', blockdev_ss.sources() + genh,
                              build_by_default: false)
 
 blockdev = declare_dependency(link_whole: [libblockdev],
-                              dependencies: [block])
+                              dependencies: [block, event_loop_base])
 
 qmp_ss = qmp_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
 libqmp = static_library('qmp', qmp_ss.sources() + genh,
