diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
index c132c994e9..6593f07db3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #include "standard-headers/linux/vhost_types.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-iova-tree.h"
 
+typedef void (*VirtQueueElementCallback)(VirtIODevice *vdev,
+                                         const VirtQueueElement *elem);
+
+typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueueOps {
+    VirtQueueElementCallback used_elem_handler;
+} VhostShadowVirtqueueOps;
+
 /* Shadow virtqueue to relay notifications */
 typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
     /* Shadow vring */
@@ -59,6 +66,12 @@ typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
      */
     uint16_t *desc_next;
 
+    /* Optional callbacks */
+    const VhostShadowVirtqueueOps *ops;
+
+    /* Optional custom used virtqueue element handler */
+    VirtQueueElementCallback used_elem_cb;
+
     /* Next head to expose to the device */
     uint16_t shadow_avail_idx;
 
@@ -85,7 +98,8 @@ void vhost_svq_start(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq, VirtIODevice *vdev,
                      VirtQueue *vq);
 void vhost_svq_stop(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
 
-VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_svq_new(VhostIOVATree *iova_tree);
+VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_svq_new(VhostIOVATree *iova_tree,
+                                    const VhostShadowVirtqueueOps *ops);
 
 void vhost_svq_free(gpointer vq);
 G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(VhostShadowVirtqueue, vhost_svq_free);
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
index a29dbb3f53..f1ba46a860 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-iova-tree.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/vhost_types.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h"
 
 typedef struct VhostVDPAHostNotifier {
     MemoryRegion mr;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ typedef struct vhost_vdpa {
     /* IOVA mapping used by the Shadow Virtqueue */
     VhostIOVATree *iova_tree;
     GPtrArray *shadow_vqs;
+    const VhostShadowVirtqueueOps *shadow_vq_ops;
     struct vhost_dev *dev;
     VhostVDPAHostNotifier notifier[VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX];
 } VhostVDPA;
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
index 56c96ebd13..167db8be45 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ static void vhost_svq_flush(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq,
                 break;
             }
 
+            if (svq->ops && svq->ops->used_elem_handler) {
+                svq->ops->used_elem_handler(svq->vdev, elem);
+            }
+
             if (unlikely(i >= svq->vring.num)) {
                 qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
                          "More than %u used buffers obtained in a %u size SVQ",
@@ -607,12 +611,14 @@ void vhost_svq_stop(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
  * shadow methods and file descriptors.
  *
  * @iova_tree: Tree to perform descriptors translations
+ * @ops: SVQ operations hooks
  *
  * Returns the new virtqueue or NULL.
  *
  * In case of error, reason is reported through error_report.
  */
-VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_svq_new(VhostIOVATree *iova_tree)
+VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_svq_new(VhostIOVATree *iova_tree,
+                                    const VhostShadowVirtqueueOps *ops)
 {
     g_autofree VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq = g_new0(VhostShadowVirtqueue, 1);
     int r;
@@ -634,6 +640,7 @@ VhostShadowVirtqueue *vhost_svq_new(VhostIOVATree *iova_tree)
     event_notifier_init_fd(&svq->svq_kick, VHOST_FILE_UNBIND);
     event_notifier_set_handler(&svq->hdev_call, vhost_svq_handle_call);
     svq->iova_tree = iova_tree;
+    svq->ops = ops;
     return g_steal_pointer(&svq);
 
 err_init_hdev_call:
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 66f054a12c..7677b337e6 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_init_svq(struct vhost_dev *hdev, struct vhost_vdpa *v,
 
     shadow_vqs = g_ptr_array_new_full(hdev->nvqs, vhost_svq_free);
     for (unsigned n = 0; n < hdev->nvqs; ++n) {
-        g_autoptr(VhostShadowVirtqueue) svq = vhost_svq_new(v->iova_tree);
+        g_autoptr(VhostShadowVirtqueue) svq = vhost_svq_new(v->iova_tree,
+                                                            v->shadow_vq_ops);
 
         if (unlikely(!svq)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Cannot create svq %u", n);
