diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index c582de18c9..ee8c96cc4a 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ extern const MemoryListener vfio_prereg_listener;
 int vfio_spapr_create_window(VFIOContainer *container,
                              MemoryRegionSection *section,
                              hwaddr *pgsize);
+int vfio_spapr_notify_kvm(int vfio_kvm_device_fd, int groupfd, int tablefd);
 int vfio_spapr_remove_window(VFIOContainer *container,
                              hwaddr offset_within_address_space);
 
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index f48243d13f..ce7327a4e0 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void *kvmppc_create_spapr_tce(uint32_t liobn, uint32_t page_shift,
 int kvmppc_remove_spapr_tce(void *table, int pfd, uint32_t window_size);
 int kvmppc_reset_htab(int shift_hint);
 uint64_t kvmppc_rma_size(uint64_t current_size, unsigned int hash_shift);
+bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void);
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 bool kvmppc_has_cap_epr(void);
 int kvmppc_define_rtas_kernel_token(uint32_t token, const char *function);
@@ -216,6 +217,11 @@ static inline bool kvmppc_is_mem_backend_page_size_ok(char *obj_path)
     return true;
 }
 
+static inline bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* !CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 static inline bool kvmppc_has_cap_epr(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
index b61c8f053e..fc23d81645 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ void spapr_tce_set_need_vfio(sPAPRTCETable *tcet, bool need_vfio)
 
     tcet->need_vfio = need_vfio;
 
+    if (!need_vfio || (tcet->fd != -1 && kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio())) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     oldtable = tcet->table;
 
     tcet->table = spapr_tce_alloc_table(tcet->liobn,
diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index c75c7594d5..9aaf861904 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ static void vfio_listener_region_add(MemoryListener *listener,
             goto fail;
         }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+        if (kvm_enabled() && section->mr->iommu_ops->get_fd) {
+            VFIOGroup *group;
+            int tablefd =  section->mr->iommu_ops->get_fd(section->mr);
+
+            if (tablefd != -1) {
+                QLIST_FOREACH(group, &container->group_list, container_next) {
+                    vfio_spapr_notify_kvm(vfio_kvm_device_fd,
+                                          group->fd, tablefd);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+#endif
         vfio_host_win_add(container, section->offset_within_address_space,
                           section->offset_within_address_space +
                           int128_get64(section->size) - 1, pgsize);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/spapr.c b/hw/vfio/spapr.c
index 4409bcc0d7..dffef3bd5f 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/spapr.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+#include "linux/kvm.h"
+#endif
 
 static bool vfio_prereg_listener_skipped_section(MemoryRegionSection *section)
 {
@@ -187,6 +190,29 @@ int vfio_spapr_create_window(VFIOContainer *container,
     return 0;
 }
 
+int vfio_spapr_notify_kvm(int vfio_kvm_device_fd, int groupfd, int tablefd)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+    struct kvm_vfio_spapr_tce param = {
+        .groupfd = groupfd,
+        .tablefd = tablefd
+    };
+    struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
+        .group = KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP,
+        .attr = KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_SET_SPAPR_TCE,
+        .addr = (uint64_t)(unsigned long)&param,
+    };
+
+    if (ioctl(vfio_kvm_device_fd, KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR, &attr)) {
+        error_report("vfio: failed to setup fd %d for a group with fd %d: %s",
+                     param.tablefd, param.groupfd, strerror(errno));
+        return -errno;
+    }
+    trace_vfio_spapr_notify_kvm(groupfd, tablefd);
+#endif
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int vfio_spapr_remove_window(VFIOContainer *container,
                              hwaddr offset_within_address_space)
 {
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index 560ce655c7..bca5fe7329 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
     cap_spapr_tce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE);
     cap_spapr_tce_64 = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64);
     cap_spapr_multitce = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE);
-    cap_spapr_vfio = false;
+    cap_spapr_vfio = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_VFIO);
     cap_one_reg = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_ONE_REG);
     cap_hior = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_HIOR);
     cap_epr = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR);
@@ -2416,6 +2416,11 @@ bool kvmppc_has_cap_mmu_hash_v3(void)
     return cap_mmu_hash_v3;
 }
 
+bool kvmppc_has_cap_spapr_vfio(void)
+{
+    return cap_spapr_vfio;
+}
+
 static PowerPCCPUClass *ppc_cpu_get_family_class(PowerPCCPUClass *pcc)
 {
     ObjectClass *oc = OBJECT_CLASS(pcc);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/trace-events b/hw/vfio/trace-events
index 2561c6d31a..084a92f7c2 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/vfio/trace-events
@@ -123,3 +123,4 @@ vfio_prereg_register(uint64_t va, uint64_t size, int ret) "va=%"PRIx64" size=%"P
 vfio_prereg_unregister(uint64_t va, uint64_t size, int ret) "va=%"PRIx64" size=%"PRIx64" ret=%d"
 vfio_spapr_create_window(int ps, uint64_t ws, uint64_t off) "pageshift=0x%x winsize=0x%"PRIx64" offset=0x%"PRIx64
 vfio_spapr_remove_window(uint64_t off) "offset=%"PRIx64
+vfio_spapr_notify_kvm(int groupfd, int tablefd) "Attached groupfd %d to liobn fd %d"
