diff --git a/devicemodel/Makefile b/devicemodel/Makefile
index dd818f919..3fcd1dd55 100644
--- a/devicemodel/Makefile
+++ b/devicemodel/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ SRCS += hw/pci/virtio/virtio_hdcp.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/virtio/virtio_rpmb.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/virtio/virtio_gpio.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/virtio/virtio_gpu.c
+SRCS += hw/pci/virtio/vhost_vsock.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/irq.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/uart.c
 SRCS += hw/pci/gvt.c
diff --git a/devicemodel/hw/pci/virtio/vhost_vsock.c b/devicemodel/hw/pci/virtio/vhost_vsock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06618d721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devicemodel/hw/pci/virtio/vhost_vsock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) OASIS Open 2018. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ * vhost-vsock device
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <linux/vhost.h>
+
+#include "dm.h"
+#include "pci_core.h"
+#include "virtio.h"
+#include "vhost.h"
+#include "dm_string.h"
+#include "vhost_vsock.h"
+
+static int
+vhost_vsock_set_running(struct vhost_dev *vdev, int start)
+{
+	return vhost_kernel_ioctl(vdev, VHOST_VSOCK_SET_RUNNING, &start);
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_vsock_set_guest_cid(struct vhost_dev *vdev,
+                                            uint64_t guest_cid)
+{
+	return vhost_kernel_ioctl(vdev,
+		VHOST_VSOCK_SET_GUEST_CID, &guest_cid);
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_vsock_start(struct vhost_vsock *vhost_vsock)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	if (vhost_vsock->vhost_started) {
+		pr_err("vhost vsock is already started!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_dev_start(&vhost_vsock->vdev);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("vhost_dev_start is failed!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_vsock_set_running(&vhost_vsock->vdev, 1);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		vhost_dev_stop(&vhost_vsock->vdev);
+		pr_err("vhost_vsock_set_running is failed %d!\n", rc);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vhost_vsock->vhost_started = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_vsock_stop(struct vhost_vsock *vhost_vsock)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!vhost_vsock->vhost_started) {
+		pr_err("vhost vsock is not started!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_vsock_set_running(&vhost_vsock->vdev, 0);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("vhost_vsock_set_running is failed with %d\n", rc);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_dev_stop(&vhost_vsock->vdev);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("vhost_dev_stop is failed!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vhost_vsock->vhost_started = false;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_vsock_set_status(void *vdev, uint64_t status)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock = vdev;
+	bool should_start = status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!vsock->vhost_vsock) {
+		pr_err("virtio_vsock_set_status vhost is NULL!\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (should_start) {
+		rc = vhost_vsock_start(vsock->vhost_vsock);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			pr_err("vhost_vsock_start is failed!\n");
+			return;
+		}
+	} else if (vsock->vhost_vsock->vhost_started &&
+		should_start == 0) {
+		rc = vhost_vsock_stop(vsock->vhost_vsock);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			pr_err("vhost_vsock_stop is failed!\n");
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_vsock_apply_feature(void *vdev, uint64_t negotiated_features)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock = vdev;
+
+	vsock->features = negotiated_features;
+}
+
+static int
+virtio_vsock_read_cfg(void *vdev, int offset, int size, uint32_t *retval)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock = vdev;
+	void *ptr;
+
+	ptr = (uint8_t *)&vsock->config + offset;
+	memcpy(retval, ptr, size);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_vsock_reset(void *vdev)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock = vdev;
+
+	pr_dbg(("vsock: device reset requested!\n"));
+	/* now reset rings, MSI-X vectors, and negotiated capabilities */
+	virtio_reset_dev(&vsock->base);
+}
+
+static struct virtio_ops virtio_vsock_ops = {
+	"vhost-vsock",			/* our name */
+	VHOST_VSOCK_MAXQ,		/* we currently support 2 virtqueues */
+	sizeof(struct virtio_vsock_config), /* config reg size */
+	virtio_vsock_reset,		/* reset */
+	NULL,				/* device-wide qnotify -- not used */
+	virtio_vsock_read_cfg,		/* read PCI config */
+	NULL,				/* write PCI config */
+	virtio_vsock_apply_feature,	/* apply negotiated features */
+	virtio_vsock_set_status,	/* called on guest set status */
+};
+
+static struct vhost_vsock *
+vhost_vsock_init(struct virtio_base *base, int vq_idx)
+{
+	struct vhost_vsock *vhost_vsock = NULL;
+	uint64_t vhost_features = VHOST_VSOCK_FEATURES;
+	int rc;
+
+	vhost_vsock = calloc(1, sizeof(struct vhost_vsock));
+	if (!vhost_vsock) {
+		pr_err(("vhost init out of memory!\n"));
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	/* pre-init before calling vhost_dev_init */
+	vhost_vsock->vdev.nvqs = 2;
+	vhost_vsock->vdev.vqs = vhost_vsock->vqs;
+	vhost_vsock->vhost_fd = open("/dev/vhost-vsock", O_RDWR);;
+	if (vhost_vsock->vhost_fd < 0) {
+		pr_err(("Open vhost-vsock fail, pls open vsock kernel config!\n"));
+		goto fail;
+	}
+	rc = fcntl(vhost_vsock->vhost_fd, F_GETFL);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		pr_err(("fcntl vhost node fail!\n"));
+		goto fail;
+	}
+	if (fcntl(vhost_vsock->vhost_fd, F_SETFL, rc | O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
+		pr_err(("fcntl set NONBLOCK fail!\n"));
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_dev_init(&vhost_vsock->vdev, base, vhost_vsock->vhost_fd, vq_idx,
+		vhost_features, 0, 0);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err(("vhost_dev_init failed!\n"));
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	return vhost_vsock;
+fail:
+	if (vhost_vsock)
+		free(vhost_vsock);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_vsock_deinit(struct vhost_vsock *vhost_vsock)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = vhost_vsock_stop(vhost_vsock);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("vhost_dev_stop is failed!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	rc = vhost_dev_deinit(&vhost_vsock->vdev);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		pr_err("vhost_dev_deinit is failed!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	close(vhost_vsock->vhost_fd);
+	free(vhost_vsock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_vsock_handle_output(void *vdev, struct virtio_vq_info *vq) {
+	/* do nothing */
+}
+
+static int
+virtio_vhost_vsock_init(struct vmctx *ctx, struct pci_vdev *dev, char *opts)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock;
+	int rc, cid;
+	pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
+	char *devopts = NULL;
+	char *tmp = NULL;
+
+	if (opts == NULL) {
+		pr_err(("vsock: must have a valid guest_cid!\n"));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	devopts = tmp = strdup(opts);
+	if (!devopts) {
+		pr_err(("vsock: The vsock parameter is NULL!\n"));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!strncmp(tmp, "cid=", 4)) {
+		strsep(&tmp, "=");
+		dm_strtoi(tmp, NULL, 10, &cid);
+	}
+	free(devopts);
+
+	if (cid <= VMADDR_CID_HOST || cid >= U32_MAX) {
+		pr_err("vsock: guest_cid has to be 0x2~0xffffffff!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vsock = calloc(1, sizeof(struct virtio_vsock));
+	if (!vsock) {
+		pr_err("vosck: memory allocate failed!");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vsock->config.guest_cid = cid;
+
+	rc = pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("vsock: mutexattr init failed with erro %d\n", rc);
+	rc = pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("vsock: mutexattr_settype failed with error %d\n", rc);
+	rc = pthread_mutex_init(&vsock->mtx, &attr);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("vsock: pthread_mutexattr_init failed with error %d\n", rc);
+
+	virtio_linkup(&vsock->base, &virtio_vsock_ops, vsock, dev, vsock->queues, BACKEND_VHOST);
+	vsock->base.mtx = &vsock->mtx;
+	vsock->base.device_caps = (1UL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1) | VHOST_VSOCK_FEATURES;
+
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_RXQ].qsize = VHOST_VSOCK_QUEUE_SIZE;
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_RXQ].notify = vhost_vsock_handle_output;
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_TXQ].qsize = VHOST_VSOCK_QUEUE_SIZE;
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_TXQ].notify = vhost_vsock_handle_output;
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_CTLQ].qsize = VHOST_VSOCK_QUEUE_SIZE;
+	vsock->queues[VHOST_VSOCK_CTLQ].notify = vhost_vsock_handle_output;
+
+	/* initialize config space */
+	pci_set_cfgdata16(dev, PCIR_DEVICE, VIRTIO_DEV_VSOCK);
+	pci_set_cfgdata16(dev, PCIR_VENDOR, VIRTIO_VENDOR);
+	pci_set_cfgdata8(dev, PCIR_CLASS, PCIC_NETWORK);
+	pci_set_cfgdata16(dev, PCIR_REVID, 1);
+
+	virtio_set_modern_bar(&vsock->base, false);
+
+	vsock->vhost_vsock = vhost_vsock_init(&vsock->base, 0);
+	vhost_vsock_set_guest_cid(&vsock->vhost_vsock->vdev, vsock->config.guest_cid);
+
+	if (virtio_interrupt_init(&vsock->base, virtio_uses_msix())) {
+		if (vsock) {
+			if (vsock->vhost_vsock)
+				vhost_vsock_deinit(vsock->vhost_vsock);
+			free(vsock);
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_vhost_vsock_deinit(struct vmctx *ctx, struct pci_vdev *dev, char *opts)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock *vsock;
+
+	if (dev->arg) {
+		vsock = (struct virtio_vsock *) dev->arg;
+
+		if (vsock->vhost_vsock) {
+			vhost_vsock_deinit(vsock->vhost_vsock);
+		}
+			pr_dbg("%s: done\n", __func__);
+	} else
+		pr_err("%s: NULL!\n", __func__);
+}
+
+struct pci_vdev_ops pci_ops_vhost_vsock = {
+	.class_name	= "vhost-vsock",
+	.vdev_init	= virtio_vhost_vsock_init,
+	.vdev_deinit	= virtio_vhost_vsock_deinit,
+	.vdev_barwrite	= virtio_pci_write,
+	.vdev_barread	= virtio_pci_read
+};
+DEFINE_PCI_DEVTYPE(pci_ops_vhost_vsock);
diff --git a/devicemodel/include/vhost_vsock.h b/devicemodel/include/vhost_vsock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..324a88218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devicemodel/include/vhost_vsock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file vhost_vsock.h
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VHOST_VSOCK_H__
+#define __VHOST_VSOCK_H__
+
+#include "virtio.h"
+#include "vhost.h"
+
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_RXQ  0
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_TXQ  1
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_CTLQ 2       /* NB: not yet supported */
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_MAXQ 3
+
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_QUEUE_SIZE 128
+#define VHOST_F_LOG_ALL 26
+
+#define VHOST_VSOCK_FEATURES \
+	(1ULL << VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY) | (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) | \
+	(1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) | (1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL) | \
+	(1ULL << VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT) | (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)
+
+#define U32_MAX                 65535
+#define VMADDR_CID_HOST         2
+
+struct virtio_vsock_config {
+	uint64_t guest_cid;
+}__attribute__((packed));
+
+struct virtio_vsock {
+	struct virtio_base base;
+	pthread_mutex_t mtx;
+	struct virtio_vq_info queues[VHOST_VSOCK_MAXQ];
+	struct virtio_vsock_config config;
+	struct vhost_vsock *vhost_vsock;
+	uint64_t        features;
+};
+
+struct vhost_vsock {
+	struct vhost_dev vdev;
+	struct vhost_vq vqs[VHOST_VSOCK_MAXQ];
+	int vhost_fd;
+	bool vhost_started;
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/devicemodel/include/virtio.h b/devicemodel/include/virtio.h
index 8b9ed47c8..41a3ddad5 100644
--- a/devicemodel/include/virtio.h
+++ b/devicemodel/include/virtio.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ enum {
 #define	VIRTIO_DEV_CONSOLE	0x1003
 #define	VIRTIO_DEV_RANDOM	0x1005
 #define	VIRTIO_DEV_GPU		0x1050
+#define	VIRTIO_DEV_VSOCK	0x1053
 
 /*
  * ACRN virtio device IDs