diff --git a/devicemodel/core/vmmapi.c b/devicemodel/core/vmmapi.c
index 5365610f1..16944fac7 100644
--- a/devicemodel/core/vmmapi.c
+++ b/devicemodel/core/vmmapi.c
@@ -616,6 +616,18 @@ vm_unmap_ptdev_mmio(struct vmctx *ctx, int bus, int slot, int func,
 	return ioctl(ctx->fd, IC_UNSET_MEMSEG, &memmap);
 }
 
+int
+vm_create_hv_vdev(struct vmctx *ctx, struct acrn_emul_dev *dev)
+{
+	return ioctl(ctx->fd, IC_CREATE_HV_VDEV, dev);
+}
+
+int
+vm_destroy_hv_vdev(struct vmctx *ctx, struct acrn_emul_dev *dev)
+{
+	return ioctl(ctx->fd, IC_DESTROY_HV_VDEV, dev);
+}
+
 int
 vm_set_ptdev_intx_info(struct vmctx *ctx, uint16_t virt_bdf, uint16_t phys_bdf,
 		       int virt_pin, int phys_pin, bool pic_pin)
diff --git a/devicemodel/include/public/vhm_ioctl_defs.h b/devicemodel/include/public/vhm_ioctl_defs.h
index dcf8d028d..99942b538 100644
--- a/devicemodel/include/public/vhm_ioctl_defs.h
+++ b/devicemodel/include/public/vhm_ioctl_defs.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 #define IC_DEASSIGN_PCIDEV             _IC_ID(IC_ID, IC_ID_PCI_BASE + 0x06)
 #define IC_ASSIGN_MMIODEV              _IC_ID(IC_ID, IC_ID_PCI_BASE + 0x07)
 #define IC_DEASSIGN_MMIODEV            _IC_ID(IC_ID, IC_ID_PCI_BASE + 0x08)
+#define IC_CREATE_HV_VDEV              _IC_ID(IC_ID, IC_ID_PCI_BASE + 0x09)
+#define IC_DESTROY_HV_VDEV             _IC_ID(IC_ID, IC_ID_PCI_BASE + 0x0A)
 
 /* Power management */
 #define IC_ID_PM_BASE                   0x60UL
@@ -202,6 +204,49 @@ struct acrn_mmiodev {
 
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
+/**
+ * @brief Info to create or destroy a virtual PCI or legacy device for a VM
+ *
+ * the parameter for HC_CREATE_VDEV or HC_DESTROY_VDEV hypercall
+ */
+struct acrn_emul_dev {
+	/*
+	 * the identifier of the device, the low 32 bits represent the vendor
+	 * id and device id of PCI device and the high 32 bits represent the
+	 * device number of the legacy device
+	 */
+	union dev_id_info {
+		uint64_t value;
+		struct fields_info {
+			uint16_t vendor_id;
+			uint16_t device_id;
+			uint32_t legacy_device_number;
+		} fields;
+	} dev_id;
+
+	/*
+	 * the slot of the device, if the device is a PCI device, the slot
+	 * represents BDF, otherwise it represents legacy device slot number
+	 */
+	uint32_t slot;
+
+	/** reserved for extension */
+	uint32_t reserved0;
+
+	/** the IO resource address of the device, initialized by ACRN-DM. */
+	uint32_t io_addr[6];
+
+	/** the IO resource size of the device, initialized by ACRN-DM. */
+	uint32_t io_size[6];
+
+	/** the options for the virtual device, initialized by ACRN-DM. */
+	uint8_t args[128];
+
+	/** reserved for extension */
+	uint64_t reserved1[8];
+
+} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
+
 /**
  * @brief pass thru device irq data structure
  */
diff --git a/devicemodel/include/vmmapi.h b/devicemodel/include/vmmapi.h
index 99dce96e4..059097e24 100644
--- a/devicemodel/include/vmmapi.h
+++ b/devicemodel/include/vmmapi.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ int	vm_set_ptdev_intx_info(struct vmctx *ctx, uint16_t virt_bdf,
 	uint16_t phys_bdf, int virt_pin, int phys_pin, bool pic_pin);
 int	vm_reset_ptdev_intx_info(struct vmctx *ctx, uint16_t virt_bdf,
 	uint16_t phys_bdf, int virt_pin, bool pic_pin);
+int	vm_create_hv_vdev(struct vmctx *ctx, struct acrn_emul_dev *dev);
+int	vm_destroy_hv_vdev(struct vmctx *ctx, struct acrn_emul_dev *dev);
 
 int	acrn_parse_cpu_affinity(char *arg);
 int	vm_create_vcpu(struct vmctx *ctx, uint16_t vcpu_id);