diff --git a/qemu/qemu.go b/qemu/qemu.go
index 5fbfb81a57..a518da52c4 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ const (
 
 	// VirtioRng is the paravirtualized RNG device driver.
 	VirtioRng DeviceDriver = "virtio-rng"
+
+	// VirtioBalloon is the memory balloon device driver.
+	VirtioBalloon DeviceDriver = "virtio-balloon"
 )
 
 // ObjectType is a string representing a qemu object type.
@@ -1078,6 +1081,51 @@ func (v RngDevice) QemuParams(_ *Config) []string {
 	return qemuParams
 }
 
+// BalloonDevice represents a memory balloon device.
+type BalloonDevice struct {
+	DeflateOnOOM  bool
+	DisableModern bool
+	ID            string
+}
+
+// QemuParams returns the qemu parameters built out of the BalloonDevice.
+func (b BalloonDevice) QemuParams(_ *Config) []string {
+	var qemuParams []string
+	var deviceParams []string
+
+	deviceParams = append(deviceParams, string(VirtioBalloon))
+
+	if b.ID != "" {
+		deviceParams = append(deviceParams, "id="+b.ID)
+	}
+
+	if b.DeflateOnOOM {
+		deviceParams = append(deviceParams, "deflate-on-oom=on")
+	} else {
+		deviceParams = append(deviceParams, "deflate-on-oom=off")
+	}
+
+	if b.DisableModern {
+		deviceParams = append(deviceParams, "disable-modern=on")
+	} else {
+		deviceParams = append(deviceParams, "disable-modern=off")
+	}
+
+	qemuParams = append(qemuParams, "-device")
+	qemuParams = append(qemuParams, strings.Join(deviceParams, ","))
+
+	return qemuParams
+}
+
+// Valid returns true if the balloonDevice structure is valid and complete.
+func (b BalloonDevice) Valid() bool {
+	if b.ID == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 // RTCBaseType is the qemu RTC base time type.
 type RTCBaseType string
 
diff --git a/qemu/qemu_test.go b/qemu/qemu_test.go
index ea568ca0c6..e1d9fb341b 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -404,6 +404,45 @@ func TestVirtioRngValid(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestAppendVirtioBalloon(t *testing.T) {
+	balloonDevice := BalloonDevice{
+		ID: "balloon",
+	}
+
+	var deviceString = "-device " + string(VirtioBalloon)
+	deviceString += ",id=" + balloonDevice.ID
+
+	var OnDeflateOnOMM = ",deflate-on-oom=on"
+	var OffDeflateOnOMM = ",deflate-on-oom=off"
+
+	var OnDisableModern = ",disable-modern=on"
+	var OffDisableModern = ",disable-modern=off"
+
+	testAppend(balloonDevice, deviceString+OffDeflateOnOMM+OffDisableModern, t)
+
+	balloonDevice.DeflateOnOOM = true
+	testAppend(balloonDevice, deviceString+OnDeflateOnOMM+OffDisableModern, t)
+
+	balloonDevice.DisableModern = true
+	testAppend(balloonDevice, deviceString+OnDeflateOnOMM+OnDisableModern, t)
+
+}
+
+func TestVirtioBalloonValid(t *testing.T) {
+	balloon := BalloonDevice{
+		ID: "",
+	}
+
+	if balloon.Valid() {
+		t.Fatalf("balloon should be not valid when ID is empty")
+	}
+
+	balloon.ID = "balloon0"
+	if !balloon.Valid() {
+		t.Fatalf("balloon should be valid")
+	}
+}
+
 var deviceSCSIControllerStr = "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=foo"
 var deviceSCSIControllerBusAddrStr = "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=foo,bus=pci.0,addr=00:04.0,disable-modern=true,iothread=iothread1"
 
diff --git a/qemu/qmp.go b/qemu/qmp.go
index 58cd76709c..aac906f440 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -1178,6 +1178,15 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string
 	return err
 }
 
+// ExecuteBalloon sets the size of the balloon, hence updates the memory
+// allocated for the VM.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteBalloon(ctx context.Context, bytes uint64) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": bytes,
+	}
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "balloon", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecutePCIVSockAdd adds a vhost-vsock-pci bus
 func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIVSockAdd(ctx context.Context, id, guestCID, vhostfd, addr, bus string, disableModern bool) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/qemu/qmp_test.go b/qemu/qmp_test.go
index 6a70d02c62..b7c201f02e 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -1345,3 +1345,21 @@ func TestExecuteQueryMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	q.Shutdown()
 	<-disconnectedCh
 }
+
+// Checks balloon
+func TestExecuteBalloon(t *testing.T) {
+	connectedCh := make(chan *QMPVersion)
+	disconnectedCh := make(chan struct{})
+	buf := newQMPTestCommandBuffer(t)
+	buf.AddCommand("balloon", nil, "return", nil)
+	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
+
+	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
+	checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	err := q.ExecuteBalloon(context.Background(), 1073741824)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+	}
+	q.Shutdown()
+	<-disconnectedCh
+}