diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index b9deb339ea..4f39d68790 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@
   revision = "2f1d1f20f75d5404f53b9edf6b53ed5505508675"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:b3ab3b3615583d7a374d4803ea2b71f173a4d8f4d594210e0fc8e9fc7c5a49c9"
+  digest = "1:f0e85729c00a427cef8de798b33b9a35b3117ee8760f6f00fc3cf3a5bb98f844"
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
   packages = ["qemu"]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "8cba5a8e5f2816f26f9dc34b8ea968279a5a76eb"
+  revision = "ee21903287393441c7bb53a0b0d39b8fa4075221"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:6da9487ef0cc0cca3eeb1a24e3bb018ce2e07b7c2fc4d50975b54efdcc942118"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index e5d65bec20..f0a2d5abc2 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
-  revision = "8cba5a8e5f2816f26f9dc34b8ea968279a5a76eb"
+  revision = "ee21903287393441c7bb53a0b0d39b8fa4075221"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/kata-containers/agent"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
index f295099cee..d73c34f9a0 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !s390x,!s390x_test
+// +build !s390x
 
 /*
 // Copyright contributors to the Virtual Machine Manager for Go project
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemus390x.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_s390x.go
similarity index 99%
rename from vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemus390x.go
rename to vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_s390x.go
index 0aeffceeb5..6e54f9b719 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemus390x.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qemu_s390x.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build s390x s390x_test
+// +build s390x
 
 /*
 // Copyright contributors to the Virtual Machine Manager for Go project
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 473ce4afaa..00e9fed279 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -946,6 +946,17 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevDel(ctx context.Context, blockdevID string) error {
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "x-blockdev-del", args, nil)
 }
 
+// ExecuteChardevDel deletes a char device by sending a chardev-remove command.
+// chardevID is the id of the char device to be deleted. Typically, this will
+// match the id passed to ExecuteCharDevUnixSocketAdd. It must be a valid QMP id.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteChardevDel(ctx context.Context, chardevID string) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": chardevID,
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "chardev-remove", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecuteNetdevAdd adds a Net device to a QEMU instance
 // using the netdev_add command. netdevID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier.
@@ -1124,6 +1135,27 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
 
+// ExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd adds a vhost-user device to a QEMU instance using the device_add command.
+// This function can be used to hot plug vhost-user devices on PCI(E) bridges.
+// It receives the bus and the device address on its parent bus. bus is optional.
+// devID is the id of the device to add.Must be valid QMP identifier. chardevID
+// is the QMP identifier of character device using a unix socket as backend.
+// driver is the name of vhost-user driver, like vhost-user-blk-pci.
+func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd(ctx context.Context, driver, devID, chardevID, addr, bus string) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"driver":  driver,
+		"id":      devID,
+		"chardev": chardevID,
+		"addr":    addr,
+	}
+
+	if bus != "" {
+		args["bus"] = bus
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecuteVFIODeviceAdd adds a VFIO device to a QEMU instance
 // using the device_add command. devID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier. bdf is the PCI bus-device-function
@@ -1347,8 +1379,8 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecQueryCpusFast(ctx context.Context) ([]CPUInfoFast, error) {
 	return cpuInfoFast, nil
 }
 
-// ExecHotplugMemory adds size of MiB memory to the guest
-func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string, size int, share bool) error {
+// ExecMemdevAdd adds size of MiB memory device to the guest
+func (q *QMP) ExecMemdevAdd(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string, size int, share bool, driver, driverID string) error {
 	props := map[string]interface{}{"size": uint64(size) << 20}
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"qom-type": qomtype,
@@ -1368,17 +1400,17 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
-			q.cfg.Logger.Errorf("Unable to hotplug memory device: %v", err)
+			q.cfg.Logger.Errorf("Unable to add memory device %s: %v", id, err)
 			err = q.executeCommand(ctx, "object-del", map[string]interface{}{"id": id}, nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				q.cfg.Logger.Warningf("Unable to clean up memory object: %v", err)
+				q.cfg.Logger.Warningf("Unable to clean up memory object %s: %v", id, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 
 	args = map[string]interface{}{
-		"driver": "pc-dimm",
-		"id":     "dimm" + id,
+		"driver": driver,
+		"id":     driverID,
 		"memdev": id,
 	}
 	err = q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
@@ -1386,6 +1418,11 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string
 	return err
 }
 
+// ExecHotplugMemory adds size of MiB memory to the guest
+func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string, size int, share bool) error {
+	return q.ExecMemdevAdd(ctx, qomtype, id, mempath, size, share, "pc-dimm", "dimm"+id)
+}
+
 // ExecuteNVDIMMDeviceAdd adds a block device to a QEMU instance using
 // a NVDIMM driver with the device_add command.
 // id is the id of the device to add.  It must be a valid QMP identifier.
@@ -1572,3 +1609,14 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteQueryStatus(ctx context.Context) (StatusInfo, error) {
 
 	return status, nil
 }
+
+// ExecQomSet qom-set path property value
+func (q *QMP) ExecQomSet(ctx context.Context, path, property string, value uint64) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"path":     path,
+		"property": property,
+		"value":    value,
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "qom-set", args, nil)
+}