diff --git a/src/agent/src/device.rs b/src/agent/src/device.rs
index 3258be1165..60f661c120 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/device.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/device.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ use libc::{c_uint, major, minor};
 use nix::sys::stat;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -62,6 +64,40 @@ pub fn online_device(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// Force a given PCI device to bind to the given driver, does
+// basically the same thing as
+//    driverctl set-override <PCI address> <driver>
+#[instrument]
+pub fn pci_driver_override<T, U>(syspci: T, dev: pci::Address, drv: U) -> Result<()>
+where
+    T: AsRef<OsStr> + std::fmt::Debug,
+    U: AsRef<OsStr> + std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    let syspci = Path::new(&syspci);
+    let drv = drv.as_ref();
+    info!(sl!(), "rebind_pci_driver: {} => {:?}", dev, drv);
+
+    let devpath = syspci.join("devices").join(dev.to_string());
+    let overridepath = &devpath.join("driver_override");
+
+    fs::write(overridepath, drv.as_bytes())?;
+
+    let drvpath = &devpath.join("driver");
+    let need_unbind = match fs::read_link(drvpath) {
+        Ok(d) if d.file_name() == Some(drv) => return Ok(()), // Nothing to do
+        Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => false, // No current driver
+        Err(e) => return Err(anyhow!("Error checking driver on {}: {}", dev, e)),
+        Ok(_) => true, // Current driver needs unbinding
+    };
+    if need_unbind {
+        let unbindpath = &drvpath.join("unbind");
+        fs::write(unbindpath, dev.to_string())?;
+    }
+    let probepath = syspci.join("drivers_probe");
+    fs::write(probepath, dev.to_string())?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // pcipath_to_sysfs fetches the sysfs path for a PCI path, relative to
 // the sysfs path for the PCI host bridge, based on the PCI path
 // provided.
@@ -1151,4 +1187,42 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(split_vfio_option("0000:01:00.0=02/01=rubbish"), None);
         assert_eq!(split_vfio_option("0000:01:00.0"), None);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pci_driver_override() {
+        let testdir = tempdir().expect("failed to create tmpdir");
+        let syspci = testdir.path(); // Path to mock /sys/bus/pci
+
+        let dev0 = pci::Address::new(0, 0, pci::SlotFn::new(0, 0).unwrap());
+        let dev0path = syspci.join("devices").join(dev0.to_string());
+        let dev0drv = dev0path.join("driver");
+        let dev0override = dev0path.join("driver_override");
+
+        let drvapath = syspci.join("drivers").join("drv_a");
+        let drvaunbind = drvapath.join("unbind");
+
+        let probepath = syspci.join("drivers_probe");
+
+        // Start mocking dev0 as being unbound
+        fs::create_dir_all(&dev0path).unwrap();
+
+        pci_driver_override(syspci, dev0, "drv_a").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&dev0override).unwrap(), "drv_a");
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&probepath).unwrap(), dev0.to_string());
+
+        // Now mock dev0 already being attached to drv_a
+        fs::create_dir_all(&drvapath).unwrap();
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&drvapath, dev0drv).unwrap();
+        std::fs::remove_file(&probepath).unwrap();
+
+        pci_driver_override(syspci, dev0, "drv_a").unwrap(); // no-op
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&dev0override).unwrap(), "drv_a");
+        assert!(!probepath.exists());
+
+        // Now try binding to a different driver
+        pci_driver_override(syspci, dev0, "drv_b").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&dev0override).unwrap(), "drv_b");
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&probepath).unwrap(), dev0.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(&drvaunbind).unwrap(), dev0.to_string());
+    }
 }