diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
index 2753670..ab710ce 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost.h
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT 8
 #endif
 
+#ifndef VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG
+#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9
+#endif
+
 #ifndef VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_SLAVE_SEND_FD 10
 #endif
@@ -173,6 +177,10 @@ struct vhost_device_ops {
 
 	int (*vring_state_changed)(int vid, uint16_t queue_id, int enable);	/**< triggered when a vring is enabled or disabled */
 
+	int (*get_config)(int vid, uint8_t *config, uint32_t config_len);
+	int (*set_config)(int vid, uint8_t *config, uint32_t offset,
+			  uint32_t len, uint32_t flags);
+
 	/**
 	 * Features could be changed after the feature negotiation.
 	 * For example, VHOST_F_LOG_ALL will be set/cleared at the
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
index b086ad9..8e42734 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 	[VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU]  = "VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU",
 	[VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD]  = "VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD",
 	[VHOST_USER_IOTLB_MSG]  = "VHOST_USER_IOTLB_MSG",
+	[VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG] = "VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG",
+	[VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG] = "VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG",
 	[VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CREATE_SESS] = "VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CREATE_SESS",
 	[VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CLOSE_SESS] = "VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CLOSE_SESS",
 	[VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_ADVISE]  = "VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_ADVISE",
@@ -359,6 +361,46 @@
 	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
 }
 
+static int
+vhost_user_get_config(struct virtio_net **pdev, struct VhostUserMsg *msg,
+		      int main_fd __rte_unused)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev = *pdev;
+
+	if (!dev->notify_ops->get_config) {
+		msg->size = sizeof(uint64_t);
+		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_REPLY;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->notify_ops->get_config(dev->vid,
+					msg->payload.config.region,
+					msg->payload.config.size) != 0) {
+		msg->size = sizeof(uint64_t);
+	}
+
+	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_REPLY;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_user_set_config(struct virtio_net **pdev, struct VhostUserMsg *msg,
+		      int main_fd __rte_unused)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev = *pdev;
+
+	if (!dev->notify_ops->set_config)
+		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
+
+	if (dev->notify_ops->set_config(dev->vid,
+					msg->payload.config.region,
+					msg->payload.config.offset,
+					msg->payload.config.size,
+					msg->payload.config.flags) != 0) {
+		return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_ERR;
+	}
+
+	return RTE_VHOST_MSG_RESULT_OK;
+}
+
 /*
  * Reallocate virtio_dev and vhost_virtqueue data structure to make them on the
  * same numa node as the memory of vring descriptor.
@@ -1725,6 +1767,8 @@ typedef int (*vhost_message_handler_t)(struct virtio_net **pdev,
 	[VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU] = vhost_user_net_set_mtu,
 	[VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD] = vhost_user_set_req_fd,
 	[VHOST_USER_IOTLB_MSG] = vhost_user_iotlb_msg,
+	[VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG] = vhost_user_get_config,
+	[VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG] = vhost_user_set_config,
 	[VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_ADVISE] = vhost_user_set_postcopy_advise,
 	[VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_LISTEN] = vhost_user_set_postcopy_listen,
 	[VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_END] = vhost_user_postcopy_end,
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
index 2a650fe..057cdec 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 /* refer to hw/virtio/vhost-user.c */
 
+/*
+ * Maximum size of virtio device config space
+ */
+#define VHOST_USER_MAX_CONFIG_SIZE 256
+
 #define VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS 8
 
 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_FEATURES	((1ULL << VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ) | \
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@
 	VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU = 20,
 	VHOST_USER_SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD = 21,
 	VHOST_USER_IOTLB_MSG = 22,
+	VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG = 24,
+	VHOST_USER_SET_CONFIG = 25,
 	VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CREATE_SESS = 26,
 	VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CLOSE_SESS = 27,
 	VHOST_USER_POSTCOPY_ADVISE = 28,
@@ -60,6 +67,7 @@
 typedef enum VhostUserSlaveRequest {
 	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_NONE = 0,
 	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_IOTLB_MSG = 1,
+	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_CONFIG_CHANGE_MSG = 2,
 	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_VRING_HOST_NOTIFIER_MSG = 3,
 	VHOST_USER_SLAVE_MAX
 } VhostUserSlaveRequest;
@@ -112,6 +120,13 @@
 	uint64_t offset;
 } VhostUserVringArea;
 
+typedef struct VhostUserConfig {
+	uint32_t offset;
+	uint32_t size;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	uint8_t region[VHOST_USER_MAX_CONFIG_SIZE];
+} VhostUserConfig;
+
 typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
 	union {
 		uint32_t master; /* a VhostUserRequest value */
@@ -131,6 +146,7 @@
 		struct vhost_vring_addr addr;
 		VhostUserMemory memory;
 		VhostUserLog    log;
+		VhostUserConfig config;
 		struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb;
 		VhostUserCryptoSessionParam crypto_session;
 		VhostUserVringArea area;
