diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
index cf373068a..4de953f8f 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/$(SYSTEM)app/eal
 CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
-LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev -lrte_pci
+LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev -lrte_pci -lrte_kvargs
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/pci/$(SYSTEM)/Makefile
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PCI_BUS) := $(addprefix $(SYSTEM)/,$(SRCS))
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PCI_BUS) += pci_params.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PCI_BUS) += pci_common.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PCI_BUS) += pci_common_uio.c
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
index 72939e598..23d6a5fec 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 deps += ['pci']
 install_headers('rte_bus_pci.h')
-sources = files('pci_common.c', 'pci_common_uio.c')
+sources = files('pci_common.c',
+	'pci_common_uio.c',
+	'pci_params.c')
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
 	sources += files('linux/pci.c',
 			'linux/pci_uio.c',
@@ -17,3 +19,5 @@ endif
 
 # memseg walk is not part of stable API yet
 allow_experimental_apis = true
+
+deps += ['kvargs']
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
index 7736b3f9c..c7695d108 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include "private.h"
 
 
-extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
-
 #define SYSFS_PCI_DEVICES "/sys/bus/pci/devices"
 
 const char *rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(void)
@@ -435,6 +433,7 @@ struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus = {
 		.unplug = pci_unplug,
 		.parse = pci_parse,
 		.get_iommu_class = rte_pci_get_iommu_class,
+		.dev_iterate = rte_pci_dev_iterate,
 	},
 	.device_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.device_list),
 	.driver_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.driver_list),
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_params.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_params.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fde75803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_params.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2018 Gaëtan Rivet
+ */
+
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_kvargs.h>
+#include <rte_pci.h>
+
+#include "private.h"
+
+enum pci_params {
+	RTE_PCI_PARAMS_MAX,
+};
+
+static const char * const pci_params_keys[] = {
+	[RTE_PCI_PARAMS_MAX] = NULL,
+};
+
+static int
+pci_dev_match(const struct rte_device *dev,
+	      const void *_kvlist)
+{
+	const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist = _kvlist;
+
+	(void) dev;
+	(void) kvlist;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void *
+rte_pci_dev_iterate(const void *start,
+		    const char *str,
+		    const struct rte_dev_iterator *it __rte_unused)
+{
+	rte_bus_find_device_t find_device;
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvargs = NULL;
+	struct rte_device *dev;
+
+	if (str != NULL) {
+		kvargs = rte_kvargs_parse(str, pci_params_keys);
+		if (kvargs == NULL) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "cannot parse argument list\n");
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	find_device = rte_pci_bus.bus.find_device;
+	dev = find_device(start, pci_dev_match, kvargs);
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvargs);
+	return dev;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
index 8ddd03e16..0e689fa74 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 #include <rte_bus_pci.h>
 
+extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
+
 struct rte_pci_driver;
 struct rte_pci_device;
 
@@ -166,4 +168,27 @@ rte_pci_match(const struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
 enum rte_iova_mode
 rte_pci_get_iommu_class(void);
 
+/*
+ * Iterate over internal devices,
+ * matching any device against the provided
+ * string.
+ *
+ * @param start
+ *   Iteration starting point.
+ *
+ * @param str
+ *   Device string to match against.
+ *
+ * @param it
+ *   (unused) iterator structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A pointer to the next matching device if any.
+ *   NULL otherwise.
+ */
+void *
+rte_pci_dev_iterate(const void *start,
+		    const char *str,
+		    const struct rte_dev_iterator *it);
+
 #endif /* _PCI_PRIVATE_H_ */
