diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
index d534bb71c..c87522f27 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ ABI Changes
        ``rte_config`` structure on account of improving DPDK usability when
        using either ``--legacy-mem`` or ``--single-file-segments`` flags.
 
+* eal: The structure ``rte_device`` got a new field to reference a ``rte_bus``.
+  It is changing the size of the ``struct rte_device`` and the inherited
+  device structures of all buses.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -199,11 +203,12 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_bbdev.so.1
      librte_bitratestats.so.2
      librte_bpf.so.1
-     librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
-     librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
-     librte_bus_pci.so.1
-     librte_bus_vdev.so.1
-   + librte_bus_vmbus.so.1
+   + librte_bus_dpaa.so.2
+   + librte_bus_fslmc.so.2
+   + librte_bus_ifpga.so.2
+   + librte_bus_pci.so.2
+   + librte_bus_vdev.so.2
+   + librte_bus_vmbus.so.2
      librte_cfgfile.so.2
      librte_cmdline.so.2
      librte_common_octeontx.so.1
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile b/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
index bffaa9d92..9337b5f92 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_dpaa_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 #
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
index 49cd04dbb..138e0f98d 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ dpaa_create_device_list(void)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
+		dev->device.bus = &rte_dpaa_bus.bus;
+
 		cfg = &dpaa_netcfg->port_cfg[i];
 		fman_intf = cfg->fman_if;
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build b/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
index d10b62c03..5e7705571 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright 2018 NXP
 
+version = 2
+
 if host_machine.system() != 'linux'
         build = false
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/Makefile b/drivers/bus/fslmc/Makefile
index 515d0f534..e95551980 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_fslmc_version.map
 
 # library version
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FSLMC_BUS) += \
         qbman/qbman_portal.c \
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
index bfe81e236..960f55071 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ scan_one_fslmc_device(char *dev_name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	dev->device.bus = &rte_fslmc_bus.bus;
+
 	/* Parse the device name and ID */
 	t_ptr = strtok(dup_dev_name, ".");
 	if (!t_ptr) {
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build b/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
index 22a56a6fc..54ca92d0c 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright 2018 NXP
 
+version = 2
+
 if host_machine.system() != 'linux'
         build = false
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/bus/ifpga/Makefile b/drivers/bus/ifpga/Makefile
index 3ff3bdb81..514452b39 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/ifpga/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/ifpga/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_kvargs
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_ifpga_version.map
 
 # library version
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IFPGA_BUS) += ifpga_bus.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IFPGA_BUS) += ifpga_common.c
diff --git a/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c b/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
index 3ef035b7e..80663328a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/ifpga/ifpga_bus.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ ifpga_scan_one(struct rte_rawdev *rawdev,
 	if (!afu_dev)
 		goto end;
 
+	afu_dev->device.bus = &rte_ifpga_bus;
 	afu_dev->device.devargs = devargs;
 	afu_dev->device.numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
 	afu_dev->device.name = devargs->name;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build b/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
index c9b08c862..0b5c38d54 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2010-2018 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
+
 deps += ['pci', 'kvargs', 'rawdev']
 install_headers('rte_bus_ifpga.h')
 sources = files('ifpga_common.c', 'ifpga_bus.c')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
index 4de953f8f..f33e0120f 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
 LIB = librte_bus_pci.a
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_pci_version.map
 
 CFLAGS := -I$(SRCDIR) $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
index 655b34b7e..40641cad4 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ pci_scan_one(int dev_pci_fd, struct pci_conf *conf)
 	}
 
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+	dev->device.bus = &rte_pci_bus.bus;
+
 	dev->addr.domain = conf->pc_sel.pc_domain;
 	dev->addr.bus = conf->pc_sel.pc_bus;
 	dev->addr.devid = conf->pc_sel.pc_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
index 04648ac93..e31bbb370 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 		return -1;
 
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+	dev->device.bus = &rte_pci_bus.bus;
 	dev->addr = *addr;
 
 	/* get vendor id */
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
index 23d6a5fec..ef9492bb8 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
+
 deps += ['pci']
 install_headers('rte_bus_pci.h')
 sources = files('pci_common.c',
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
index 0e689fa74..04bffa6e7 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
 struct rte_pci_driver;
 struct rte_pci_device;
 
+extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
+
 /**
  * Probe the PCI bus
  *
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/Makefile b/drivers/bus/vdev/Makefile
index 1f9cd7ebe..803b8ea7b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_vdev_version.map
 
 # library version
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 SRCS-y += vdev.c
 SRCS-y += vdev_params.c
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build b/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
index 12605e5c7..803785f10 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
+
 sources = files('vdev.c',
 	'vdev_params.c')
 install_headers('rte_bus_vdev.h')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
index efca962f7..0142fb2c8 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ vdev_scan(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		dev->device.bus = &rte_vdev_bus;
 		dev->device.devargs = devargs;
 		dev->device.numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
 		dev->device.name = devargs->name;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile b/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
index deee9dd10..e54c557c6 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
 LIB = librte_bus_vmbus.a
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_bus_vmbus_version.map
 
 CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c b/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
index 527a6a39f..a4755a387 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/linux/vmbus_bus.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ vmbus_scan_one(const char *name)
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
+	dev->device.bus = &rte_vmbus_bus.bus;
 	dev->device.name = strdup(name);
 	if (!dev->device.name)
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/meson.build b/drivers/bus/vmbus/meson.build
index 18daabecc..0e4d058ee 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
+version = 2
+
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 
 install_headers('rte_bus_vmbus.h','rte_vmbus_reg.h')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/private.h b/drivers/bus/vmbus/private.h
index f2022a68c..211127dd8 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/private.h
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_vmbus_reg.h>
+#include <rte_bus_vmbus.h>
 
 #ifndef PAGE_SIZE
 #define PAGE_SIZE	4096
 #endif
 
+extern struct rte_vmbus_bus rte_vmbus_bus;
+
 extern int vmbus_logtype_bus;
 #define VMBUS_LOG(level, fmt, args...) \
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, vmbus_logtype_bus, "%s(): " fmt "\n", \
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index b80a80598..d82cba847 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct rte_device {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_device) next; /**< Next device */
 	const char *name;             /**< Device name */
 	const struct rte_driver *driver;/**< Associated driver */
+	const struct rte_bus *bus;    /**< Bus handle assigned on scan */
 	int numa_node;                /**< NUMA node connection */
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs;  /**< Device user arguments */
 };
