diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpudev.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpudev.rst
index 6ea7239159..7694639489 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpudev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpudev.rst
@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@ This library provides a number of features:
 
 API Overview
 ------------
+
+Child Device
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default, DPDK PCIe module detects and registers physical GPU devices
+in the system.
+With the gpudev library is also possible to add additional non-physical devices
+through an ``uint64_t`` generic handler (e.g. CUDA Driver context)
+that will be registered internally by the driver as an additional device (child)
+connected to a physical device (parent).
+Each device (parent or child) is represented through a ID
+required to indicate which device a given operation should be executed on.
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/gpudev.c b/lib/gpudev/gpudev.c
index d57e23df7c..74cdd7f20b 100644
--- a/lib/gpudev/gpudev.c
+++ b/lib/gpudev/gpudev.c
@@ -80,13 +80,22 @@ rte_gpu_is_valid(int16_t dev_id)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static bool
+gpu_match_parent(int16_t dev_id, int16_t parent)
+{
+	if (parent == RTE_GPU_ID_ANY)
+		return true;
+	return gpus[dev_id].info.parent == parent;
+}
+
 int16_t
-rte_gpu_find_next(int16_t dev_id)
+rte_gpu_find_next(int16_t dev_id, int16_t parent)
 {
 	if (dev_id < 0)
 		dev_id = 0;
 	while (dev_id < gpu_max &&
-			gpus[dev_id].state == RTE_GPU_STATE_UNUSED)
+			(gpus[dev_id].state == RTE_GPU_STATE_UNUSED ||
+			!gpu_match_parent(dev_id, parent)))
 		dev_id++;
 
 	if (dev_id >= gpu_max)
@@ -177,6 +186,7 @@ rte_gpu_allocate(const char *name)
 	dev->info.name = dev->name;
 	dev->info.dev_id = dev_id;
 	dev->info.numa_node = -1;
+	dev->info.parent = RTE_GPU_ID_NONE;
 	TAILQ_INIT(&dev->callbacks);
 
 	gpu_count++;
@@ -185,6 +195,28 @@ rte_gpu_allocate(const char *name)
 	return dev;
 }
 
+int16_t
+rte_gpu_add_child(const char *name, int16_t parent, uint64_t child_context)
+{
+	struct rte_gpu *dev;
+
+	if (!rte_gpu_is_valid(parent)) {
+		GPU_LOG(ERR, "add child to invalid parent ID %d", parent);
+		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
+
+	dev = rte_gpu_allocate(name);
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -rte_errno;
+
+	dev->info.parent = parent;
+	dev->info.context = child_context;
+
+	rte_gpu_complete_new(dev);
+	return dev->info.dev_id;
+}
+
 void
 rte_gpu_complete_new(struct rte_gpu *dev)
 {
@@ -199,10 +231,19 @@ rte_gpu_complete_new(struct rte_gpu *dev)
 int
 rte_gpu_release(struct rte_gpu *dev)
 {
+	int16_t dev_id, child;
+
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
+	dev_id = dev->info.dev_id;
+	RTE_GPU_FOREACH_CHILD(child, dev_id) {
+		GPU_LOG(ERR, "cannot release device %d with child %d",
+				dev_id, child);
+		rte_errno = EBUSY;
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
 
 	GPU_LOG(DEBUG, "free device %s (id %d)",
 			dev->info.name, dev->info.dev_id);
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/gpudev_driver.h b/lib/gpudev/gpudev_driver.h
index 2a7089aa52..4d0077161c 100644
--- a/lib/gpudev/gpudev_driver.h
+++ b/lib/gpudev/gpudev_driver.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ typedef int (rte_gpu_info_get_t)(struct rte_gpu *dev, struct rte_gpu_info *info)
 struct rte_gpu_ops {
 	/* Get device info. If NULL, info is just copied. */
 	rte_gpu_info_get_t *dev_info_get;
-	/* Close device. */
+	/* Close device or child context. */
 	rte_gpu_close_t *dev_close;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h b/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h
index e1702fbfe4..df75dbdbab 100644
--- a/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h
+++ b/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ extern "C" {
 struct rte_gpu_info {
 	/** Unique identifier name. */
 	const char *name;
+	/** Opaque handler of the device context. */
+	uint64_t context;
 	/** Device ID. */
 	int16_t dev_id;
+	/** ID of the parent device, RTE_GPU_ID_NONE if no parent */
+	int16_t parent;
 	/** Total processors available on device. */
 	uint32_t processor_count;
 	/** Total memory available on device. */
@@ -110,6 +114,33 @@ uint16_t rte_gpu_count_avail(void);
 __rte_experimental
 bool rte_gpu_is_valid(int16_t dev_id);
 
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Create a virtual device representing a context in the parent device.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   Unique string to identify the device.
+ * @param parent
+ *   Device ID of the parent.
+ * @param child_context
+ *   Opaque context handler.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Device ID of the new created child, -rte_errno otherwise:
+ *   - EINVAL if empty name
+ *   - ENAMETOOLONG if long name
+ *   - EEXIST if existing device name
+ *   - ENODEV if invalid parent
+ *   - EPERM if secondary process
+ *   - ENOENT if too many devices
+ *   - ENOMEM if out of space
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int16_t rte_gpu_add_child(const char *name,
+		int16_t parent, uint64_t child_context);
+
 /**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
@@ -118,13 +149,17 @@ bool rte_gpu_is_valid(int16_t dev_id);
  *
  * @param dev_id
  *   The initial device ID to start the research.
+ * @param parent
+ *   The device ID of the parent.
+ *   RTE_GPU_ID_NONE means no parent.
+ *   RTE_GPU_ID_ANY means no or any parent.
  *
  * @return
  *   Next device ID corresponding to a valid and initialized computing device,
  *   RTE_GPU_ID_NONE if there is none.
  */
 __rte_experimental
-int16_t rte_gpu_find_next(int16_t dev_id);
+int16_t rte_gpu_find_next(int16_t dev_id, int16_t parent);
 
 /**
  * @warning
@@ -136,15 +171,41 @@ int16_t rte_gpu_find_next(int16_t dev_id);
  *   The ID of the next possible valid device, usually 0 to iterate all.
  */
 #define RTE_GPU_FOREACH(dev_id) \
-	for (dev_id = rte_gpu_find_next(0); \
-	     dev_id > 0; \
-	     dev_id = rte_gpu_find_next(dev_id + 1))
+	RTE_GPU_FOREACH_CHILD(dev_id, RTE_GPU_ID_ANY)
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Macro to iterate over all valid computing devices having no parent.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The ID of the next possible valid device, usually 0 to iterate all.
+ */
+#define RTE_GPU_FOREACH_PARENT(dev_id) \
+	RTE_GPU_FOREACH_CHILD(dev_id, RTE_GPU_ID_NONE)
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Macro to iterate over all valid children of a computing device parent.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The ID of the next possible valid device, usually 0 to iterate all.
+ * @param parent
+ *   The device ID of the parent.
+ */
+#define RTE_GPU_FOREACH_CHILD(dev_id, parent) \
+	for (dev_id = rte_gpu_find_next(0, parent); \
+	     dev_id >= 0; \
+	     dev_id = rte_gpu_find_next(dev_id + 1, parent))
 
 /**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
  *
- * Close device.
+ * Close device or child context.
  * All resources are released.
  *
  * @param dev_id
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/version.map b/lib/gpudev/version.map
index b3b6b76c1c..4a934ed933 100644
--- a/lib/gpudev/version.map
+++ b/lib/gpudev/version.map
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	global:
 
 	# added in 21.11
+	rte_gpu_add_child;
 	rte_gpu_callback_register;
 	rte_gpu_callback_unregister;
 	rte_gpu_close;
