diff --git a/lib/include/openamp/virtio.h b/lib/include/openamp/virtio.h
index 278d2da7..0e366314 100644
--- a/lib/include/openamp/virtio.h
+++ b/lib/include/openamp/virtio.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct virtio_device_id {
 typedef void (*virtio_dev_reset_cb)(struct virtio_device *vdev);
 
 struct virtio_dispatch;
+struct virtio_memory_ops;
 
 /** @brief Device features. */
 struct virtio_feature_desc {
@@ -197,6 +198,9 @@ struct virtio_device {
 	/** Virtio dispatch table */
 	const struct virtio_dispatch *func;
 
+	/**< Virtio device memory operations */
+	const struct virtio_memory_ops *mmops;
+
 	/** Private data */
 	void *priv;
 
@@ -282,6 +286,14 @@ struct virtio_dispatch {
 	void (*notify)(struct virtqueue *vq);
 };
 
+struct virtio_memory_ops {
+	/** Allocate memory from the virtio device. */
+	void *(*alloc)(struct virtio_device *dev, size_t size, size_t align);
+
+	/** Free memory allocated from the virtio device. */
+	void (*free)(struct virtio_device *dev, void *buf);
+};
+
 /**
  * @brief Create the virtio device virtqueue.
  *
@@ -499,6 +511,54 @@ static inline int virtio_reset_device(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Allocate buffer from the virtio device
+ *
+ * @param vdev	Pointer to virtio device structure.
+ * @param buf	Pointer to the allocated buffer (virtual address).
+ * @param size	Allocated buffer size.
+ * @param align	Allocated buffer alignment.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise error code.
+ */
+static inline int virtio_alloc_buf(struct virtio_device *vdev, void **buf,
+				   size_t size, size_t align)
+{
+	if (!vdev || !buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!vdev->mmops || !vdev->mmops->alloc)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	*buf = vdev->mmops->alloc(vdev, size, align);
+	if (!*buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Free the buffer allocated by \ref virtio_alloc_buf from the virtio
+ * device.
+ *
+ * @param vdev	Pointer to virtio device structure.
+ * @param buf	Buffer need to be freed.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, otherwise error code.
+ */
+static inline int virtio_free_buf(struct virtio_device *vdev, void *buf)
+{
+	if (!vdev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!vdev->mmops || !vdev->mmops->free)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	vdev->mmops->free(vdev, buf);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #if defined __cplusplus
 }
 #endif