diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 997c35c951..387cea8791 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "qemu_dbus.h"
 #include "qemu_process.h"
 #include "qemu_capabilities.h"
+#include "qemu_hostdev.h"
 #include "qemu_migration.h"
 #include "qemu_migration_params.h"
 #include "qemu_security.h"
@@ -12712,6 +12713,14 @@ qemuDomainSupportsVideoVga(virDomainVideoDefPtr video,
 }
 
 
+bool
+qemuDomainNeedsVFIO(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    return virDomainDefHasVFIOHostdev(def) ||
+        virDomainDefHasMdevHostdev(def);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * qemuDomainGetHostdevPath:
  * @def: domain definition
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index d703417862..56ae112e74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -1070,6 +1070,8 @@ int qemuDomainCheckMonitor(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 bool qemuDomainSupportsVideoVga(virDomainVideoDefPtr video,
                                 virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
 
+bool qemuDomainNeedsVFIO(const virDomainDef *def);
+
 int qemuDomainGetHostdevPath(virDomainDefPtr def,
                              virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev,
                              bool teardown,