diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index c634dcad1d..624e955e29 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/vmgenid.h"
 #include "sysemu/tpm_backend.h"
 #include "hw/timer/mc146818rtc_regs.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "sysemu/numa.h"
 
 /* Supported chipsets: */
@@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ build_tpm2(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *tcpalog)
 static void build_srat_hotpluggable_memory(GArray *table_data, uint64_t base,
                                            uint64_t len, int default_node)
 {
-    MemoryDeviceInfoList *info_list = qmp_pc_dimm_device_list();
+    MemoryDeviceInfoList *info_list = qmp_memory_device_list();
     MemoryDeviceInfoList *info;
     MemoryDeviceInfo *mi;
     PCDIMMDeviceInfo *di;
diff --git a/hw/mem/Makefile.objs b/hw/mem/Makefile.objs
index f12f8b97a2..10be4df2a2 100644
--- a/hw/mem/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/mem/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_MEM_HOTPLUG) += pc-dimm.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_MEM_HOTPLUG) += memory-device.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_NVDIMM) += nvdimm.o
diff --git a/hw/mem/memory-device.c b/hw/mem/memory-device.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cbdaf99f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/mem/memory-device.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Memory Device Interface
+ *
+ * Copyright ProfitBricks GmbH 2012
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat Inc
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "qemu/range.h"
+
+static gint memory_device_addr_sort(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+    const MemoryDeviceState *md_a = MEMORY_DEVICE(a);
+    const MemoryDeviceState *md_b = MEMORY_DEVICE(b);
+    const MemoryDeviceClass *mdc_a = MEMORY_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(a);
+    const MemoryDeviceClass *mdc_b = MEMORY_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(b);
+    const uint64_t addr_a = mdc_a->get_addr(md_a);
+    const uint64_t addr_b = mdc_b->get_addr(md_b);
+
+    if (addr_a > addr_b) {
+        return 1;
+    } else if (addr_a < addr_b) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int memory_device_build_list(Object *obj, void *opaque)
+{
+    GSList **list = opaque;
+
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE)) {
+        DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+        if (dev->realized) { /* only realized memory devices matter */
+            *list = g_slist_insert_sorted(*list, dev, memory_device_addr_sort);
+        }
+    }
+
+    object_child_foreach(obj, memory_device_build_list, opaque);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_memory_device_list(void)
+{
+    GSList *devices = NULL, *item;
+    MemoryDeviceInfoList *list = NULL, *prev = NULL;
+
+    object_child_foreach(qdev_get_machine(), memory_device_build_list,
+                         &devices);
+
+    for (item = devices; item; item = g_slist_next(item)) {
+        const MemoryDeviceState *md = MEMORY_DEVICE(item->data);
+        const MemoryDeviceClass *mdc = MEMORY_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(item->data);
+        MemoryDeviceInfoList *elem = g_new0(MemoryDeviceInfoList, 1);
+        MemoryDeviceInfo *info = g_new0(MemoryDeviceInfo, 1);
+
+        mdc->fill_device_info(md, info);
+
+        elem->value = info;
+        elem->next = NULL;
+        if (prev) {
+            prev->next = elem;
+        } else {
+            list = elem;
+        }
+        prev = elem;
+    }
+
+    g_slist_free(devices);
+
+    return list;
+}
+
+static int memory_device_plugged_size(Object *obj, void *opaque)
+{
+    uint64_t *size = opaque;
+
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE)) {
+        const DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+        const MemoryDeviceState *md = MEMORY_DEVICE(obj);
+        const MemoryDeviceClass *mdc = MEMORY_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(obj);
+
+        if (dev->realized) {
+            *size += mdc->get_plugged_size(md);
+        }
+    }
+
+    object_child_foreach(obj, memory_device_plugged_size, opaque);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+uint64_t get_plugged_memory_size(void)
+{
+    uint64_t size = 0;
+
+    memory_device_plugged_size(qdev_get_machine(), &size);
+
+    return size;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo memory_device_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE,
+    .parent        = TYPE_INTERFACE,
+    .class_size = sizeof(MemoryDeviceClass),
+};
+
+static void memory_device_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&memory_device_info);
+}
+
+type_init(memory_device_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 51350d9c2d..ef330628c1 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
 #include "hw/mem/nvdimm.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
@@ -158,11 +159,6 @@ uint64_t pc_existing_dimms_capacity(Error **errp)
     return cap.size;
 }
 
-uint64_t get_plugged_memory_size(void)
-{
-    return pc_existing_dimms_capacity(&error_abort);
-}
-
 static int pc_dimm_slot2bitmap(Object *obj, void *opaque)
 {
     unsigned long *bitmap = opaque;
@@ -238,57 +234,6 @@ static int pc_dimm_built_list(Object *obj, void *opaque)
     return 0;
 }
 
-MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_pc_dimm_device_list(void)
-{
-    GSList *dimms = NULL, *item;
-    MemoryDeviceInfoList *list = NULL, *prev = NULL;
-
-    object_child_foreach(qdev_get_machine(), pc_dimm_built_list, &dimms);
-
-    for (item = dimms; item; item = g_slist_next(item)) {
-        PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(item->data);
-        Object *obj = OBJECT(dimm);
-        MemoryDeviceInfoList *elem = g_new0(MemoryDeviceInfoList, 1);
-        MemoryDeviceInfo *info = g_new0(MemoryDeviceInfo, 1);
-        PCDIMMDeviceInfo *di = g_new0(PCDIMMDeviceInfo, 1);
-        bool is_nvdimm = object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_NVDIMM);
-        DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(obj);
-        DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
-
-        if (dev->id) {
-            di->has_id = true;
-            di->id = g_strdup(dev->id);
-        }
-        di->hotplugged = dev->hotplugged;
-        di->hotpluggable = dc->hotpluggable;
-        di->addr = dimm->addr;
-        di->slot = dimm->slot;
-        di->node = dimm->node;
-        di->size = object_property_get_uint(obj, PC_DIMM_SIZE_PROP, NULL);
-        di->memdev = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(dimm->hostmem));
-
-        if (!is_nvdimm) {
-            info->u.dimm.data = di;
-            info->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_INFO_KIND_DIMM;
-        } else {
-            info->u.nvdimm.data = di;
-            info->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_INFO_KIND_NVDIMM;
-        }
-        elem->value = info;
-        elem->next = NULL;
-        if (prev) {
-            prev->next = elem;
-        } else {
-            list = elem;
-        }
-        prev = elem;
-    }
-
-    g_slist_free(dimms);
-
-    return list;
-}
-
 uint64_t pc_dimm_get_free_addr(uint64_t address_space_start,
                                uint64_t address_space_size,
                                uint64_t *hint, uint64_t align, uint64_t size,
@@ -445,10 +390,63 @@ static MemoryRegion *pc_dimm_get_vmstate_memory_region(PCDIMMDevice *dimm)
     return host_memory_backend_get_memory(dimm->hostmem, &error_abort);
 }
 
+static uint64_t pc_dimm_md_get_addr(const MemoryDeviceState *md)
+{
+    const PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(md);
+
+    return dimm->addr;
+}
+
+static uint64_t pc_dimm_md_get_region_size(const MemoryDeviceState *md)
+{
+    /* dropping const here is fine as we don't touch the memory region */
+    PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(md);
+    const PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(md);
+    MemoryRegion *mr;
+
+    mr = ddc->get_memory_region(dimm, &error_abort);
+    if (!mr) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return memory_region_size(mr);
+}
+
+static void pc_dimm_md_fill_device_info(const MemoryDeviceState *md,
+                                        MemoryDeviceInfo *info)
+{
+    PCDIMMDeviceInfo *di = g_new0(PCDIMMDeviceInfo, 1);
+    const DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(md);
+    const PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(md);
+    const DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(md);
+
+    if (dev->id) {
+        di->has_id = true;
+        di->id = g_strdup(dev->id);
+    }
+    di->hotplugged = dev->hotplugged;
+    di->hotpluggable = dc->hotpluggable;
+    di->addr = dimm->addr;
+    di->slot = dimm->slot;
+    di->node = dimm->node;
+    di->size = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(dimm), PC_DIMM_SIZE_PROP,
+                                        NULL);
+    di->memdev = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(dimm->hostmem));
+
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_NVDIMM)) {
+        info->u.nvdimm.data = di;
+        info->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_INFO_KIND_NVDIMM;
+    } else {
+        info->u.dimm.data = di;
+        info->type = MEMORY_DEVICE_INFO_KIND_DIMM;
+    }
+}
+
 static void pc_dimm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
     PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_CLASS(oc);
+    MemoryDeviceClass *mdc = MEMORY_DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
 
     dc->realize = pc_dimm_realize;
     dc->unrealize = pc_dimm_unrealize;
@@ -457,6 +455,12 @@ static void pc_dimm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     ddc->get_memory_region = pc_dimm_get_memory_region;
     ddc->get_vmstate_memory_region = pc_dimm_get_vmstate_memory_region;
+
+    mdc->get_addr = pc_dimm_md_get_addr;
+    /* for a dimm plugged_size == region_size */
+    mdc->get_plugged_size = pc_dimm_md_get_region_size;
+    mdc->get_region_size = pc_dimm_md_get_region_size;
+    mdc->fill_device_info = pc_dimm_md_fill_device_info;
 }
 
 static TypeInfo pc_dimm_info = {
@@ -466,6 +470,10 @@ static TypeInfo pc_dimm_info = {
     .instance_init = pc_dimm_init,
     .class_init    = pc_dimm_class_init,
     .class_size    = sizeof(PCDIMMDeviceClass),
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE },
+        { }
+    },
 };
 
 static void pc_dimm_register_types(void)
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 32ab3c43b6..640a66a21a 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "hw/compat.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
 
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ static int spapr_populate_drconf_memory(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, void *fdt)
     }
 
     /* ibm,dynamic-memory or ibm,dynamic-memory-v2 */
-    dimms = qmp_pc_dimm_device_list();
+    dimms = qmp_memory_device_list();
     if (spapr_ovec_test(spapr->ov5_cas, OV5_DRMEM_V2)) {
         ret = spapr_populate_drmem_v2(spapr, fdt, offset, dimms);
     } else {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
index ca9702e667..5f6e6249ba 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "kvm_ppc.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_ovec.h"
 #include "mmu-book3s-v3.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 
 struct LPCRSyncState {
     target_ulong value;
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h b/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31f64cbab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/mem/memory-device.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Memory Device Interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MEMORY_DEVICE_H
+#define MEMORY_DEVICE_H
+
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
+
+#define TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE "memory-device"
+
+#define MEMORY_DEVICE_CLASS(klass) \
+     OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(MemoryDeviceClass, (klass), TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE)
+#define MEMORY_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(MemoryDeviceClass, (obj), TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE)
+#define MEMORY_DEVICE(obj) \
+     INTERFACE_CHECK(MemoryDeviceState, (obj), TYPE_MEMORY_DEVICE)
+
+typedef struct MemoryDeviceState {
+    Object parent_obj;
+} MemoryDeviceState;
+
+typedef struct MemoryDeviceClass {
+    InterfaceClass parent_class;
+
+    uint64_t (*get_addr)(const MemoryDeviceState *md);
+    uint64_t (*get_plugged_size)(const MemoryDeviceState *md);
+    uint64_t (*get_region_size)(const MemoryDeviceState *md);
+    void (*fill_device_info)(const MemoryDeviceState *md,
+                             MemoryDeviceInfo *info);
+} MemoryDeviceClass;
+
+MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_memory_device_list(void);
+uint64_t get_plugged_memory_size(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
index 1fc479281c..e88073321f 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ uint64_t pc_dimm_get_free_addr(uint64_t address_space_start,
 
 int pc_dimm_get_free_slot(const int *hint, int max_slots, Error **errp);
 
-MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_pc_dimm_device_list(void);
 uint64_t pc_existing_dimms_capacity(Error **errp);
-uint64_t get_plugged_memory_size(void);
 void pc_dimm_memory_plug(DeviceState *dev, MemoryHotplugState *hpms,
                          MemoryRegion *mr, uint64_t align, Error **errp);
 void pc_dimm_memory_unplug(DeviceState *dev, MemoryHotplugState *hpms,
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 78a869e598..70b150e73a 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ void memory_region_allocate_system_memory(MemoryRegion *mr, Object *owner,
 
 static void numa_stat_memory_devices(NumaNodeMem node_mem[])
 {
-    MemoryDeviceInfoList *info_list = qmp_pc_dimm_device_list();
+    MemoryDeviceInfoList *info_list = qmp_memory_device_list();
     MemoryDeviceInfoList *info;
     PCDIMMDeviceInfo     *pcdimm_info;
 
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 9e95b889ff..25fdc9a5b2 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
-#include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h"
 
 NameInfo *qmp_query_name(Error **errp)
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ void qmp_object_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
 
 MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_query_memory_devices(Error **errp)
 {
-    return qmp_pc_dimm_device_list();
+    return qmp_memory_device_list();
 }
 
 ACPIOSTInfoList *qmp_query_acpi_ospm_status(Error **errp)
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 2d59d84091..53d3f32cb2 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stub-obj-y += uuid.o
 stub-obj-y += vm-stop.o
 stub-obj-y += vmstate.o
 stub-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += fd-register.o
-stub-obj-y += qmp_pc_dimm.o
+stub-obj-y += qmp_memory_device.o
 stub-obj-y += target-monitor-defs.o
 stub-obj-y += target-get-monitor-def.o
 stub-obj-y += pc_madt_cpu_entry.o
diff --git a/stubs/qmp_pc_dimm.c b/stubs/qmp_memory_device.c
similarity index 61%
rename from stubs/qmp_pc_dimm.c
rename to stubs/qmp_memory_device.c
index b6b2cca89e..85ff8f2d7e 100644
--- a/stubs/qmp_pc_dimm.c
+++ b/stubs/qmp_memory_device.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
-#include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
+#include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 
-MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_pc_dimm_device_list(void)
+MemoryDeviceInfoList *qmp_memory_device_list(void)
 {
    return NULL;
 }