diff --git a/hw/misc/vfio.c b/hw/misc/vfio.c
index 95baad825b..ad8ce770dc 100644
--- a/hw/misc/vfio.c
+++ b/hw/misc/vfio.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     PCIHostDeviceAddress host;
     QLIST_ENTRY(VFIODevice) next;
     struct VFIOGroup *group;
+    EventNotifier err_notifier;
     uint32_t features;
 #define VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_VGA_BIT 0
 #define VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_VGA (1 << VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_VGA_BIT)
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     uint8_t pm_cap;
     bool reset_works;
     bool has_vga;
+    bool pci_aer;
 } VFIODevice;
 
 typedef struct VFIOGroup {
@@ -2766,6 +2768,7 @@ static int vfio_get_device(VFIOGroup *group, const char *name, VFIODevice *vdev)
 {
     struct vfio_device_info dev_info = { .argsz = sizeof(dev_info) };
     struct vfio_region_info reg_info = { .argsz = sizeof(reg_info) };
+    struct vfio_irq_info irq_info = { .argsz = sizeof(irq_info) };
     int ret, i;
 
     ret = ioctl(group->fd, VFIO_GROUP_GET_DEVICE_FD, name);
@@ -2909,6 +2912,19 @@ static int vfio_get_device(VFIOGroup *group, const char *name, VFIODevice *vdev)
 
         vdev->has_vga = true;
     }
+    irq_info.index = VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX;
+
+    ret = ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_IRQ_INFO, &irq_info);
+    if (ret) {
+        /* This can fail for an old kernel or legacy PCI dev */
+        DPRINTF("VFIO_DEVICE_GET_IRQ_INFO failure ret=%d\n", ret);
+        ret = 0;
+    } else if (irq_info.count == 1) {
+        vdev->pci_aer = true;
+    } else {
+        error_report("vfio: Warning: "
+                     "Could not enable error recovery for the device\n");
+    }
 
 error:
     if (ret) {
@@ -2931,6 +2947,113 @@ static void vfio_put_device(VFIODevice *vdev)
     }
 }
 
+static void vfio_err_notifier_handler(void *opaque)
+{
+    VFIODevice *vdev = opaque;
+
+    if (!event_notifier_test_and_clear(&vdev->err_notifier)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * TBD. Retrieve the error details and decide what action
+     * needs to be taken. One of the actions could be to pass
+     * the error to the guest and have the guest driver recover
+     * from the error. This requires that PCIe capabilities be
+     * exposed to the guest. For now, we just terminate the
+     * guest to contain the error.
+     */
+
+    error_report("%s (%04x:%02x:%02x.%x)"
+        "Unrecoverable error detected...\n"
+        "Please collect any data possible and then kill the guest",
+        __func__, vdev->host.domain, vdev->host.bus,
+        vdev->host.slot, vdev->host.function);
+
+    vm_stop(RUN_STATE_IO_ERROR);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Registers error notifier for devices supporting error recovery.
+ * If we encounter a failure in this function, we report an error
+ * and continue after disabling error recovery support for the
+ * device.
+ */
+static void vfio_register_err_notifier(VFIODevice *vdev)
+{
+    int ret;
+    int argsz;
+    struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
+    int32_t *pfd;
+
+    if (!vdev->pci_aer) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (event_notifier_init(&vdev->err_notifier, 0)) {
+        error_report("vfio: Warning: "
+                     "Unable to init event notifier for error detection\n");
+        vdev->pci_aer = false;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    argsz = sizeof(*irq_set) + sizeof(*pfd);
+
+    irq_set = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    irq_set->argsz = argsz;
+    irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD |
+                     VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER;
+    irq_set->index = VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX;
+    irq_set->start = 0;
+    irq_set->count = 1;
+    pfd = (int32_t *)&irq_set->data;
+
+    *pfd = event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->err_notifier);
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(*pfd, vfio_err_notifier_handler, NULL, vdev);
+
+    ret = ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_report("vfio: Failed to set up error notification\n");
+        qemu_set_fd_handler(*pfd, NULL, NULL, vdev);
+        event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->err_notifier);
+        vdev->pci_aer = false;
+    }
+    g_free(irq_set);
+}
+
+static void vfio_unregister_err_notifier(VFIODevice *vdev)
+{
+    int argsz;
+    struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
+    int32_t *pfd;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (!vdev->pci_aer) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    argsz = sizeof(*irq_set) + sizeof(*pfd);
+
+    irq_set = g_malloc0(argsz);
+    irq_set->argsz = argsz;
+    irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD |
+                     VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER;
+    irq_set->index = VFIO_PCI_ERR_IRQ_INDEX;
+    irq_set->start = 0;
+    irq_set->count = 1;
+    pfd = (int32_t *)&irq_set->data;
+    *pfd = -1;
+
+    ret = ioctl(vdev->fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_report("vfio: Failed to de-assign error fd: %d\n", ret);
+    }
+    g_free(irq_set);
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(event_notifier_get_fd(&vdev->err_notifier),
+                        NULL, NULL, vdev);
+    event_notifier_cleanup(&vdev->err_notifier);
+}
+
 static int vfio_initfn(PCIDevice *pdev)
 {
     VFIODevice *pvdev, *vdev = DO_UPCAST(VFIODevice, pdev, pdev);
@@ -3063,6 +3186,7 @@ static int vfio_initfn(PCIDevice *pdev)
     }
 
     add_boot_device_path(vdev->bootindex, &pdev->qdev, NULL);
+    vfio_register_err_notifier(vdev);
 
     return 0;
 
@@ -3082,6 +3206,7 @@ static void vfio_exitfn(PCIDevice *pdev)
     VFIODevice *vdev = DO_UPCAST(VFIODevice, pdev, pdev);
     VFIOGroup *group = vdev->group;
 
+    vfio_unregister_err_notifier(vdev);
     pci_device_set_intx_routing_notifier(&vdev->pdev, NULL);
     vfio_disable_interrupts(vdev);
     if (vdev->intx.mmap_timer) {