diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
index 8b62c6c36e..39b5e637fc 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "migration/blocker.h"
 
 static void vub_start(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@ static void vub_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
     VHostUserBase *vub = VHOST_USER_BASE(dev);
-    int ret;
+    uint64_t memory_sizes[VIRTIO_MAX_SHMEM_REGIONS];
+    int i, ret, nregions, regions_processed = 0;
 
     if (!vub->chardev.chr) {
         error_setg(errp, "vhost-user-base: missing chardev");
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ static void vub_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     /* Allocate queues */
     vub->vqs = g_ptr_array_sized_new(vub->num_vqs);
-    for (int i = 0; i < vub->num_vqs; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < vub->num_vqs; i++) {
         g_ptr_array_add(vub->vqs,
                         virtio_add_queue(vdev, vub->vq_size,
                                          vub_handle_output));
@@ -338,11 +340,49 @@ static void vub_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                          VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER, 0, errp);
 
     if (ret < 0) {
-        do_vhost_user_cleanup(vdev, vub);
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    ret = vub->vhost_dev.vhost_ops->vhost_get_shmem_config(&vub->vhost_dev,
+                                                           &nregions,
+                                                           memory_sizes,
+                                                           errp);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < VIRTIO_MAX_SHMEM_REGIONS && regions_processed < nregions; i++) {
+        if (memory_sizes[i]) {
+            regions_processed++;
+            if (vub->vhost_dev.migration_blocker == NULL) {
+                error_setg(&vub->vhost_dev.migration_blocker,
+                       "Migration disabled: devices with VIRTIO Shared Memory "
+                       "Regions do not support migration yet.");
+                ret = migrate_add_blocker_normal(
+                    &vub->vhost_dev.migration_blocker,
+                    errp);
+
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    goto err;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (memory_sizes[i] % qemu_real_host_page_size() != 0) {
+                error_setg(errp, "Shared memory %d size must be a multiple of "
+                                 "the host page size", i);
+                goto err;
+            }
+
+            virtio_new_shmem_region(vdev, i, memory_sizes[i]);
+        }
     }
 
     qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&vub->chardev, NULL, NULL, vub_event, NULL,
                              dev, NULL, true);
+    return;
+err:
+    do_vhost_user_cleanup(vdev, vub);
 }
 
 static void vub_device_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-test-device-pci.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-test-device-pci.c
index 7f6d751690..2106557ed8 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-test-device-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-test-device-pci.c
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h"
 
+#define VIRTIO_DEVICE_PCI_SHMEM_BAR 4
+
 struct VHostUserDevicePCI {
     VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
 
     VHostUserBase vub;
+    MemoryRegion shmembar;
 };
 
 #define TYPE_VHOST_USER_TEST_DEVICE_PCI "vhost-user-test-device-pci-base"
@@ -25,10 +28,45 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(VHostUserDevicePCI, VHOST_USER_TEST_DEVICE_PCI)
 static void vhost_user_device_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VHostUserDevicePCI *dev = VHOST_USER_TEST_DEVICE_PCI(vpci_dev);
-    DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vub);
+    DeviceState *dev_state = DEVICE(&dev->vub);
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev_state);
+    VirtioSharedMemory *shmem;
+    uint64_t offset = 0, shmem_size = 0;
 
+    /* Keep modern 64-bit BARs (2 slots) away from the shared memory BAR. */
+    vpci_dev->modern_mem_bar_idx = 2;
     vpci_dev->nvectors = 1;
-    qdev_realize(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus), errp);
+    if (!qdev_realize(dev_state, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus), errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH(shmem, &vdev->shmem_list, entry) {
+        if (memory_region_size(&shmem->mr) > UINT64_MAX - shmem_size) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Total shared memory required overflow");
+            return;
+        }
+        shmem_size = shmem_size + memory_region_size(&shmem->mr);
+    }
+    if (shmem_size) {
+        if (vpci_dev->flags & VIRTIO_PCI_FLAG_MODERN_PIO_NOTIFY) {
+            error_setg(errp, "modern-pio-notify is not supported due to PCI BAR layout limitations");
+            return;
+        }
+        memory_region_init(&dev->shmembar, OBJECT(vpci_dev),
+                           "vhost-device-pci-shmembar", shmem_size);
+        QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH(shmem, &vdev->shmem_list, entry) {
+            memory_region_add_subregion(&dev->shmembar, offset, &shmem->mr);
+            virtio_pci_add_shm_cap(vpci_dev, VIRTIO_DEVICE_PCI_SHMEM_BAR,
+                                   offset, memory_region_size(&shmem->mr),
+                                   shmem->shmid);
+            offset = offset + memory_region_size(&shmem->mr);
+        }
+        pci_register_bar(&vpci_dev->pci_dev, VIRTIO_DEVICE_PCI_SHMEM_BAR,
+                        PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY |
+                        PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_PREFETCH |
+                        PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64,
+                        &dev->shmembar);
+    }
 }
 
 static void vhost_user_device_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,