diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index a017011ad1f5799ad7f2d0928c87b997bfb2a619..aa5cacdc52630f9c7864a41105dca9b1a162dc0a 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -465,6 +465,14 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
 			return -EFAULT;
 		ops->set_vq_ready(vdpa, idx, s.num);
 		return 0;
+	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_GROUP:
+		s.index = idx;
+		s.num = ops->get_vq_group(vdpa, idx);
+		if (s.num >= vdpa->ngroups)
+			return -EIO;
+		else if (copy_to_user(argp, &s, sizeof(s)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return 0;
 	case VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE:
 		r = ops->get_vq_state(v->vdpa, idx, &vq_state);
 		if (r)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index 51322008901a21f9fd74ce96deffb33efe2b9b78..668914c87f747e01e54be687b14b917f58179119 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -156,4 +156,12 @@
 
 /* Get the number of address spaces. */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_AS_NUM		_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x7A, unsigned int)
+
+/* Get the group for a virtqueue: read index, write group in num,
+ * The virtqueue index is stored in the index field of
+ * vhost_vring_state. The group for this specific virtqueue is
+ * returned via num field of vhost_vring_state.
+ */
+#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_GROUP	_IOWR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x7B,	\
+					      struct vhost_vring_state)
 #endif