diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c
index c10e02f6a0be..6948539488a5 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c
@@ -257,6 +257,80 @@ struct iommufd_ctx *iommufd_device_to_ictx(struct iommufd_device *idev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iommufd_device_to_ictx, IOMMUFD);
 
+static int iommufd_zero_fill_user(u64 ptr, int bytes)
+{
+	int index = 0;
+
+	for (; index < bytes; index++) {
+		if (put_user(0, (uint8_t __user *)(ptr + index)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int iommufd_device_get_hw_info(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
+{
+	struct iommu_hw_info *cmd = ucmd->cmd;
+	struct iommufd_device *idev;
+	const struct iommu_ops *ops;
+	void *data;
+	unsigned int length, data_len;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (cmd->flags || cmd->__reserved || !cmd->data_len)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	idev = iommufd_get_device(ucmd, cmd->dev_id);
+	if (IS_ERR(idev))
+		return PTR_ERR(idev);
+
+	ops = dev_iommu_ops(idev->dev);
+	if (!ops || !ops->hw_info) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	/* driver has hw_info callback should have a unique driver_type */
+	if (WARN_ON(ops->driver_type == IOMMU_HW_INFO_TYPE_DEFAULT)) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	data = ops->hw_info(idev->dev, &data_len);
+	if (IS_ERR(data)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(data);
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	length = min(cmd->data_len, data_len);
+	if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(cmd->data_ptr), data, length)) {
+		rc = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_free_data;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Zero the trailing bytes if the user buffer is bigger than the
+	 * data size kernel actually has.
+	 */
+	if (length < cmd->data_len) {
+		rc = iommufd_zero_fill_user(cmd->data_ptr + length,
+					    cmd->data_len - length);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out_free_data;
+	}
+
+	cmd->out_data_type = ops->driver_type;
+	cmd->data_len = length;
+
+	rc = iommufd_ucmd_respond(ucmd, sizeof(*cmd));
+
+out_free_data:
+	kfree(data);
+out_put:
+	iommufd_put_object(&idev->obj);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int iommufd_group_setup_msi(struct iommufd_group *igroup,
 				   struct iommufd_hw_pagetable *hwpt)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
index b18f843ad6a4..05b5ad66f716 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ iommufd_get_device(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd, u32 id)
 }
 
 void iommufd_device_destroy(struct iommufd_object *obj);
+int iommufd_device_get_hw_info(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd);
 
 struct iommufd_access {
 	struct iommufd_object obj;
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
index 694da191e4b1..f079c0bda46b 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static int iommufd_option(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 union ucmd_buffer {
 	struct iommu_destroy destroy;
 	struct iommu_hwpt_alloc hwpt;
+	struct iommu_hw_info info;
 	struct iommu_ioas_alloc alloc;
 	struct iommu_ioas_allow_iovas allow_iovas;
 	struct iommu_ioas_copy ioas_copy;
@@ -295,6 +296,8 @@ static const struct iommufd_ioctl_op iommufd_ioctl_ops[] = {
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_DESTROY, iommufd_destroy, struct iommu_destroy, id),
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_HWPT_ALLOC, iommufd_hwpt_alloc, struct iommu_hwpt_alloc,
 		 __reserved),
+	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO, iommufd_device_get_hw_info,
+		 struct iommu_hw_info, __reserved),
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_IOAS_ALLOC, iommufd_ioas_alloc_ioctl,
 		 struct iommu_ioas_alloc, out_ioas_id),
 	IOCTL_OP(IOMMU_IOAS_ALLOW_IOVAS, iommufd_ioas_allow_iovas,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
index 955cbef640da..4ac525897b82 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_OPTION,
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_VFIO_IOAS,
 	IOMMUFD_CMD_HWPT_ALLOC,
+	IOMMUFD_CMD_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -377,4 +378,43 @@ struct iommu_hwpt_alloc {
 enum iommu_hw_info_type {
 	IOMMU_HW_INFO_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 };
+
+/**
+ * struct iommu_hw_info - ioctl(IOMMU_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO)
+ * @size: sizeof(struct iommu_hw_info)
+ * @flags: Must be 0
+ * @dev_id: The device being attached to the iommufd
+ * @data_len: Input the length of the user buffer in bytes. Output the
+ *            length of data filled to the user buffer.
+ * @data_ptr: Pointer to the type specific structure
+ * @out_data_type: Output the iommu hardware info type, it is one of
+ *                 enum iommu_hw_info_type.
+ * @__reserved: Must be 0
+ *
+ * Query the hardware iommu information for given device which has been
+ * bound to iommufd. @data_len is the size of the buffer which captures
+ * iommu type specific data and the data will be filled. Trailing bytes
+ * are zeroed if the user buffer is larger than the data kernel has.
+ *
+ * The type specific data would be used to sync capability between the
+ * vIOMMU and the hardware IOMMU. e.g. nested translation requires to
+ * check the hardware IOMMU capability, since a stage-1 translation table
+ * is owned by user but used by hardware IOMMU.
+ *
+ * The @out_data_type will be filled if the ioctl succeeds. It would
+ * be used to decode the data filled in the buffer pointed by @data_ptr.
+ *
+ * This is only available for the physical devices bound to iommufd as
+ * only physical devices can have hardware IOMMU.
+ */
+struct iommu_hw_info {
+	__u32 size;
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 dev_id;
+	__u32 data_len;
+	__aligned_u64 data_ptr;
+	__u32 out_data_type;
+	__u32 __reserved;
+};
+#define IOMMU_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO _IO(IOMMUFD_TYPE, IOMMUFD_CMD_DEVICE_GET_HW_INFO)
 #endif
