diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index cd1bee536c46..92f78df0f685 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_VRING_NUM:
 		r = vhost_vdpa_get_vring_num(v, argp);
 		break;
+	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_GROUP_NUM:
+		r = copy_to_user(argp, &v->vdpa->ngroups,
+				 sizeof(v->vdpa->ngroups));
+		break;
 	case VHOST_SET_LOG_BASE:
 	case VHOST_SET_LOG_FD:
 		r = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index 8f7b4a95d6f9..61317c61d768 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -145,11 +145,13 @@
 /* Get the valid iova range */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_IOVA_RANGE	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x78, \
 					     struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range)
-
 /* Get the config size */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_CONFIG_SIZE	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x79, __u32)
 
 /* Get the count of all virtqueues */
 #define VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_COUNT	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x80, __u32)
 
+/* Get the number of virtqueue groups. */
+#define VHOST_VDPA_GET_GROUP_NUM	_IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x81, __u32)
+
 #endif