diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index 2c997d77d266..092752fea8e1 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_set_config(struct vhost_vdpa *v,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool vhost_vdpa_can_suspend(const struct vhost_vdpa *v)
+{
+	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
+	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
+
+	return ops->suspend;
+}
+
 static long vhost_vdpa_get_features(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u64 __user *featurep)
 {
 	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
@@ -577,7 +585,11 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 	if (cmd == VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		if (features & ~VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES)
+		if (features & ~(VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES |
+				 BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND)))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		if ((features & BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND)) &&
+		     !vhost_vdpa_can_suspend(v))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		vhost_set_backend_features(&v->vdev, features);
 		return 0;
@@ -628,6 +640,8 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 		break;
 	case VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES:
 		features = VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES;
+		if (vhost_vdpa_can_suspend(v))
+			features |= BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND);
 		if (copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof(features)))
 			r = -EFAULT;
 		break;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost_types.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost_types.h
index 634cee485abb..1bdd6e363f4c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost_types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost_types.h
@@ -161,5 +161,7 @@ struct vhost_vdpa_iova_range {
  * message
  */
 #define VHOST_BACKEND_F_IOTLB_ASID  0x3
+/* Device can be suspended */
+#define VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND  0x4
 
 #endif