diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index da70e949328b..0e0b4b9553a5 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ option) any later version.
 
 As of July 2013, contributions under version 2 of the GNU General Public
 License (and no later version) are only accepted for the following files
-or directories: bsd-user/, linux-user/, hw/misc/vfio.c, hw/xen/xen_pt*.
+or directories: bsd-user/, linux-user/, hw/vfio/, hw/xen/xen_pt*.
 
 3) The Tiny Code Generator (TCG) is released under the BSD license
    (see license headers in files).
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d72d6e37d0f1..01cfb05b76ff 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ F: hw/usb/dev-serial.c
 VFIO
 M: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
-F: hw/misc/vfio.c
+F: hw/vfio/*
 
 vhost
 M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
diff --git a/hw/Makefile.objs b/hw/Makefile.objs
index 52a146405193..73afa41b3278 100644
--- a/hw/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/Makefile.objs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += ssi/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += timer/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tpm/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += usb/
+devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += vfio/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += watchdog/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += xen/
diff --git a/hw/misc/Makefile.objs b/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
index 979e532fdf85..e47fea853065 100644
--- a/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_MACIO) += macio/
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PCI), y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += ivshmem.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += vfio.o
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_REALVIEW) += arm_sysctl.o
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
index d3bddf2887d3..144912bf54d1 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/pci-host/spapr.h"
 #include "linux/vfio.h"
-#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio.h"
 
 static Property spapr_phb_vfio_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("iommu", sPAPRPHBVFIOState, iommugroupid, -1),
diff --git a/hw/vfio/Makefile.objs b/hw/vfio/Makefile.objs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31c7dabb022b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/vfio/Makefile.objs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LINUX), y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += pci.o
+endif
diff --git a/hw/misc/vfio.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
similarity index 99%
rename from hw/misc/vfio.c
rename to hw/vfio/pci.c
index 51844cf70d5d..41244811f33c 100644
--- a/hw/misc/vfio.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
-#include "hw/misc/vfio.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "hw/vfio/vfio.h"
 
 /* Extra debugging, trap acceleration paths for more logging */
 #define VFIO_ALLOW_MMAP 1
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/vfio.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/hw/misc/vfio.h
rename to include/hw/vfio/vfio.h