diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 6d6cfb6dc44b1c940c59e7326842973b579a4906..0c0506b4a44e5ee79e8ff9e60616cccc9cfdb66f 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@
     <p>
       Each controller has a mandatory attribute <code>type</code>,
       which must be one of "ide", "fdc", "scsi", "sata", "usb",
-      "ccid", or "virtio-serial", and a mandatory
+      "ccid", "virtio-serial" or "pci", and a mandatory
       attribute <code>index</code> which is the decimal integer
       describing in which order the bus controller is encountered (for
       use in <code>controller</code> attributes
@@ -2179,6 +2179,31 @@
     &lt;/controller&gt;
     ...
   &lt;/devices&gt;
+  ...</pre>
+
+    <p>
+      PCI controllers have an optional <code>model</code> attribute with
+      possible values <code>pci-root</code> or <code>pci-bridge</code>.
+      For machine types which provide an implicit pci bus, the pci-root
+      controller with index=0 is auto-added and required to use PCI devices.
+      PCI root has no address.
+      PCI bridges are auto-added if there are too many devices to fit on
+      the one bus provided by pci-root, or a PCI bus number greater than zero
+      was specified.
+      PCI bridges can also be specified manually, but their addresses should
+      only refer to PCI buses provided by already specified PCI controllers.
+      Leaving gaps in the PCI controller indexes might lead to an invalid
+      configuration.
+      (<span class="since">since 1.0.5</span>)
+    </p>
+<pre>
+  ...
+  &lt;devices&gt;
+    &lt;controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/&gt;
+    &lt;controller type='pci' index='1' model='pci-bridge'&gt;
+      &lt;address type='pci' domain='0' bus='0' slot='5' function='0' multifunction=off'/&gt;
+    &lt;/controller&gt;
+  &lt;/devices&gt;
   ...</pre>
 
     <h4><a name="elementsLease">Device leases</a></h4>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 0c1b76aea0276d052b82d24da31a5034f8784e6e..97859e71e98de972ed20e27d85482bb55d2cf113 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -1470,6 +1470,18 @@
               <ref name="usbmaster"/>
             </optional>
           </group>
+          <!-- pci has an optional attribute "model" -->
+          <group>
+            <attribute name="type">
+              <value>pci</value>
+            </attribute>
+            <attribute name="model">
+              <choice>
+                <value>pci-root</value>
+                <value>pci-bridge</value>
+              </choice>
+            </attribute>
+          </group>
           <!-- virtio-serial has optional "ports" and "vectors" -->
           <group>
             <attribute name="type">
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index b38f48938b8ddbc5d2bd7a96fa06e3de81596bcb..cc0e63746fdb347ef18470063e6db44fabdf47ff 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -301,7 +301,12 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainController, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_LAST,
               "sata",
               "virtio-serial",
               "ccid",
-              "usb")
+              "usb",
+              "pci")
+
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainControllerModelPCI, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_LAST,
+              "pci-root",
+              "pci-bridge")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainControllerModelSCSI, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_LAST,
               "auto",
@@ -5164,6 +5169,8 @@ virDomainControllerModelTypeFromString(const virDomainControllerDefPtr def,
         return virDomainControllerModelSCSITypeFromString(model);
     else if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_USB)
         return virDomainControllerModelUSBTypeFromString(model);
+    else if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI)
+        return virDomainControllerModelPCITypeFromString(model);
 
     return -1;
 }
@@ -5289,6 +5296,16 @@ virDomainControllerDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
         }
         break;
     }
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI:
+        switch (def->model) {
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_ROOT:
+            if (def->info.type != VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_NONE) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+                               _("pci-root controller should not "
+                                 "have an address"));
+                goto error;
+            }
+        }
 
     default:
         break;
@@ -13554,6 +13571,8 @@ virDomainControllerModelTypeToString(virDomainControllerDefPtr def,
         return virDomainControllerModelSCSITypeToString(model);
     else if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_USB)
         return virDomainControllerModelUSBTypeToString(model);
+    else if (def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI)
+        return virDomainControllerModelPCITypeToString(model);
 
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 8d859668444ca308239d8ec5d36d28e918062ccb..946ad206d34b9e223a465f3521dc6d1a8e718f81 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -701,11 +701,19 @@ enum virDomainControllerType {
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_VIRTIO_SERIAL,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_CCID,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_USB,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_PCI,
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_LAST
 };
 
 
+enum virDomainControllerModelPCI {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_ROOT,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_BRIDGE,
+
+    VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_PCI_LAST
+};
+
 enum virDomainControllerModelSCSI {
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_AUTO,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_BUSLOGIC,
@@ -2435,6 +2443,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainIoEventFd)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainVirtioEventIdx)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskCopyOnRead)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainController)
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainControllerModelPCI)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainControllerModelSCSI)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainControllerModelUSB)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainFS)