diff --git a/default-configs/virtio.mak b/default-configs/virtio.mak
index 130484901874cb7f04d0049deda3cbf06ee1d143..5ae4a61018ac7c3ed10457daf31fafe5fd6ceaeb 100644
--- a/default-configs/virtio.mak
+++ b/default-configs/virtio.mak
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ CONFIG_VIRTIO_RNG=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST=$(CONFIG_LINUX)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
index 39884c5f7b9019a49d1a0526ab86f251dc5ceaa0..a6b850ed09923047c52039c74e0cc9876645a31a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/virtio/Makefile.objs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += vhost.o vhost-backend.o vhost-user.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PCI),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK) += vhost-vsock-pci.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST) += virtio-input-host-pci.o
 endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-input-host-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-input-host-pci.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..725a51ad30b4c5da61d798c7de969e31e8f40a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-input-host-pci.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio input host PCI Bindings
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  See the COPYING file in the
+ * top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "virtio-pci.h"
+#include "hw/virtio/virtio-input.h"
+
+typedef struct VirtIOInputHostPCI VirtIOInputHostPCI;
+
+#define TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI "virtio-input-host-pci-base"
+#define VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI(obj) \
+        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOInputHostPCI, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI)
+
+struct VirtIOInputHostPCI {
+    VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
+    VirtIOInputHost vdev;
+};
+
+static void virtio_host_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    VirtIOInputHostPCI *dev = VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI(obj);
+
+    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
+                                TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST);
+}
+
+static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo virtio_input_host_pci_info = {
+    .base_name             = TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI,
+    .generic_name          = "virtio-input-host-pci",
+    .transitional_name     = "virtio-input-host-pci-transitional",
+    .non_transitional_name = "virtio-input-host-pci-non-transitional",
+    .parent        = TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_PCI,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOInputHostPCI),
+    .instance_init = virtio_host_initfn,
+};
+
+static void virtio_input_host_pci_register(void)
+{
+    virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_input_host_pci_info);
+}
+
+type_init(virtio_input_host_pci_register)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 4312d95fe9908796f87c0c84b5abeff82afacf9a..d951f278a266ce7883974622bcbad5b6bc9b87b5 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -2707,26 +2707,6 @@ static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo virtio_tablet_pci_info = {
     .instance_init = virtio_tablet_initfn,
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-static void virtio_host_initfn(Object *obj)
-{
-    VirtIOInputHostPCI *dev = VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI(obj);
-
-    virtio_instance_init_common(obj, &dev->vdev, sizeof(dev->vdev),
-                                TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST);
-}
-
-static const VirtioPCIDeviceTypeInfo virtio_host_pci_info = {
-    .base_name             = TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI,
-    .generic_name          = "virtio-input-host-pci",
-    .transitional_name     = "virtio-input-host-pci-transitional",
-    .non_transitional_name = "virtio-input-host-pci-non-transitional",
-    .parent        = TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_PCI,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtIOInputHostPCI),
-    .instance_init = virtio_host_initfn,
-};
-#endif
-
 /* virtio-pci-bus */
 
 static void virtio_pci_bus_new(VirtioBusState *bus, size_t bus_size,
@@ -2785,9 +2765,6 @@ static void virtio_pci_register_types(void)
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_keyboard_pci_info);
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_mouse_pci_info);
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_tablet_pci_info);
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-    virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_host_pci_info);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
     virtio_pci_types_register(&virtio_9p_pci_info);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
index 2109d002df21a22b9be43660d3b8bfd2a86eae31..fb10afe160c1d48f39634d8e4229570514d7bae3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ typedef struct VHostUserBlkPCI VHostUserBlkPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIORngPCI VirtIORngPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOInputPCI VirtIOInputPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOInputHIDPCI VirtIOInputHIDPCI;
-typedef struct VirtIOInputHostPCI VirtIOInputHostPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOGPUPCI VirtIOGPUPCI;
 typedef struct VirtIOCryptoPCI VirtIOCryptoPCI;
 
@@ -359,19 +358,6 @@ struct VirtIOInputHIDPCI {
     VirtIOInputHID vdev;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-
-#define TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI "virtio-input-host-pci-base"
-#define VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI(obj) \
-        OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOInputHostPCI, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST_PCI)
-
-struct VirtIOInputHostPCI {
-    VirtIOPCIProxy parent_obj;
-    VirtIOInputHost vdev;
-};
-
-#endif
-
 /*
  * virtio-gpu-pci: This extends VirtioPCIProxy.
  */