diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index a7926a90156f64172897ca5a9ae562f7975701a7..a4ebcb712375478e9bb60a7652d49f4d46b9c978 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -3277,6 +3277,7 @@ should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field.
 		struct {
 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN       1
 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET          2
+#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH          3
 			__u32 type;
 			__u64 flags;
 		} system_event;
@@ -3296,6 +3297,10 @@ Valid values for 'type' are:
   KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET -- the guest has requested a reset of the VM.
    As with SHUTDOWN, userspace can choose to ignore the request, or
    to schedule the reset to occur in the future and may call KVM_RUN again.
+  KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH -- the guest crash occurred and the guest
+   has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose
+   to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or
+   reset/shutdown of the VM.
 
 		/* Fix the size of the union. */
 		char padding[256];
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index cfa3e5a7d6bef5ca3e37428c54d091f134fce376..28076c266a9a3aee5f165509e76d2e85b26ae2dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6263,6 +6263,12 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			vcpu_scan_ioapic(vcpu);
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD, vcpu))
 			kvm_vcpu_reload_apic_access_page(vcpu);
+		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_HV_CRASH, vcpu)) {
+			vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT;
+			vcpu->run->system_event.type = KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH;
+			r = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu) || req_int_win) {
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 1d917d9b7f12c765b2ab73a47123470693be2f74..51103f0feb7e21e6c4d8a525c5939551046a42f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static inline bool is_error_page(struct page *page)
 #define KVM_REQ_DISABLE_IBS       24
 #define KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD  25
 #define KVM_REQ_SMI               26
+#define KVM_REQ_HV_CRASH          27
 
 #define KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID		0
 #define KVM_IRQFD_RESAMPLE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID	1
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 716ad4ae4d4b10443f4618bd96e86a71fa521d78..9ef19ebd9df4b57e8bda211616db0205f6bd3054 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ struct kvm_run {
 		struct {
 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN       1
 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET          2
+#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH          3
 			__u32 type;
 			__u64 flags;
 		} system_event;