mmap_size,
                        alignment,
                        mmap_offset);
+
+               if (dev->postcopy_listening) {
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_POSTCOPY
+                       struct uffdio_register reg_struct;
+
+                       reg_struct.range.start = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)mmap_addr;
+                       reg_struct.range.len = mmap_size;
+                       reg_struct.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING;
+
+                       if (ioctl(dev->postcopy_ufd, UFFDIO_REGISTER,
+                                               ®_struct)) {
+                               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_CONFIG,
+                                       "Failed to register ufd for region %d: (ufd = %d) %s\n",
+                                       i, dev->postcopy_ufd,
+                                       strerror(errno));
+                               goto err_mmap;
+                       }
+                       RTE_LOG(INFO, VHOST_CONFIG,
+                               "\t userfaultfd registered for range : %llx - %llx\n",
+                               reg_struct.range.start,
+                               reg_struct.range.start +
+                               reg_struct.range.len - 1);
+#else
+                       goto err_mmap;
+#endif
+               }
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < dev->nr_vring; i++) {