diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/balloon.rs b/virtio-devices/src/balloon.rs
index d03be1cc8..ab85ab363 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/balloon.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/balloon.rs
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ impl Balloon {
         id: String,
         size: u64,
         deflate_on_oom: bool,
+        _free_page_reporting: bool,
         seccomp_action: SeccompAction,
         exit_evt: EventFd,
     ) -> io::Result<Self> {
diff --git a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
index 77706e80a..6bb8e989b 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
+++ b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
@@ -800,7 +800,11 @@ components:
         deflate_on_oom:
           type: boolean
           default: false
-          description: Whether the balloon should deflate when the guest is under memory pressure.
+          description: Deflate balloon when the guest is under memory pressure.
+        free_page_reporting:
+          type: boolean
+          default: false
+          description: Enable guest to report free pages.
 
     FsConfig:
       required:
diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index 8bd8e9747..6616f2bd7 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -1383,16 +1383,21 @@ pub struct BalloonConfig {
     /// Option to deflate the balloon in case the guest is out of memory.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub deflate_on_oom: bool,
+    /// Option to enable free page reporting from the guest.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub free_page_reporting: bool,
 }
 
 impl BalloonConfig {
     pub const SYNTAX: &'static str =
-        "Balloon parameters \"size=<balloon_size>,deflate_on_oom=on|off\"";
+        "Balloon parameters \"size=<balloon_size>,deflate_on_oom=on|off,\
+        free_page_reporting=on|off\"";
 
     pub fn parse(balloon: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut parser = OptionParser::new();
         parser.add("size");
         parser.add("deflate_on_oom");
+        parser.add("free_page_reporting");
         parser.parse(balloon).map_err(Error::ParseBalloon)?;
 
         let size = parser
@@ -1407,9 +1412,16 @@ impl BalloonConfig {
             .unwrap_or(Toggle(false))
             .0;
 
+        let free_page_reporting = parser
+            .convert::<Toggle>("free_page_reporting")
+            .map_err(Error::ParseBalloon)?
+            .unwrap_or(Toggle(false))
+            .0;
+
         Ok(BalloonConfig {
             size,
             deflate_on_oom,
+            free_page_reporting,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index a52e324a5..2c6eefec7 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -2786,6 +2786,7 @@ impl DeviceManager {
                     id.clone(),
                     balloon_config.size,
                     balloon_config.deflate_on_oom,
+                    balloon_config.free_page_reporting,
                     self.seccomp_action.clone(),
                     self.exit_evt
                         .try_clone()