diff --git a/devices/src/ioapic.rs b/devices/src/ioapic.rs
index 04c8f5dbd..97a8c87ea 100644
--- a/devices/src/ioapic.rs
+++ b/devices/src/ioapic.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ use crate::BusDevice;
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
 use kvm_bindings::kvm_msi;
 use kvm_ioctls::VmFd;
+use std::io;
 use std::result;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use vm_device::interrupt::{InterruptIndex, InterruptManager, InterruptSourceGroup, PCI_MSI_IRQ};
 use vm_memory::GuestAddress;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     InvalidTriggerMode,
     /// Invalid delivery mode.
     InvalidDeliveryMode,
+    /// Failed creating the interrupt source group.
+    CreateInterruptSourceGroup(io::Error),
 }
 
 type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ pub struct Ioapic {
     reg_entries: [RedirectionTableEntry; NUM_IOAPIC_PINS],
     vm_fd: Arc<VmFd>,
     apic_address: GuestAddress,
+    _interrupt_source_group: Arc<Box<dyn InterruptSourceGroup>>,
 }
 
 impl BusDevice for Ioapic {
@@ -196,14 +201,27 @@ impl BusDevice for Ioapic {
 }
 
 impl Ioapic {
-    pub fn new(vm_fd: Arc<VmFd>, apic_address: GuestAddress) -> Ioapic {
-        Ioapic {
+    pub fn new(
+        vm_fd: Arc<VmFd>,
+        apic_address: GuestAddress,
+        interrupt_manager: Arc<dyn InterruptManager>,
+    ) -> Result<Ioapic> {
+        let interrupt_source_group = interrupt_manager
+            .create_group(
+                PCI_MSI_IRQ,
+                0 as InterruptIndex,
+                NUM_IOAPIC_PINS as InterruptIndex,
+            )
+            .map_err(Error::CreateInterruptSourceGroup)?;
+
+        Ok(Ioapic {
             id: 0,
             reg_sel: 0,
             reg_entries: [0; NUM_IOAPIC_PINS],
             vm_fd,
             apic_address,
-        }
+            _interrupt_source_group: interrupt_source_group,
+        })
     }
 
     // The ioapic must be informed about EOIs in order to deassert interrupts
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index d86aa056f..6ccfec812 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
 
     /// Failed to update interrupt source group.
     UpdateInterruptGroup(io::Error),
+
+    /// Failed creating IOAPIC.
+    CreateIoapic(ioapic::Error),
 }
 pub type DeviceManagerResult<T> = result::Result<T, DeviceManagerError>;
 
@@ -697,13 +700,13 @@ impl DeviceManager {
     fn add_ioapic(
         vm_info: &VmInfo,
         address_manager: &Arc<AddressManager>,
-        _ioapic_interrupt_manager: Arc<dyn InterruptManager>,
+        interrupt_manager: Arc<dyn InterruptManager>,
     ) -> DeviceManagerResult<Arc<Mutex<ioapic::Ioapic>>> {
         // Create IOAPIC
-        let ioapic = Arc::new(Mutex::new(ioapic::Ioapic::new(
-            vm_info.vm_fd.clone(),
-            APIC_START,
-        )));
+        let ioapic = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
+            ioapic::Ioapic::new(vm_info.vm_fd.clone(), APIC_START, interrupt_manager)
+                .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateIoapic)?,
+        ));
 
         address_manager
             .mmio_bus