diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cee46772b..52e8e2e06 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json 1.0.48 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ssh2 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempdir 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "vhost_user_backend 0.1.0",
  "vhost_user_block 0.1.0",
  "vhost_user_fs 0.1.0",
@@ -1023,13 +1023,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "vhost_rs"
+name = "vhost"
 version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball#7d5a205199e3d5594494b3021635a719580fabc8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "tempfile 3.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
  "vmm-sys-util 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -1040,7 +1039,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "epoll 4.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
  "vm-virtio 0.1.0",
@@ -1056,7 +1055,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "qcow 0.1.0",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "vhost_user_backend 0.1.0",
  "virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
@@ -1071,7 +1070,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
  "vm-virtio 0.1.0",
 ]
@@ -1085,7 +1084,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "net_util 0.1.0",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "vhost_user_backend 0.1.0",
  "virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)",
@@ -1148,7 +1147,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "net_util 0.1.0",
  "pci 0.1.0",
  "tempfile 3.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "vhost_rs 0.1.0",
+ "vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)",
  "virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/virtio-bindings)",
  "vm-allocator 0.1.0",
  "vm-device 0.1.0",
@@ -1351,6 +1350,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum vcpkg 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3fc439f2794e98976c88a2a2dafce96b930fe8010b0a256b3c2199a773933168"
 "checksum vec_map 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "05c78687fb1a80548ae3250346c3db86a80a7cdd77bda190189f2d0a0987c81a"
 "checksum vfio-bindings 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vfio-bindings)" = "<none>"
+"checksum vhost 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost?branch=dragonball)" = "<none>"
 "checksum virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/virtio-bindings)" = "<none>"
 "checksum virtio-bindings 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3ff512178285488516ed85f15b5d0113a7cdb89e9e8a760b269ae4f02b84bd6b"
 "checksum vm-memory 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory)" = "<none>"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffeee2f5c..f55a7688b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ vm-device = { path = "vm-device" }
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
 vm-virtio = { path = "vm-virtio" }
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ssh2 = "0.8.0"
@@ -32,10 +33,6 @@ tempdir= "0.3.7"
 lazy_static= "1.4.0"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 
-[dependencies.vhost_rs]
-path = "vhost_rs"
-features = ["vhost-user-slave"]
-
 [features]
 default = ["acpi", "pci", "cmos"]
 acpi = ["vmm/acpi"]
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ integration_tests = []
 members = [
     "arch",
     "devices",
-    "vhost_rs",
     "qcow",
     "pci",
     "vmm",
diff --git a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
index 6993f09e5..bf5d67c26 100644
--- a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,4 @@ virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory" }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
-
-[dependencies.vhost_rs]
-path = "../vhost_rs"
-features = ["vhost-user-slave"]
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
index 6eda6e08b..2cf0b2f72 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ libc = "0.2.67"
 log = "0.4.8"
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
 vhost_user_backend = { path = "../vhost_user_backend" }
-vhost_rs = { path = "../vhost_rs" }
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory" }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
-vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
diff --git a/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
index c4176979f..02e2be2ac 100644
--- a/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ libc = "0.2.67"
 log = "0.4.8"
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory" }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
-
-[dependencies.vhost_rs]
-path = "../vhost_rs"
-features = ["vhost-user-slave"]
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
index 4e1345d4e..12953365f 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ libc = "0.2.67"
 log = "0.4.8"
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }
 vhost_user_backend = { path = "../vhost_user_backend" }
-vhost_rs = { path = "../vhost_rs" }
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
 virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory" }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
-vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
diff --git a/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml b/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
index 7c193a90c..13fdbb0b0 100644
--- a/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ virtio-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/virtio-bindings", version
 vm-allocator = { path = "../vm-allocator" }
 vm-device = { path = "../vm-device" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
-
-[dependencies.vhost_rs]
-path = "../vhost_rs"
-features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"]
+vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vhost", branch = "dragonball", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
 
 [dependencies.vm-memory]
 git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory"