diff --git a/src/bin/vhost_user_fs.rs b/src/bin/vhost_user_fs.rs
index 63b7db888..947e66ad2 100644
--- a/src/bin/vhost_user_fs.rs
+++ b/src/bin/vhost_user_fs.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::{convert, error, fmt, io, process};
 
 use vhost_rs::vhost_user::message::*;
+use vhost_rs::vhost_user::SlaveFsCacheReq;
 use vhost_user_backend::{VhostUserBackend, VhostUserDaemon, Vring};
 use vhost_user_fs::descriptor_utils::{Reader, Writer};
 use vhost_user_fs::filesystem::FileSystem;
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ struct VhostUserFsBackend<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> {
     mem: Option<GuestMemoryMmap>,
     kill_evt: EventFd,
     server: Arc<Server<F>>,
+    // handle request from slave to master
+    vu_req: Option<SlaveFsCacheReq>,
 }
 
 impl<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> Clone for VhostUserFsBackend<F> {
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ impl<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> Clone for VhostUserFsBackend<F> {
             mem: self.mem.clone(),
             kill_evt: self.kill_evt.try_clone().unwrap(),
             server: self.server.clone(),
+            vu_req: self.vu_req.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ impl<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> VhostUserFsBackend<F> {
             mem: None,
             kill_evt: EventFd::new(EFD_NONBLOCK).map_err(Error::CreateKillEventFd)?,
             server: Arc::new(Server::new(fs)),
+            vu_req: None,
         })
     }
 
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ impl<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> VhostUserFsBackend<F> {
 
             let total = self
                 .server
-                .handle_message(reader, writer)
+                .handle_message(reader, writer, self.vu_req.as_mut())
                 .map_err(Error::ProcessQueue)?;
 
             used_desc_heads[used_count] = (head_index, total);
@@ -173,6 +178,10 @@ impl<F: FileSystem + Send + Sync + 'static> VhostUserBackend for VhostUserFsBack
     fn exit_event(&self) -> Option<(EventFd, Option<u16>)> {
         Some((self.kill_evt.try_clone().unwrap(), Some(KILL_EVENT)))
     }
+
+    fn set_slave_req_fd(&mut self, vu_req: SlaveFsCacheReq) {
+        self.vu_req = Some(vu_req);
+    }
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/vhost_rs/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs b/vhost_rs/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
index 480689f7f..50b8414db 100644
--- a/vhost_rs/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
+++ b/vhost_rs/src/vhost_user/slave_req_handler.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 //! Traits and Structs to handle vhost-user requests from the master to the slave.
 
 use std::mem;
-use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 use std::slice;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use super::connection::Endpoint;
 use super::message::*;
+use super::slave_fs_cache::SlaveFsCacheReq;
 use super::{Error, Result};
 
 /// Trait to handle vhost-user requests from the master to the slave.
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ pub trait VhostUserSlaveReqHandler {
         flags: VhostUserConfigFlags,
     ) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
     fn set_config(&mut self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8], flags: VhostUserConfigFlags) -> Result<()>;
+    fn set_slave_req_fd(&mut self, _vu_req: SlaveFsCacheReq) {}
 }
 
 /// A vhost-user slave endpoint which relays all received requests from the
@@ -274,6 +277,14 @@ impl<S: VhostUserSlaveReqHandler> SlaveReqHandler<S> {
                 self.check_request_size(&hdr, size, hdr.get_size() as usize)?;
                 self.set_config(&hdr, size, &buf)?;
             }
+            MasterReq::SET_SLAVE_REQ_FD => {
+                if self.acked_protocol_features & VhostUserProtocolFeatures::SLAVE_SEND_FD.bits()
+                    == 0
+                {
+                    return Err(Error::InvalidOperation);
+                }
+                self.set_slave_req_fd(&hdr, rfds)?;
+            }
             _ => {
                 return Err(Error::InvalidMessage);
             }
@@ -405,6 +416,25 @@ impl<S: VhostUserSlaveReqHandler> SlaveReqHandler<S> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn set_slave_req_fd(
+        &mut self,
+        hdr: &VhostUserMsgHeader<MasterReq>,
+        rfds: Option<Vec<RawFd>>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(fds) = rfds {
+            if fds.len() == 1 {
+                let sock = unsafe { UnixStream::from_raw_fd(fds[0]) };
+                let vu_req = SlaveFsCacheReq::from_stream(sock);
+                self.backend.lock().unwrap().set_slave_req_fd(vu_req);
+                self.send_ack_message(&hdr, Ok(()))
+            } else {
+                Err(Error::InvalidMessage)
+            }
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::InvalidMessage)
+        }
+    }
+
     fn handle_vring_fd_request(
         &mut self,
         buf: &[u8],
diff --git a/vhost_user_backend/src/lib.rs b/vhost_user_backend/src/lib.rs
index 06ddcf7e3..7df006939 100644
--- a/vhost_user_backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vhost_user_backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ use vhost_rs::vhost_user::message::{
     VhostUserVirtioFeatures, VhostUserVringAddrFlags, VhostUserVringState,
 };
 use vhost_rs::vhost_user::{
-    Error as VhostUserError, Result as VhostUserResult, SlaveListener, VhostUserSlaveReqHandler,
+    Error as VhostUserError, Result as VhostUserResult, SlaveFsCacheReq, SlaveListener,
+    VhostUserSlaveReqHandler,
 };
 use vm_memory::guest_memory::FileOffset;
 use vm_memory::{GuestAddress, GuestMemoryMmap};
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ pub trait VhostUserBackend: Send + Sync + 'static {
     fn exit_event(&self) -> Option<(EventFd, Option<u16>)> {
         None
     }
+
+    /// Set slave fd.
+    /// A default implementation is provided as we cannot expect all backends
+    /// to implement this function.
+    fn set_slave_req_fd(&mut self, _vu_req: SlaveFsCacheReq) {}
 }
 
 /// This structure is the public API the backend is allowed to interact with
@@ -779,6 +785,10 @@ impl<S: VhostUserBackend> VhostUserSlaveReqHandler for VhostUserHandler<S> {
             .set_config(offset, buf)
             .map_err(VhostUserError::ReqHandlerError)
     }
+
+    fn set_slave_req_fd(&mut self, vu_req: SlaveFsCacheReq) {
+        self.backend.write().unwrap().set_slave_req_fd(vu_req);
+    }
 }
 
 impl<S: VhostUserBackend> Drop for VhostUserHandler<S> {