diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca1ad0f64..5bd4781ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost?branch=master#37a6a8e46444e9e4b5
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
+ "vm-memory",
  "vmm-sys-util",
 ]
 
diff --git a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
index 4885a52a1..3f8f40429 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 versionize = "0.1.6"
 versionize_derive = "0.1.4"
-vhost = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "master", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
+vhost = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "master", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave", "vhost-kern"] }
 virtio-bindings = { version = "0.1", features = ["virtio-v5_0_0"]}
 vm-allocator = { path = "../vm-allocator" }
 vm-device = { path = "../vm-device" }
diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
index a8317d137..de838617b 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/vu_common_ctrl.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pub struct VhostUserConfig {
 pub struct VhostUserHandle {
     vu: Master,
     ready: bool,
+    supports_migration: bool,
 }
 
 impl VhostUserHandle {
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ impl VhostUserHandle {
             self.vu.set_hdr_flags(VhostUserHeaderFlag::NEED_REPLY);
         }
 
+        self.update_supports_migration(acked_features, acked_protocol_features.bits());
+
         Ok((acked_features, acked_protocol_features.bits()))
     }
 
@@ -284,6 +287,8 @@ impl VhostUserHandle {
             }
         }
 
+        self.update_supports_migration(acked_features, acked_protocol_features);
+
         self.setup_vhost_user(
             mem,
             queues,
@@ -314,6 +319,7 @@ impl VhostUserHandle {
             Ok(VhostUserHandle {
                 vu: Master::from_stream(stream, num_queues),
                 ready: false,
+                supports_migration: false,
             })
         } else {
             let now = Instant::now();
@@ -325,6 +331,7 @@ impl VhostUserHandle {
                         return Ok(VhostUserHandle {
                             vu: m,
                             ready: false,
+                            supports_migration: false,
                         })
                     }
                     Err(e) => e,
@@ -363,4 +370,12 @@ impl VhostUserHandle {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn update_supports_migration(&mut self, acked_features: u64, acked_protocol_features: u64) {
+        if (acked_features & u64::from(vhost::vhost_kern::vhost_binding::VHOST_F_LOG_ALL) != 0)
+            && (acked_protocol_features & VhostUserProtocolFeatures::LOG_SHMFD.bits() != 0)
+        {
+            self.supports_migration = true;
+        }
+    }
 }