diff --git a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
index 66402f412..45c48f864 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ pub use crate::hypervisor::{Hypervisor, HypervisorError};
 pub use cpu::{HypervisorCpuError, Vcpu, VmExit};
 pub use kvm::*;
 pub use vm::{DataMatch, HypervisorVmError, Vm};
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+pub fn new() -> std::result::Result<Arc<dyn Hypervisor>, HypervisorError> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "kvm")]
+    let hv = kvm::KvmHypervisor::new()?;
+
+    Ok(Arc::new(hv))
+}