diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 5117640ffb..fb7635499f 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ virMediatedDeviceModelTypeFromString;
 virMediatedDeviceModelTypeToString;
 virMediatedDeviceNew;
 virMediatedDeviceSetUsedBy;
+virMediatedDeviceTypeFree;
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.c b/src/util/virmdev.c
index a5f52d10f3..db679b8a6d 100644
--- a/src/util/virmdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virmdev.c
@@ -483,3 +483,16 @@ virMediatedDeviceListMarkDevices(virMediatedDeviceListPtr dst,
     }
     goto cleanup;
 }
+
+
+void
+virMediatedDeviceTypeFree(virMediatedDeviceTypePtr type)
+{
+    if (!type)
+        return;
+
+    VIR_FREE(type->id);
+    VIR_FREE(type->name);
+    VIR_FREE(type->device_api);
+    VIR_FREE(type);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.h b/src/util/virmdev.h
index 84cbb1f2a9..320610ab97 100644
--- a/src/util/virmdev.h
+++ b/src/util/virmdev.h
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ typedef virMediatedDevice *virMediatedDevicePtr;
 typedef struct _virMediatedDeviceList virMediatedDeviceList;
 typedef virMediatedDeviceList *virMediatedDeviceListPtr;
 
+typedef struct _virMediatedDeviceType virMediatedDeviceType;
+typedef virMediatedDeviceType *virMediatedDeviceTypePtr;
+struct _virMediatedDeviceType {
+    char *id;
+    char *name;
+    char *device_api;
+    unsigned int available_instances;
+};
+
 typedef int (*virMediatedDeviceCallback)(virMediatedDevicePtr dev,
                                          const char *path, void *opaque);
 
@@ -117,4 +126,7 @@ virMediatedDeviceListMarkDevices(virMediatedDeviceListPtr dst,
                                  virMediatedDeviceListPtr src,
                                  const char *drvname,
                                  const char *domname);
+
+void
+virMediatedDeviceTypeFree(virMediatedDeviceTypePtr type);
 #endif /* __VIR_MDEV_H__ */