diff --git a/hw/arm/Kconfig b/hw/arm/Kconfig
index 39d285ad3d..c6e7782580 100644
--- a/hw/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/arm/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ config ARM_VIRT
     select ACPI_PCI
     select MEM_DEVICE
     select DIMM
+    select ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+    select ACPI_HW_REDUCED
 
 config CHEETAH
     bool
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
index 6cdf156cf5..cadeea0f41 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/utils.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/pci.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pcie_host.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "hw/arm/virt.h"
@@ -708,6 +710,7 @@ static void
 build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtMachineState *vms)
 {
     Aml *scope, *dsdt;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(vms);
     const MemMapEntry *memmap = vms->memmap;
     const int *irqmap = vms->irqmap;
 
@@ -732,6 +735,24 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtMachineState *vms)
                       vms->highmem, vms->highmem_ecam);
     acpi_dsdt_add_gpio(scope, &memmap[VIRT_GPIO],
                        (irqmap[VIRT_GPIO] + ARM_SPI_BASE));
+    if (vms->acpi_dev) {
+        build_ged_aml(scope, "\\_SB."GED_DEVICE,
+                      HOTPLUG_HANDLER(vms->acpi_dev),
+                      irqmap[VIRT_ACPI_GED] + ARM_SPI_BASE, AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+                      memmap[VIRT_ACPI_GED].base);
+    }
+
+    if (vms->acpi_dev) {
+        uint32_t event = object_property_get_uint(OBJECT(vms->acpi_dev),
+                                                  "ged-event", &error_abort);
+
+        if (event & ACPI_GED_MEM_HOTPLUG_EVT) {
+            build_memory_hotplug_aml(scope, ms->ram_slots, "\\_SB", NULL,
+                                     AML_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
+                                     memmap[VIRT_PCDIMM_ACPI].base);
+        }
+    }
+
     acpi_dsdt_add_power_button(scope);
 
     aml_append(dsdt, scope);
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 1c967e3fee..f926477ba5 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include "target/arm/internals.h"
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
 #include "hw/mem/nvdimm.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h"
 
 #define DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE_LATEST(major, minor, latest) \
     static void virt_##major##_##minor##_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, \
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ static const MemMapEntry base_memmap[] = {
     [VIRT_GPIO] =               { 0x09030000, 0x00001000 },
     [VIRT_SECURE_UART] =        { 0x09040000, 0x00001000 },
     [VIRT_SMMU] =               { 0x09050000, 0x00020000 },
+    [VIRT_PCDIMM_ACPI] =        { 0x09070000, MEMORY_HOTPLUG_IO_LEN },
+    [VIRT_ACPI_GED] =           { 0x09080000, ACPI_GED_EVT_SEL_LEN },
     [VIRT_MMIO] =               { 0x0a000000, 0x00000200 },
     /* ...repeating for a total of NUM_VIRTIO_TRANSPORTS, each of that size */
     [VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS] =       { 0x0c000000, 0x02000000 },
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ static const int a15irqmap[] = {
     [VIRT_PCIE] = 3, /* ... to 6 */
     [VIRT_GPIO] = 7,
     [VIRT_SECURE_UART] = 8,
+    [VIRT_ACPI_GED] = 9,
     [VIRT_MMIO] = 16, /* ...to 16 + NUM_VIRTIO_TRANSPORTS - 1 */
     [VIRT_GIC_V2M] = 48, /* ...to 48 + NUM_GICV2M_SPIS - 1 */
     [VIRT_SMMU] = 74,    /* ...to 74 + NUM_SMMU_IRQS - 1 */
@@ -527,6 +531,29 @@ static void fdt_add_pmu_nodes(const VirtMachineState *vms)
     }
 }
 
+static inline DeviceState *create_acpi_ged(VirtMachineState *vms, qemu_irq *pic)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(vms);
+    int irq = vms->irqmap[VIRT_ACPI_GED];
+    uint32_t event = 0;
+
+    if (ms->ram_slots) {
+        event = ACPI_GED_MEM_HOTPLUG_EVT;
+    }
+
+    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_ACPI_GED);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "ged-event", event);
+
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, vms->memmap[VIRT_ACPI_GED].base);
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 1, vms->memmap[VIRT_PCDIMM_ACPI].base);
+    sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), 0, pic[irq]);
+
+    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+
+    return dev;
+}
+
 static void create_its(VirtMachineState *vms, DeviceState *gicdev)
 {
     const char *itsclass = its_class_name();
@@ -1491,6 +1518,7 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
     MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     bool firmware_loaded;
     bool aarch64 = true;
+    bool has_ged = !vmc->no_ged;
     unsigned int smp_cpus = machine->smp.cpus;
     unsigned int max_cpus = machine->smp.max_cpus;
 
@@ -1705,6 +1733,10 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     create_gpio(vms, pic);
 
+    if (has_ged && aarch64 && firmware_loaded && acpi_enabled) {
+        vms->acpi_dev = create_acpi_ged(vms, pic);
+    }
+
     /* Create mmio transports, so the user can create virtio backends
      * (which will be automatically plugged in to the transports). If
      * no backend is created the transport will just sit harmlessly idle.
@@ -1881,14 +1913,17 @@ static const CPUArchIdList *virt_possible_cpu_arch_ids(MachineState *ms)
 static void virt_memory_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
                                  Error **errp)
 {
+    VirtMachineState *vms = VIRT_MACHINE(hotplug_dev);
+    const bool is_nvdimm = object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_NVDIMM);
 
-    /*
-     * The device memory is not yet exposed to the Guest either through
-     * DT or ACPI and hence both cold/hot plug of memory is explicitly
-     * disabled for now.
-     */
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "memory cold/hot plug is not yet supported");
+    if (is_nvdimm) {
+        error_setg(errp, "nvdimm is not yet supported");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!vms->acpi_dev) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "memory hotplug is not enabled: missing acpi-ged device");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1898,11 +1933,18 @@ static void virt_memory_pre_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
 static void virt_memory_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                              DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    HotplugHandlerClass *hhc;
     VirtMachineState *vms = VIRT_MACHINE(hotplug_dev);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     pc_dimm_plug(PC_DIMM(dev), MACHINE(vms), &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
+    hhc = HOTPLUG_HANDLER_GET_CLASS(vms->acpi_dev);
+    hhc->plug(HOTPLUG_HANDLER(vms->acpi_dev), dev, &error_abort);
+out:
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
@@ -2109,8 +2151,11 @@ DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE_AS_LATEST(4, 2)
 
 static void virt_machine_4_1_options(MachineClass *mc)
 {
+    VirtMachineClass *vmc = VIRT_MACHINE_CLASS(OBJECT_CLASS(mc));
+
     virt_machine_4_2_options(mc);
     compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_4_1, hw_compat_4_1_len);
+    vmc->no_ged = true;
 }
 DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(4, 1)
 
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/virt.h b/include/hw/arm/virt.h
index a72094204e..577ee49b4b 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/virt.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/virt.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ enum {
     VIRT_GPIO,
     VIRT_SECURE_UART,
     VIRT_SECURE_MEM,
+    VIRT_PCDIMM_ACPI,
+    VIRT_ACPI_GED,
     VIRT_LOWMEMMAP_LAST,
 };
 
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ typedef struct {
     bool claim_edge_triggered_timers;
     bool smbios_old_sys_ver;
     bool no_highmem_ecam;
+    bool no_ged;   /* Machines < 4.2 has no support for ACPI GED device */
 } VirtMachineClass;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t iommu_phandle;
     int psci_conduit;
     hwaddr highest_gpa;
+    DeviceState *acpi_dev;
 } VirtMachineState;
 
 #define VIRT_ECAM_ID(high) (high ? VIRT_HIGH_PCIE_ECAM : VIRT_PCIE_ECAM)
diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h b/tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
index dfb8523c8b..7b4adbc822 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /* List of comma-separated changed AML files to ignore */
+"tests/data/acpi/virt/DSDT",