diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 389693f..8d26935 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3213,6 +3213,7 @@
 F: include/hw/remote/machine.h
 F: hw/remote/mpqemu-link.c
 F: include/hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h
+F: hw/remote/message.c
 
 Build and test automation
 -------------------------
diff --git a/hw/remote/meson.build b/hw/remote/meson.build
index a2b2fc0..9f5c57f 100644
--- a/hw/remote/meson.build
+++ b/hw/remote/meson.build
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('machine.c'))
 remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('mpqemu-link.c'))
+remote_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: files('message.c'))
 
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS', if_true: remote_ss)
diff --git a/hw/remote/message.c b/hw/remote/message.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36e2d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/remote/message.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2020, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL-v2, version 2 or later.
+ *
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+#include "hw/remote/machine.h"
+#include "io/channel.h"
+#include "hw/remote/mpqemu-link.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+
+void coroutine_fn mpqemu_remote_msg_loop_co(void *data)
+{
+    g_autofree RemoteCommDev *com = (RemoteCommDev *)data;
+    PCIDevice *pci_dev = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    assert(com->ioc);
+
+    pci_dev = com->dev;
+    for (; !local_err;) {
+        MPQemuMsg msg = {0};
+
+        if (!mpqemu_msg_recv(&msg, com->ioc, &local_err)) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!mpqemu_msg_valid(&msg)) {
+            error_setg(&local_err, "Received invalid message from proxy"
+                                   "in remote process pid="FMT_pid"",
+                                   getpid());
+            break;
+        }
+
+        switch (msg.cmd) {
+        default:
+            error_setg(&local_err,
+                       "Unknown command (%d) received for device %s"
+                       " (pid="FMT_pid")",
+                       msg.cmd, DEVICE(pci_dev)->id, getpid());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_report_err(local_err);
+        qemu_system_shutdown_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_HOST_ERROR);
+    } else {
+        qemu_system_shutdown_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_SHUTDOWN);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/include/hw/remote/machine.h b/include/hw/remote/machine.h
index bdfbca4..b92b2ce 100644
--- a/include/hw/remote/machine.h
+++ b/include/hw/remote/machine.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/pci-host/remote.h"
+#include "io/channel.h"
 
 struct RemoteMachineState {
     MachineState parent_obj;
@@ -21,7 +22,15 @@
     RemotePCIHost *host;
 };
 
+/* Used to pass to co-routine device and ioc. */
+typedef struct RemoteCommDev {
+    PCIDevice *dev;
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
+} RemoteCommDev;
+
 #define TYPE_REMOTE_MACHINE "x-remote-machine"
 OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(RemoteMachineState, REMOTE_MACHINE)
 
+void coroutine_fn mpqemu_remote_msg_loop_co(void *data);
+
 #endif