diff --git a/host/include/aarch64/host/cpuinfo.h b/host/include/aarch64/host/cpuinfo.h
index 8222789..05feeb4 100644
--- a/host/include/aarch64/host/cpuinfo.h
+++ b/host/include/aarch64/host/cpuinfo.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define CPUINFO_ALWAYS          (1u << 0)  /* so cpuinfo is nonzero */
 #define CPUINFO_LSE             (1u << 1)
 #define CPUINFO_LSE2            (1u << 2)
+#define CPUINFO_AES             (1u << 3)
 
 /* Initialized with a constructor. */
 extern unsigned cpuinfo;
diff --git a/host/include/aarch64/host/crypto/aes-round.h b/host/include/aarch64/host/crypto/aes-round.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b5f88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/include/aarch64/host/crypto/aes-round.h
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * AArch64 specific aes acceleration.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef AARCH64_HOST_CRYPTO_AES_ROUND_H
+#define AARCH64_HOST_CRYPTO_AES_ROUND_H
+
+#include "host/cpuinfo.h"
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+
+#ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_AES
+# define HAVE_AES_ACCEL  true
+#else
+# define HAVE_AES_ACCEL  likely(cpuinfo & CPUINFO_AES)
+#endif
+#if !defined(__ARM_FEATURE_AES) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_AES_BUILTIN)
+# define ATTR_AES_ACCEL  __attribute__((target("+crypto")))
+#else
+# define ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+#endif
+
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_bswap(uint8x16_t x)
+{
+    return vqtbl1q_u8(x, (uint8x16_t){ 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8,
+                                        7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2, 1, 0, });
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_AES_BUILTIN
+# define aes_accel_aesd            vaesdq_u8
+# define aes_accel_aese            vaeseq_u8
+# define aes_accel_aesmc           vaesmcq_u8
+# define aes_accel_aesimc          vaesimcq_u8
+# define aes_accel_aesd_imc(S, K)  vaesimcq_u8(vaesdq_u8(S, K))
+# define aes_accel_aese_mc(S, K)   vaesmcq_u8(vaeseq_u8(S, K))
+#else
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aesd(uint8x16_t d, uint8x16_t k)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aesd %0.16b, %1.16b" : "+w"(d) : "w"(k));
+    return d;
+}
+
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aese(uint8x16_t d, uint8x16_t k)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aese %0.16b, %1.16b" : "+w"(d) : "w"(k));
+    return d;
+}
+
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aesmc(uint8x16_t d)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aesmc %0.16b, %1.16b" : "=w"(d) : "w"(d));
+    return d;
+}
+
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aesimc(uint8x16_t d)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aesimc %0.16b, %1.16b" : "=w"(d) : "w"(d));
+    return d;
+}
+
+/* Most CPUs fuse AESD+AESIMC in the execution pipeline. */
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aesd_imc(uint8x16_t d, uint8x16_t k)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aesd %0.16b, %1.16b\n\t"
+        "aesimc %0.16b, %0.16b" : "+w"(d) : "w"(k));
+    return d;
+}
+
+/* Most CPUs fuse AESE+AESMC in the execution pipeline. */
+static inline uint8x16_t aes_accel_aese_mc(uint8x16_t d, uint8x16_t k)
+{
+    asm(".arch_extension aes\n\t"
+        "aese %0.16b, %1.16b\n\t"
+        "aesmc %0.16b, %0.16b" : "+w"(d) : "w"(k));
+    return d;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM_AES_BUILTIN */
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesenc_MC_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aesmc(t);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aesmc(t);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesenc_SB_SR_AK_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st,
+                      const AESState *rk, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+    uint8x16_t z = { };
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aese(t, z);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aese(t, z);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t ^ rk->v;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesenc_SB_SR_MC_AK_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st,
+                         const AESState *rk, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+    uint8x16_t z = { };
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aese_mc(t, z);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aese_mc(t, z);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t ^ rk->v;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesdec_IMC_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aesimc(t);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aesimc(t);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesdec_ISB_ISR_AK_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st,
+                        const AESState *rk, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+    uint8x16_t z = { };
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aesd(t, z);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aesd(t, z);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t ^ rk->v;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesdec_ISB_ISR_AK_IMC_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st,
+                            const AESState *rk, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+    uint8x16_t k = (uint8x16_t)rk->v;
+    uint8x16_t z = { };
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        k = aes_accel_bswap(k);
+        t = aes_accel_aesd(t, z);
+        t ^= k;
+        t = aes_accel_aesimc(t);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aesd(t, z);
+        t ^= k;
+        t = aes_accel_aesimc(t);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t;
+}
+
+static inline void ATTR_AES_ACCEL
+aesdec_ISB_ISR_IMC_AK_accel(AESState *ret, const AESState *st,
+                            const AESState *rk, bool be)
+{
+    uint8x16_t t = (uint8x16_t)st->v;
+    uint8x16_t z = { };
+
+    if (be) {
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+        t = aes_accel_aesd_imc(t, z);
+        t = aes_accel_bswap(t);
+    } else {
+        t = aes_accel_aesd_imc(t, z);
+    }
+    ret->v = (AESStateVec)t ^ rk->v;
+}
+
+#endif /* AARCH64_HOST_CRYPTO_AES_ROUND_H */
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c77faa0..58413d4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2665,6 +2665,15 @@
     int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return bar(argv[0]); }
   '''), error_message: 'AVX512BW not available').allowed())
 
+# For both AArch64 and AArch32, detect if builtins are available.
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_ARM_AES_BUILTIN', cc.compiles('''
+    #include <arm_neon.h>
+    #ifndef __ARM_FEATURE_AES
+    __attribute__((target("+crypto")))
+    #endif
+    void foo(uint8x16_t *p) { *p = vaesmcq_u8(*p); }
+  '''))
+
 have_pvrdma = get_option('pvrdma') \
   .require(rdma.found(), error_message: 'PVRDMA requires OpenFabrics libraries') \
   .require(cc.compiles(gnu_source_prefix + '''
diff --git a/util/cpuinfo-aarch64.c b/util/cpuinfo-aarch64.c
index f99acb7..ababc39 100644
--- a/util/cpuinfo-aarch64.c
+++ b/util/cpuinfo-aarch64.c
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@
     unsigned long hwcap = qemu_getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
     info |= (hwcap & HWCAP_ATOMICS ? CPUINFO_LSE : 0);
     info |= (hwcap & HWCAP_USCAT ? CPUINFO_LSE2 : 0);
+    info |= (hwcap & HWCAP_AES ? CPUINFO_AES: 0);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN
     info |= sysctl_for_bool("hw.optional.arm.FEAT_LSE") * CPUINFO_LSE;
     info |= sysctl_for_bool("hw.optional.arm.FEAT_LSE2") * CPUINFO_LSE2;
+    info |= sysctl_for_bool("hw.optional.arm.FEAT_AES") * CPUINFO_AES;
 #endif
 
     cpuinfo = info;