diff --git a/backends/iommufd.c b/backends/iommufd.c
index c506afb..012f18d 100644
--- a/backends/iommufd.c
+++ b/backends/iommufd.c
@@ -208,23 +208,24 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-static const TypeInfo iommufd_backend_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_IOMMUFD_BACKEND,
-    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(IOMMUFDBackend),
-    .instance_init = iommufd_backend_init,
-    .instance_finalize = iommufd_backend_finalize,
-    .class_size = sizeof(IOMMUFDBackendClass),
-    .class_init = iommufd_backend_class_init,
-    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
-        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
-        { }
+static const TypeInfo types[] = {
+    {
+        .name = TYPE_IOMMUFD_BACKEND,
+        .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+        .instance_size = sizeof(IOMMUFDBackend),
+        .instance_init = iommufd_backend_init,
+        .instance_finalize = iommufd_backend_finalize,
+        .class_size = sizeof(IOMMUFDBackendClass),
+        .class_init = iommufd_backend_class_init,
+        .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+            { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+            { }
+        }
+    }, {
+        .name = TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD,
+        .parent = TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE,
+        .abstract = true,
     }
 };
 
-static void register_types(void)
-{
-    type_register_static(&iommufd_backend_info);
-}
-
-type_init(register_types);
+DEFINE_TYPES(types)
diff --git a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
index 554f9a6..e4a507d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -624,7 +624,10 @@
         .name = TYPE_VFIO_IOMMU_IOMMUFD,
         .parent = TYPE_VFIO_IOMMU,
         .class_init = vfio_iommu_iommufd_class_init,
-    },
+    }, {
+        .name = TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD_VFIO,
+        .parent = TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD,
+    }
 };
 
 DEFINE_TYPES(types)
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 75b1679..56d1717 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-container-base.h"
 #include "sysemu/host_iommu_device.h"
+#include "sysemu/iommufd.h"
 
 #define VFIO_MSG_PREFIX "vfio %s: "
 
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@
 } VFIOGroup;
 
 #define TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_LEGACY_VFIO TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE "-legacy-vfio"
+#define TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD_VFIO \
+            TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD "-vfio"
 
 typedef struct VFIODMABuf {
     QemuDmaBuf *buf;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/iommufd.h b/include/sysemu/iommufd.h
index 293bfbe..f6e6d6e 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/iommufd.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/iommufd.h
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * iommufd container backend declaration
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2024
+ *
+ * Authors: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
+ *          Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
+ *          Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
 #ifndef SYSEMU_IOMMUFD_H
 #define SYSEMU_IOMMUFD_H
 
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "exec/hwaddr.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "sysemu/host_iommu_device.h"
 
 #define TYPE_IOMMUFD_BACKEND "iommufd"
 OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(IOMMUFDBackend, IOMMUFDBackendClass, IOMMUFD_BACKEND)
@@ -33,4 +47,6 @@
                             ram_addr_t size, void *vaddr, bool readonly);
 int iommufd_backend_unmap_dma(IOMMUFDBackend *be, uint32_t ioas_id,
                               hwaddr iova, ram_addr_t size);
+
+#define TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_IOMMUFD TYPE_HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE "-iommufd"
 #endif