diff --git a/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs b/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
index 9ba1c04..ef76822 100644
--- a/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
@@ -802,6 +802,25 @@
 
         let detect_hangup = is_app_config && gdb_port.is_none();
 
+        let custom_memory_backing_files = config
+            .customMemoryBackingFiles
+            .iter()
+            .map(|memory_backing_file| {
+                Ok((
+                    clone_file(
+                        memory_backing_file
+                            .file
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .context("missing CustomMemoryBackingFile FD")
+                            .or_binder_exception(ExceptionCode::ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT)?,
+                    )?
+                    .into(),
+                    memory_backing_file.rangeStart as u64,
+                    memory_backing_file.size as u64,
+                ))
+            })
+            .collect::<binder::Result<_>>()?;
+
         // Actually start the VM.
         let crosvm_config = CrosvmConfig {
             cid,
@@ -846,6 +865,7 @@
             dump_dt_fd,
             enable_hypervisor_specific_auth_method: config.enableHypervisorSpecificAuthMethod,
             instance_id,
+            custom_memory_backing_files,
         };
         let instance = Arc::new(
             VmInstance::new(
diff --git a/android/virtmgr/src/crosvm.rs b/android/virtmgr/src/crosvm.rs
index bb7712e..59f115e 100644
--- a/android/virtmgr/src/crosvm.rs
+++ b/android/virtmgr/src/crosvm.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
     pub dump_dt_fd: Option<File>,
     pub enable_hypervisor_specific_auth_method: bool,
     pub instance_id: [u8; 64],
+    // (memfd, guest address, size)
+    pub custom_memory_backing_files: Vec<(OwnedFd, u64, u64)>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -1370,6 +1372,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    for (fd, addr, size) in config.custom_memory_backing_files {
+        command.arg("--file-backed-mapping").arg(format!(
+            "{},addr={addr:#0x},size={size:#0x},rw,ram",
+            add_preserved_fd(&mut preserved_fds, fd)
+        ));
+    }
+
     debug!("Preserving FDs {:?}", preserved_fds);
     command.preserved_fds(preserved_fds);