diff --git a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/ParcelVirtualMachine.java b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/ParcelVirtualMachine.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..808f30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/ParcelVirtualMachine.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.system.virtualmachine;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
+import android.os.Parcelable;
+
+import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+
+/**
+ * A parcelable that captures the state of a Virtual Machine.
+ *
+ * <p>You can capture the current state of VM by creating an instance of this class with {@link
+ * VirtualMachine#toParcelVirtualMachine()}, optionally pass it to another App, and then build an
+ * identical VM with the parcel received.
+ *
+ * @hide
+ */
+public final class ParcelVirtualMachine implements Parcelable {
+    private final @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor mConfigFd;
+    private final @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor mInstanceImgFd;
+    // TODO(b/243129654): Add trusted storage fd once it is available.
+
+    @Override
+    public int describeContents() {
+        return CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
+        mConfigFd.writeToParcel(out, flags);
+        mInstanceImgFd.writeToParcel(out, flags);
+    }
+
+    public static final Parcelable.Creator<ParcelVirtualMachine> CREATOR =
+            new Parcelable.Creator<ParcelVirtualMachine>() {
+                public ParcelVirtualMachine createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
+                    return new ParcelVirtualMachine(in);
+                }
+
+                public ParcelVirtualMachine[] newArray(int size) {
+                    return new ParcelVirtualMachine[size];
+                }
+            };
+
+    /**
+     * @return File descriptor of the VM configuration file config.xml.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor getConfigFd() {
+        return mConfigFd;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return File descriptor of the instance.img of the VM.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor getInstanceImgFd() {
+        return mInstanceImgFd;
+    }
+
+    ParcelVirtualMachine(
+            @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor configFd, @NonNull ParcelFileDescriptor instanceImgFd) {
+        mConfigFd = configFd;
+        mInstanceImgFd = instanceImgFd;
+    }
+
+    private ParcelVirtualMachine(Parcel in) {
+        mConfigFd = requireNonNull(in.readFileDescriptor());
+        mInstanceImgFd = requireNonNull(in.readFileDescriptor());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
index b026fe3..e750ae9 100644
--- a/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
+++ b/javalib/src/android/system/virtualmachine/VirtualMachine.java
@@ -901,6 +901,28 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Captures the current state of the VM in a {@link ParcelVirtualMachine} instance.
+     * The VM needs to be stopped to avoid inconsistency in its state representation.
+     *
+     * @return a {@link ParcelVirtualMachine} instance that represents the VM's state.
+     * @throws VirtualMachineException if the virtual machine is not stopped, or the state could not
+     *     be captured.
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public ParcelVirtualMachine toParcelVirtualMachine() throws VirtualMachineException {
+        synchronized (mLock) {
+            checkStopped();
+        }
+        try {
+            return new ParcelVirtualMachine(
+                ParcelFileDescriptor.open(mConfigFilePath, MODE_READ_ONLY),
+                ParcelFileDescriptor.open(mInstanceFilePath, MODE_READ_ONLY));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new VirtualMachineException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @VirtualMachineCallback.ErrorCode
     private int getTranslatedError(int reason) {
         switch (reason) {
diff --git a/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java b/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
index 42c0e64..dd01867 100644
--- a/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
+++ b/tests/testapk/src/java/com/android/microdroid/test/MicrodroidTests.java
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 
 import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
+import android.system.virtualmachine.ParcelVirtualMachine;
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachine;
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachineCallback;
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachineConfig;
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@
 import android.system.virtualmachine.VirtualMachineManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
+
 import com.android.compatibility.common.util.CddTest;
 import com.android.microdroid.test.device.MicrodroidDeviceTestBase;
 import com.android.microdroid.testservice.ITestService;
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.OptionalLong;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -289,8 +295,7 @@
         // Try to run the VM again with the previous instance.img
         // We need to make sure that no changes on config don't invalidate the identity, to compare
         // the result with the below "different debug level" test.
-        File vmRoot = new File(getContext().getDataDir(), "vm");
-        File vmInstance = new File(new File(vmRoot, "test_vm"), "instance.img");
+        File vmInstance = getVmFile("test_vm", "instance.img");
         File vmInstanceBackup = File.createTempFile("instance", ".img");
         Files.copy(vmInstance.toPath(), vmInstanceBackup.toPath(), REPLACE_EXISTING);
         mInner.forceCreateNewVirtualMachine("test_vm", normalConfig);
@@ -476,10 +481,7 @@
 
         mInner.forceCreateNewVirtualMachine(vmName, config);
         assertThat(tryBootVm(TAG, vmName).payloadStarted).isTrue();
-
-        File vmRoot = new File(getContext().getDataDir(), "vm");
-        File vmDir = new File(vmRoot, vmName);
-        File instanceImgPath = new File(vmDir, "instance.img");
+        File instanceImgPath = getVmFile(vmName, "instance.img");
         return new RandomAccessFile(instanceImgPath, "rw");
     }
 
@@ -575,6 +577,41 @@
         assertThat(vm).isNotEqualTo(newVm);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void vmConvertsToValidParcelVm() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        VirtualMachineConfig config =
+                mInner.newVmConfigBuilder()
+                        .setPayloadBinaryPath("MicrodroidTestNativeLib.so")
+                        .setDebugLevel(DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE)
+                        .build();
+        String vmName = "test_vm";
+        VirtualMachine vm = mInner.forceCreateNewVirtualMachine(vmName, config);
+
+        // Action
+        ParcelVirtualMachine parcelVm = vm.toParcelVirtualMachine();
+
+        // Asserts
+        assertFileContentsAreEqual(parcelVm.getConfigFd(), vmName, "config.xml");
+        assertFileContentsAreEqual(parcelVm.getInstanceImgFd(), vmName, "instance.img");
+    }
+
+    private void assertFileContentsAreEqual(
+            ParcelFileDescriptor parcelFd, String vmName, String fileName) throws IOException {
+        File file = getVmFile(vmName, fileName);
+        // Use try-with-resources to close the files automatically after assert.
+        try (FileInputStream input1 = new FileInputStream(parcelFd.getFileDescriptor());
+                FileInputStream input2 = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+            assertThat(input1.readAllBytes()).isEqualTo(input2.readAllBytes());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private File getVmFile(String vmName, String fileName) {
+        Context context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext();
+        Path filePath = Paths.get(context.getDataDir().getPath(), "vm", vmName, fileName);
+        return filePath.toFile();
+    }
+
     private int minMemoryRequired() {
         if (Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS.length > 0) {
             String primaryAbi = Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS[0];