diff --git a/drivers/bus/meson.build b/drivers/bus/meson.build
index 45eab5233d..6d2520c543 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ drivers = [
         'fslmc',
         'ifpga',
         'pci',
+        'platform',
         'vdev',
         'vmbus',
 ]
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build b/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b51d757a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+#
+
+if not is_linux
+  build = false
+  reason = 'only supported on Linux'
+endif
+
+deps += ['kvargs']
+sources = files(
+        'platform_params.c',
+        'platform.c',
+)
+headers = files(
+        'rte_bus_platform.h',
+)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/platform.c b/drivers/bus/platform/platform.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d489dde7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/platform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,394 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+#include <rte_bus_platform.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "eal_filesystem.h"
+#include "private.h"
+
+#define PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH "/sys/bus/platform/devices"
+
+void
+rte_platform_register(struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv)
+{
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&platform_bus.driver_list, pdrv, next);
+}
+
+void
+rte_platform_unregister(struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv)
+{
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&platform_bus.driver_list, pdrv, next);
+}
+
+static int
+parse_sysfs_value(const char *path, unsigned long *val)
+{
+	if (access(path, F_OK))
+		return -1;
+
+	return eal_parse_sysfs_value(path, val);
+}
+
+static struct rte_devargs *
+device_devargs(const char *dev_name)
+{
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+
+	RTE_EAL_DEVARGS_FOREACH("platform", devargs) {
+		if (!strcmp(devargs->name, dev_name))
+			return devargs;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool
+device_allowed(const char *dev_name)
+{
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+
+	devargs = device_devargs(dev_name);
+	if (!devargs)
+		return true;
+
+	switch (platform_bus.bus.conf.scan_mode) {
+	case RTE_BUS_SCAN_UNDEFINED:
+	case RTE_BUS_SCAN_ALLOWLIST:
+		if (devargs->policy == RTE_DEV_ALLOWED)
+			return true;
+		break;
+	case RTE_BUS_SCAN_BLOCKLIST:
+		if (devargs->policy == RTE_DEV_BLOCKED)
+			return false;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static struct rte_platform_driver *
+device_lookup_driver(const char *dev_name)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv = NULL;
+	char buf[BUFSIZ] = { };
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	char *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH "/%s/driver", dev_name);
+	/* save space for terminating null byte */
+	ret = readlink(path, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* last token is kernel driver name */
+	p = strrchr(buf, '/');
+	if (!p++)
+		return NULL;
+
+	FOREACH_DRIVER_ON_PLATFORM_BUS(pdrv) {
+		/* match by driver name */
+		if (!strcmp(p, pdrv->driver.name))
+			break;
+
+		/* match by driver alias */
+		if (pdrv->driver.alias) {
+			if (!strcmp(p, pdrv->driver.alias))
+				break;
+		}
+
+		/* match by device name */
+		if (!strcmp(dev_name, pdrv->driver.name))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return pdrv;
+}
+
+static int
+device_add(const char *dev_name)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev;
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	pdev = calloc(1, sizeof(*pdev));
+	if (!pdev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	strncpy(pdev->name, dev_name, RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN);
+	pdev->device.name = pdev->name;
+	pdev->device.bus = &platform_bus.bus;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH "/%s/numa_node", dev_name);
+	pdev->device.numa_node = parse_sysfs_value(path, &val) ? rte_socket_id() : val;
+
+	TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&platform_bus.device_list, pdev, next);
+
+	PLATFORM_LOG(INFO, "adding %s to the platform devices list\n", dev_name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_scan(void)
+{
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	const char *name;
+	int ret = 0;
+	DIR *dp;
+
+	if (!(dp = opendir(PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH))) {
+		PLATFORM_LOG(INFO, "failed to open %s\n", PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH);
+
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	while ((ent = readdir(dp))) {
+		name = ent->d_name;
+
+		if (name[0] == '.')
+			continue;
+
+		if (!device_allowed(name))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!device_lookup_driver(name))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = device_add(name);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	closedir(dp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_probe(struct rte_platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv;
+	enum rte_iova_mode iova_mode;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pdev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pdrv = device_lookup_driver(pdev->name);
+	if (!pdrv)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	iova_mode = rte_eal_iova_mode();
+	if (pdrv->drv_flags & RTE_PLATFORM_DRV_NEED_IOVA_AS_VA && iova_mode != RTE_IOVA_VA) {
+		PLATFORM_LOG(ERR, "Driver %s expects VA IOVA mode but current mode is PA\n",
+			     pdrv->driver.name);
+
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!pdrv->probe)
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
+	pdev->driver = pdrv;
+
+	ret = pdrv->probe(pdev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	pdev->device.driver = &pdrv->driver;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_remove(struct rte_platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pdev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pdrv = pdev->driver;
+	if (pdrv->remove) {
+		ret = pdrv->remove(pdev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	pdev->driver = NULL;
+	pdev->device.driver = NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&platform_bus.device_list, pdev, next);
+	rte_devargs_remove(pdev->device.devargs);
+	free(pdrv);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_probe(void)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev;
+	int ret;
+
+	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PLATFORM_BUS(pdev) {
+		ret = platform_probe(pdev);
+		if (ret)
+			PLATFORM_LOG(ERR, "failed to probe %s\n", pdev->name);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_device *
+platform_bus_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp, const void *data)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev;
+
+	pdev = start ? RTE_TAILQ_NEXT(RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV_CONST(start), next) :
+		       RTE_TAILQ_FIRST(&platform_bus.device_list);
+	while (pdev) {
+		if (cmp(&pdev->device, data) == 0)
+			return &pdev->device;
+
+		pdev = RTE_TAILQ_NEXT(pdev, next);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static bool
+device_exists(const char *dev_name)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICES_PATH "/%s", dev_name);
+
+	return access(path, R_OK) == 0;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_plug(struct rte_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!device_exists(dev->name))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (device_allowed(dev->name)) {
+		PLATFORM_LOG(WARNING, "Device not allowed\n");
+
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	return platform_probe(RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV(dev));
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_unplug(struct rte_device *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev = RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV(dev);
+
+	return platform_remove(pdev);
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_parse(const char *name, void *addr)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv;
+	const char **out = addr;
+
+	pdrv = device_lookup_driver(name);
+	if (pdrv && addr)
+		*out = name;
+
+	return pdrv ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_dma_map(struct rte_device *dev, void *addr, uint64_t iova, size_t len)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev = RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV(dev);
+
+	if (!pdev || !pdev->driver) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!pdev->driver->dma_map) {
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return pdev->driver->dma_map(pdev, addr, iova, len);
+}
+
+static int
+platform_bus_dma_unmap(struct rte_device *dev, void *addr, uint64_t iova, size_t len)
+{
+
+	struct rte_platform_device *pdev = RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV(dev);
+
+	if (!pdev || !pdev->driver) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!pdev->driver->dma_unmap) {
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return pdev->driver->dma_unmap(pdev, addr, iova, len);
+}
+
+static enum rte_iova_mode
+platform_bus_get_iommu_class(void)
+{
+	struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv;
+
+	FOREACH_DRIVER_ON_PLATFORM_BUS(pdrv) {
+		if (pdrv->drv_flags & RTE_PLATFORM_DRV_NEED_IOVA_AS_VA)
+			return RTE_IOVA_VA;
+	}
+
+	return RTE_IOVA_DC;
+}
+
+struct rte_platform_bus platform_bus = {
+	.bus = {
+		.scan = platform_bus_scan,
+		.probe = platform_bus_probe,
+		.find_device = platform_bus_find_device,
+		.plug = platform_bus_plug,
+		.unplug = platform_bus_unplug,
+		.parse = platform_bus_parse,
+		.dma_map = platform_bus_dma_map,
+		.dma_unmap = platform_bus_dma_unmap,
+		.get_iommu_class = platform_bus_get_iommu_class,
+		.dev_iterate = platform_bus_dev_iterate,
+	},
+	.device_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(platform_bus.device_list),
+	.driver_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(platform_bus.driver_list),
+};
+
+RTE_REGISTER_BUS(platform_bus, platform_bus.bus);
+RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(platform_bus_logtype, NOTICE);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/platform_params.c b/drivers/bus/platform/platform_params.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86e8587b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/platform_params.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_kvargs.h>
+
+#include "private.h"
+#include "rte_bus_platform.h"
+
+enum platform_params {
+	RTE_PLATFORM_PARAM_NAME,
+};
+
+static const char * const platform_params_keys[] = {
+	[RTE_PLATFORM_PARAM_NAME] = "name",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int
+platform_dev_match(const struct rte_device *dev, const void *_kvlist)
+{
+	const char *key = platform_params_keys[RTE_PLATFORM_PARAM_NAME];
+	const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist = _kvlist;
+	const char *name;
+
+	/* no kvlist arg, all devices match */
+	if (!kvlist)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* if key is present in kvlist and does not match, filter device */
+	name = rte_kvargs_get(kvlist, key);
+	if (name && strcmp(name, dev->name))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void *
+platform_bus_dev_iterate(const void *start, const char *str,
+			 const struct rte_dev_iterator *it __rte_unused)
+{
+	rte_bus_find_device_t find_device;
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvargs = NULL;
+	struct rte_device *dev;
+
+	if (str) {
+		kvargs = rte_kvargs_parse(str, platform_params_keys);
+		if (!kvargs) {
+			PLATFORM_LOG(ERR, "cannot parse argument list %s", str);
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	find_device = platform_bus.bus.find_device;
+	if (!find_device)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dev = platform_bus.bus.find_device(start, platform_dev_match, kvargs);
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvargs);
+
+	return dev;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/private.h b/drivers/bus/platform/private.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..988803080f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_PRIVATE_H_
+#define _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_PRIVATE_H_
+
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_os.h>
+
+#include "rte_bus_platform.h"
+
+extern struct rte_platform_bus platform_bus;
+extern int platform_bus_logtype;
+
+/* Platform bus iterators. */
+#define FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PLATFORM_BUS(p) \
+	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &(platform_bus.device_list), next)
+
+#define FOREACH_DRIVER_ON_PLATFORM_BUS(p) \
+	RTE_TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &(platform_bus.driver_list), next)
+
+/*
+ * Structure describing platform bus.
+ */
+struct rte_platform_bus {
+	struct rte_bus bus; /* Core bus */
+	RTE_TAILQ_HEAD(, rte_platform_device) device_list; /* List of bus devices */
+	RTE_TAILQ_HEAD(, rte_platform_driver) driver_list; /* List of bus drivers */
+};
+
+#define PLATFORM_LOG(level, ...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, platform_bus_logtype, \
+		RTE_FMT("platform bus: " RTE_FMT_HEAD(__VA_ARGS__,) , \
+			RTE_FMT_TAIL(__VA_ARGS__,)))
+
+/*
+ * Iterate registered platform devices and find one that matches provided string.
+ */
+void *
+platform_bus_dev_iterate(const void *start, const char *str,
+			 const struct rte_dev_iterator *it __rte_unused);
+
+#endif /* _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/rte_bus_platform.h b/drivers/bus/platform/rte_bus_platform.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e5cdb166b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/rte_bus_platform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2023 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_H_
+#define _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Platform bus interface.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_os.h>
+
+/* Forward declarations */
+struct rte_platform_bus;
+struct rte_platform_device;
+struct rte_platform_driver;
+
+/**
+ * Initialization function for the driver called during platform device probing.
+ *
+ * @param pdev
+ *   Pointer to the platform device.
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ */
+typedef int (rte_platform_probe_t)(struct rte_platform_device *pdev);
+
+/**
+ * Removal function for the driver called during platform device removal.
+ *
+ * @param pdev
+ *   Pointer to the platform device.
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ */
+typedef int (rte_platform_remove_t)(struct rte_platform_device *pdev);
+
+/**
+ * Driver specific DMA mapping.
+ *
+ * @param pdev
+ *   Pointer to the platform device.
+ * @param addr
+ *   Starting virtual address of memory to be mapped.
+ * @param iova
+ *   Starting IOVA address of memory to be mapped.
+ * @param len
+ *   Length of memory segment being mapped.
+ * @return
+ *   - 0 on success.
+ *   - Negative value and rte_errno is set otherwise.
+ */
+typedef int (rte_platform_dma_map_t)(struct rte_platform_device *pdev, void *addr, uint64_t iova,
+				     size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Driver specific DMA unmapping.
+ *
+ * @param pdev
+ *   Pointer to the platform device.
+ * @param addr
+ *   Starting virtual address of memory to be mapped.
+ * @param iova
+ *   Starting IOVA address of memory to be mapped.
+ * @param len
+ *   Length of memory segment being mapped.
+ * @return
+ *   - 0 on success.
+ *   - Negative value and rte_errno is set otherwise.
+ */
+typedef int (rte_platform_dma_unmap_t)(struct rte_platform_device *pdev, void *addr, uint64_t iova,
+				       size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * A structure describing a platform device.
+ */
+struct rte_platform_device {
+	RTE_TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_platform_device) next; /**< Next attached platform device */
+	struct rte_device device; /**< Core device */
+	struct rte_platform_driver *driver; /**< Matching device driver */
+	char name[RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN + 1]; /**< Device name */
+	void *driver_data; /**< Driver data */
+};
+
+/**
+ * A structure describing a platform device driver.
+ */
+struct rte_platform_driver {
+	RTE_TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_platform_driver) next; /**< Next available platform driver */
+	struct rte_driver driver; /**< Core driver */
+	rte_platform_probe_t *probe;  /**< Device probe function */
+	rte_platform_remove_t *remove; /**< Device remove function */
+	rte_platform_dma_map_t *dma_map; /**< Device DMA map function */
+	rte_platform_dma_unmap_t *dma_unmap; /**< Device DMA unmap function */
+	/** Device driver needs IOVA as VA and cannot work with IOVA as VA */
+#define RTE_PLATFORM_DRV_NEED_IOVA_AS_VA 0x0001
+	uint32_t drv_flags; /**< Driver flags */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Helper macros used to convert core device to platform device.
+ */
+#define RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV(ptr) \
+	container_of(ptr, struct rte_platform_device, device)
+
+#define RTE_DEV_TO_PLATFORM_DEV_CONST(ptr) \
+	container_of(ptr, const struct rte_platform_device, device)
+
+/**
+ * Register a platform device driver.
+ *
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * @param pdrv
+ *   A pointer to a rte_platform_driver structure describing driver to be registered.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+void rte_platform_register(struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv);
+
+/** Helper for platform driver registration. */
+#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PLATFORM(nm, platform_drv) \
+static const char *pdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias; \
+RTE_INIT(pdrvinitfn_ ##nm) \
+{ \
+	(platform_drv).driver.name = RTE_STR(nm); \
+	(platform_drv).driver.alias = pdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias; \
+	rte_platform_register(&(platform_drv)); \
+} \
+RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
+
+/** Helper for setting platform driver alias. */
+#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ALIAS(nm, alias) \
+static const char *pdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias = RTE_STR(alias)
+
+/**
+ * Unregister a platform device driver.
+ *
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * @param pdrv
+ *   A pointer to a rte_platform_driver structure describing driver to be unregistered.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+void rte_platform_unregister(struct rte_platform_driver *pdrv);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_BUS_PLATFORM_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/version.map b/drivers/bus/platform/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee77a6beff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+DPDK_23 {
+	local: *;
+};
+
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_platform_register;
+	rte_platform_unregister;
+};
