diff --git a/lib/accel/accel.c b/lib/accel/accel.c
index 42cdc4330..b3af19e10 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #define ALIGN_4K			0x1000
 #define MAX_TASKS_PER_CHANNEL		0x800
+#define ACCEL_SMALL_CACHE_SIZE		128
+#define ACCEL_LARGE_CACHE_SIZE		16
 
 /* Largest context size for all accel modules */
 static size_t g_max_accel_module_size = sizeof(struct spdk_accel_task);
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ struct accel_io_channel {
 	struct spdk_accel_sequence		*seq_pool_base;
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_task)		task_pool;
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_sequence)	seq_pool;
+	struct spdk_iobuf_channel		iobuf;
 };
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(accel_sequence_tasks, spdk_accel_task);
@@ -1002,7 +1005,7 @@ accel_create_channel(void *io_device, void *ctx_buf)
 	struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task;
 	struct spdk_accel_sequence *seq;
 	uint8_t *task_mem;
-	int i = 0, j;
+	int i = 0, j, rc;
 
 	accel_ch->task_pool_base = calloc(MAX_TASKS_PER_CHANNEL, g_max_accel_module_size);
 	if (accel_ch->task_pool_base == NULL) {
@@ -1034,6 +1037,13 @@ accel_create_channel(void *io_device, void *ctx_buf)
 		}
 	}
 
+	rc = spdk_iobuf_channel_init(&accel_ch->iobuf, "accel", ACCEL_SMALL_CACHE_SIZE,
+				     ACCEL_LARGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to initialize iobuf accel channel\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 err:
 	for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
@@ -1051,6 +1061,8 @@ accel_destroy_channel(void *io_device, void *ctx_buf)
 	struct accel_io_channel	*accel_ch = ctx_buf;
 	int i;
 
+	spdk_iobuf_channel_fini(&accel_ch->iobuf);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; i++) {
 		assert(accel_ch->module_ch[i] != NULL);
 		spdk_put_io_channel(accel_ch->module_ch[i]);
@@ -1132,6 +1144,12 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 		assert(g_modules_opc[op] != NULL);
 	}
 #endif
+	rc = spdk_iobuf_register_module("accel");
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to register accel iobuf module\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We need a unique identifier for the accel framework, so use the
 	 * spdk_accel_module_list address for this purpose.
diff --git a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
index 915993451..48cbea439 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ DEPDIRS-bdev_xnvme := $(BDEV_DEPS_THREAD)
 # These depdirs include subsystem interdependencies which
 # are not related to symbols, but are defined directly in
 # the SPDK event subsystem code.
-DEPDIRS-event_accel := init accel
+DEPDIRS-event_accel := init accel event_iobuf
 DEPDIRS-event_vmd := init vmd $(JSON_LIBS) log thread util
 
 DEPDIRS-event_bdev := init bdev event_accel event_vmd event_sock event_iobuf
diff --git a/module/event/subsystems/Makefile b/module/event/subsystems/Makefile
index fe58c887d..882edc242 100644
--- a/module/event/subsystems/Makefile
+++ b/module/event/subsystems/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_VFIO_USER) += vfu_tgt
 # the subsystem dependency tree defined within the event subsystem C files
 # themselves. Should that tree change, these dependencies should change
 # accordingly.
+DEPDIRS-accel := iobuf
 DEPDIRS-bdev := accel vmd sock iobuf
 DEPDIRS-iscsi := scsi
 DEPDIRS-nbd := bdev
diff --git a/module/event/subsystems/accel/accel.c b/module/event/subsystems/accel/accel.c
index 337457966..b2aca4d97 100644
--- a/module/event/subsystems/accel/accel.c
+++ b/module/event/subsystems/accel/accel.c
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ static struct spdk_subsystem g_spdk_subsystem_accel = {
 };
 
 SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_REGISTER(g_spdk_subsystem_accel);
+SPDK_SUBSYSTEM_DEPEND(accel, iobuf)
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
index 129921282..9fc539431 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,12 @@ test_sequence_setup(void)
 	allocate_threads(1);
 	set_thread(0);
 
+	rc = spdk_iobuf_initialize();
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		CU_ASSERT(false);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	rc = spdk_accel_initialize();
 	if (rc != 0) {
 		CU_ASSERT(false);
@@ -1677,7 +1683,7 @@ test_sequence_setup(void)
 }
 
 static void
-accel_finish_cb(void *cb_arg)
+finish_cb(void *cb_arg)
 {
 	bool *done = cb_arg;
 
@@ -1689,12 +1695,18 @@ test_sequence_cleanup(void)
 {
 	bool done = false;
 
-	spdk_accel_finish(accel_finish_cb, &done);
+	spdk_accel_finish(finish_cb, &done);
 
 	while (!done) {
 		poll_threads();
 	}
 
+	done = false;
+	spdk_iobuf_finish(finish_cb, &done);
+	while (!done) {
+		poll_threads();
+	}
+
 	free_threads();
 	free_cores();