diff --git a/include/spdk/dma.h b/include/spdk/dma.h
index 5a85f0734..161ce6616 100644
--- a/include/spdk/dma.h
+++ b/include/spdk/dma.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ enum spdk_dma_device_type {
 	/** DMA devices are capable of performing DMA operations on memory domains using physical or
 	 *  I/O virtual addresses. */
 	SPDK_DMA_DEVICE_TYPE_DMA,
+	/** Virtual memory domain representing memory being transformed by accel framework */
+	SPDK_DMA_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCEL,
 	/**
 	 * Start of the range of vendor-specific DMA device types
 	 */
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel.c b/lib/accel/accel.c
index a0340e64f..42cdc4330 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "accel_internal.h"
 
+#include "spdk/dma.h"
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/likely.h"
 #include "spdk/log.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ static struct spdk_accel_module_if *g_accel_module = NULL;
 static spdk_accel_fini_cb g_fini_cb_fn = NULL;
 static void *g_fini_cb_arg = NULL;
 static bool g_modules_started = false;
+static struct spdk_memory_domain *g_accel_domain;
 
 /* Global list of registered accelerator modules */
 static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_module_if) spdk_accel_module_list =
@@ -1080,6 +1082,14 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 {
 	enum accel_opcode op;
 	struct spdk_accel_module_if *accel_module = NULL;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = spdk_memory_domain_create(&g_accel_domain, SPDK_DMA_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCEL, NULL,
+				       "SPDK_ACCEL_DMA_DEVICE");
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to create accel memory domain\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
 
 	g_modules_started = true;
 	accel_module_initialize();
@@ -1105,11 +1115,13 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 			accel_module = _module_find_by_name(g_modules_opc_override[op]);
 			if (accel_module == NULL) {
 				SPDK_ERRLOG("Invalid module name of %s\n", g_modules_opc_override[op]);
-				return -EINVAL;
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto error;
 			}
 			if (accel_module->supports_opcode(op) == false) {
 				SPDK_ERRLOG("Module %s does not support op code %d\n", accel_module->name, op);
-				return -EINVAL;
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto error;
 			}
 			g_modules_opc[op] = accel_module;
 		}
@@ -1128,6 +1140,10 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 				sizeof(struct accel_io_channel), "accel");
 
 	return 0;
+error:
+	spdk_memory_domain_destroy(g_accel_domain);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1135,6 +1151,8 @@ accel_module_finish_cb(void)
 {
 	spdk_accel_fini_cb cb_fn = g_fini_cb_fn;
 
+	spdk_memory_domain_destroy(g_accel_domain);
+
 	cb_fn(g_fini_cb_arg);
 	g_fini_cb_fn = NULL;
 	g_fini_cb_arg = NULL;
diff --git a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
index b1e6b66f6..915993451 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.lib_deps.mk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DEPDIRS-nvme += rdma dma
 endif
 
 DEPDIRS-blob := log util thread dma
-DEPDIRS-accel := log util thread json rpc jsonrpc
+DEPDIRS-accel := log util thread json rpc jsonrpc dma
 DEPDIRS-jsonrpc := log util json
 DEPDIRS-virtio := log util json thread vfio_user
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
index 1c6c45407..129921282 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ DEFINE_STUB(pmem_memcpy_persist, void *, (void *pmemdest, const void *src, size_
 DEFINE_STUB(pmem_is_pmem, int, (const void *addr, size_t len), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB(pmem_memset_persist, void *, (void *pmemdest, int c, size_t len), NULL);
 #endif
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_memory_domain_create, int,
+	    (struct spdk_memory_domain **domain, enum spdk_dma_device_type type,
+	     struct spdk_memory_domain_ctx *ctx, const char *id), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_memory_domain_destroy, (struct spdk_memory_domain *domain));
 
 /* global vars and setup/cleanup functions used for all test functions */
 struct spdk_accel_module_if g_module = {};