diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index ffdb518535..a34c348184 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
 #include "exec/log.h"
 
+#include "qemu/pmem.h"
+
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
 #include "qemu/range.h"
@@ -2156,6 +2158,40 @@ int qemu_ram_resize(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t newsize, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Trigger sync on the given ram block for range [start, start + length]
+ * with the backing store if one is available.
+ * Otherwise no-op.
+ * @Note: this is supposed to be a synchronous op.
+ */
+void qemu_ram_writeback(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t start, ram_addr_t length)
+{
+    void *addr = ramblock_ptr(block, start);
+
+    /* The requested range should fit in within the block range */
+    g_assert((start + length) <= block->used_length);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBPMEM
+    /* The lack of support for pmem should not block the sync */
+    if (ramblock_is_pmem(block)) {
+        pmem_persist(addr, length);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+    if (block->fd >= 0) {
+        /**
+         * Case there is no support for PMEM or the memory has not been
+         * specified as persistent (or is not one) - use the msync.
+         * Less optimal but still achieves the same goal
+         */
+        if (qemu_msync(addr, length, block->fd)) {
+            warn_report("%s: failed to sync memory range: start: "
+                    RAM_ADDR_FMT " length: " RAM_ADDR_FMT,
+                    __func__, start, length);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* Called with ram_list.mutex held */
 static void dirty_memory_extend(ram_addr_t old_ram_size,
                                 ram_addr_t new_ram_size)
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index e499dc215b..27a84e0cc3 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -1265,6 +1265,12 @@ void *memory_region_get_ram_ptr(MemoryRegion *mr);
  */
 void memory_region_ram_resize(MemoryRegion *mr, ram_addr_t newsize,
                               Error **errp);
+/**
+ * memory_region_do_writeback: Trigger writeback for selected address range
+ * [addr, addr + size]
+ *
+ */
+void memory_region_do_writeback(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size);
 
 /**
  * memory_region_set_log: Turn dirty logging on or off for a region.
diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
index bed0554f4d..5adebb0bc7 100644
--- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
+++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ void qemu_ram_free(RAMBlock *block);
 
 int qemu_ram_resize(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t newsize, Error **errp);
 
+void qemu_ram_writeback(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t start, ram_addr_t length);
+
+/* Clear whole block of mem */
+static inline void qemu_ram_block_writeback(RAMBlock *block)
+{
+    qemu_ram_writeback(block, 0, block->used_length);
+}
+
 #define DIRTY_CLIENTS_ALL     ((1 << DIRTY_MEMORY_NUM) - 1)
 #define DIRTY_CLIENTS_NOCODE  (DIRTY_CLIENTS_ALL & ~(1 << DIRTY_MEMORY_CODE))
 
diff --git a/include/qemu/cutils.h b/include/qemu/cutils.h
index b54c847e0f..eb59852dfd 100644
--- a/include/qemu/cutils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/cutils.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const char *qemu_strchrnul(const char *s, int c);
 #endif
 time_t mktimegm(struct tm *tm);
 int qemu_fdatasync(int fd);
+int qemu_msync(void *addr, size_t length, int fd);
 int fcntl_setfl(int fd, int flag);
 int qemu_parse_fd(const char *param);
 int qemu_strtoi(const char *nptr, const char **endptr, int base,
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index 06484c2bff..0228cad38d 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -2207,6 +2207,18 @@ void memory_region_ram_resize(MemoryRegion *mr, ram_addr_t newsize, Error **errp
     qemu_ram_resize(mr->ram_block, newsize, errp);
 }
 
+
+void memory_region_do_writeback(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr, hwaddr size)
+{
+    /*
+     * Might be extended case needed to cover
+     * different types of memory regions
+     */
+    if (mr->ram_block && mr->dirty_log_mask) {
+        qemu_ram_writeback(mr->ram_block, addr, size);
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Call proper memory listeners about the change on the newly
  * added/removed CoalescedMemoryRange.
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index 77acadc70a..2380165230 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -164,6 +164,44 @@ int qemu_fdatasync(int fd)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sync changes made to the memory mapped file back to the backing
+ * storage. For POSIX compliant systems this will fallback
+ * to regular msync call. Otherwise it will trigger whole file sync
+ * (including the metadata case there is no support to skip that otherwise)
+ *
+ * @addr   - start of the memory area to be synced
+ * @length - length of the are to be synced
+ * @fd     - file descriptor for the file to be synced
+ *           (mandatory only for POSIX non-compliant systems)
+ */
+int qemu_msync(void *addr, size_t length, int fd)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+    size_t align_mask = ~(qemu_real_host_page_size - 1);
+
+    /**
+     * There are no strict reqs as per the length of mapping
+     * to be synced. Still the length needs to follow the address
+     * alignment changes. Additionally - round the size to the multiple
+     * of PAGE_SIZE
+     */
+    length += ((uintptr_t)addr & (qemu_real_host_page_size - 1));
+    length = (length + ~align_mask) & align_mask;
+
+    addr = (void *)((uintptr_t)addr & align_mask);
+
+    return msync(addr, length, MS_SYNC);
+#else /* CONFIG_POSIX */
+    /**
+     * Perform the sync based on the file descriptor
+     * The sync range will most probably be wider than the one
+     * requested - but it will still get the job done
+     */
+    return qemu_fdatasync(fd);
+#endif /* CONFIG_POSIX */
+}
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 /* Sets a specific flag */
 int fcntl_setfl(int fd, int flag)