diff --git a/.github/workflows/vaccel-build-and-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/vaccel-build-and-upload.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ed44ded30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vaccel-build-and-upload.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+name: Build QEMU+vAccel docker image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ '*\+vaccel' ]
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: harbor.nbfc.io/nubificus
+  IMAGE_NAME: qemu-vaccel
+  APP: qemu-vaccel
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Docker Image
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, gcc, lite, "${{ matrix.arch }}"]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x86_64, aarch64]
+    outputs:
+      digest-x86_64: ${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.digest-x86_64 }}
+      digest-aarch64: ${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.digest-aarch64 }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Cleanup previous jobs
+      run: |
+        echo "Cleaning up previous runs"
+        sudo rm -rf ${{ github.workspace }}/*
+        sudo rm -rf ${{ github.workspace }}/.??*
+
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        username: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_USER }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_PASSWD }}
+
+    - name: Extract Docker metadata
+      id: meta
+      uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+      with:
+        images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+        tags: |
+          type=raw,value=${{ matrix.arch }}
+          type=sha,prefix=${{ matrix.arch }}-
+          type=sha,format=long,prefix=${{ matrix.arch }}-
+          type=ref,event=branch,prefix=${{ matrix.arch }}-
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Build and push Docker image
+      id: build-and-push
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      with:
+        context: ./subprojects/vaccel/docker
+        no-cache: true
+        push: true
+        tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+        labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+        build-args: |
+          ARCHTAG=${{ matrix.arch }}
+          BRANCH=${{ github.event.ref_name || github.ref_name }}
+
+    - name: Set per-arch outputs
+      id: set-outputs
+      run: |
+        # Workaround for https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2499
+        echo "digest-${{ matrix.arch }}=${{ steps.build-and-push.outputs.digest }}" \
+          >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  sign:
+    name: Sign Docker Image
+    runs-on: [self-hosted]
+    needs: [build]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x86_64, aarch64]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Install Cosign
+      uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.6.0
+
+    - name: Check install
+      run: cosign version
+
+    - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        username: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_USER }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_PASSWD }}
+
+    - name: Sign published Docker image
+      env:
+        DIGEST: ${{ needs.build.outputs[format('digest-{0}', matrix.arch)] }}
+      run: |
+        cosign sign --yes ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.APP }}@${{ env.DIGEST }} \
+        -a "repo=${{ github.repository }}" \
+        -a "workflow=${{ github.workflow }}" \
+        -a "ref=${{ github.sha }}" \
+        -a "author=Nubificus LTD"
+
+    - name: Cleanup previous runs
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: |
+        sudo rm -rf ${{ github.workspace }}/*
+        sudo rm -rf ${{ github.workspace }}/.??*
diff --git a/subprojects/vaccel/.gitignore b/subprojects/vaccel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69f1bf45309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vaccel/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!*.patch
diff --git a/subprojects/vaccel/docker/Dockerfile b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7246b802d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+# Install common build utilities
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yy eatmydata && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        gcc \
+        g++ \
+        build-essential \
+        libglib2.0-dev \
+        libfdt-dev \
+        libpixman-1-dev \
+        libslirp-dev \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        libcap-ng-dev \
+        libattr1-dev \
+        ninja-build \
+        git \
+        python3-pip \
+        libclang-dev \
+        pkg-config \
+        iproute2 \
+        openssh-client \
+        iputils-ping \
+        socat \
+        vim \
+        less \
+        ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && pip install --break-system-packages meson
+
+# Build & install vAccel
+RUN git clone https://github.com/nubificus/vaccel && \
+    cd vaccel && \
+    meson setup -Dplugins=enabled -Dexamples=enabled build && \
+    meson compile -C build && \
+    meson install -C build && \
+    ldconfig && \
+    cd .. && rm -rf vaccel
+
+ARG BRANCH=master+vaccel
+ARG ARCHTAG=x86_64
+ARG DOCKER_DIR=.
+COPY ${DOCKER_DIR}/vq-size.patch /vq-size.patch
+# Build & install QEMU w/ vAccel backend
+RUN git clone -b ${BRANCH} --depth 1 \
+    https://github.com/cloudkernels/qemu-vaccel && \
+    cd qemu-vaccel && \
+    mv /vq-size.patch . && \
+    git apply vq-size.patch && \
+    mkdir build && cd build && \
+    ../configure --target-list=${ARCHTAG}-softmmu --enable-virtfs && \
+    make -j$(nproc) && make install && \
+    cd ../.. && rm -rf qemu-vaccel
+
+COPY ${DOCKER_DIR}/qemu-ifup /usr/local/etc/qemu-ifup
+COPY ${DOCKER_DIR}/qemu-script.sh /run.sh
+
+VOLUME /data
+WORKDIR /data
+ENTRYPOINT ["/run.sh"]
diff --git a/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-ifup b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-ifup
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6d306aabc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-ifup
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Script to bring a network (tap) device for qemu up.
+# The idea is to add the tap device to the same bridge
+# as we have default routing to.
+
+# in order to be able to find brctl
+PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
+ip=$(which ip)
+
+if [ -n "$ip" ]; then
+   ip link set "$1" up
+else
+   brctl=$(which brctl)
+   if [ ! "$ip" -o ! "$brctl" ]; then
+     echo "W: $0: not doing any bridge processing: neither ip nor brctl utility not found" >&2
+     exit 0
+   fi
+   ifconfig "$1" 0.0.0.0 up
+fi
+
+switch=virbr0
+
+# only add the interface to default-route bridge if we
+# have such interface (with default route) and if that
+# interface is actually a bridge.
+# It is possible to have several default routes too
+for br in $switch; do
+    if [ -d /sys/class/net/$br/bridge/. ]; then
+        if [ -n "$ip" ]; then
+          ip link set "$1" master "$br"
+        else
+          brctl addif $br "$1"
+        fi
+        exit	# exit with status of the previous command
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "W: $0: no bridge for guest interface found" >&2
diff --git a/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-script.sh b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..25c0baac581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/qemu-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+export QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none
+export VACCEL_BACKENDS=${VACCEL_BACKENDS:=libvaccel-noop.so}
+export VACCEL_DEBUG_LEVEL=${VACCEL_DEBUG_LEVEL:=4}
+
+SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$0")
+RUN_PATH=./run
+SSH_HOST=localhost
+SSH_PORT_LOCAL=60022
+SSH_PORT_VM=22
+
+smp=1
+cpu=host
+ram=512
+
+machine=pc,accel=kvm
+device=pci
+kernel=bzImage
+rootfs=rootfs.img
+cmdline='rw root=/dev/vda console=ttyS0 '
+dcache=none
+stderr=${RUN_PATH}/stderr.log
+
+error() {
+    local error=${1:-'Unknown error'}
+    local code=${2:-1}
+    echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: $error" >&2
+    exit "$code"
+}
+
+setup_qemu_network() {
+    if [[ -n "${mac}" ]]; then
+        extra_args+="-nic tap,model=virtio-net-${device},mac=${mac} "
+    else
+        extra_args+="-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::${SSH_PORT_LOCAL}-:${SSH_PORT_VM} "
+        extra_args+="-device virtio-net-${device},netdev=net0 "
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "${cid}" ]]; then
+        extra_args+="-device vhost-vsock-${device},id=vsock0,guest-cid=${cid} "
+    fi
+}
+
+setup_qemu_socket() {
+    [[ -z "$1" ]] && error "'setup_qemu_socket()' requires a non-empty string"
+    stderr="${RUN_PATH}/${1}-stderr.log"
+    extra_args+="-serial pipe:${RUN_PATH}/${1}.serial "
+    extra_args+="-chardev socket,id=monitor,path=${RUN_PATH}/${1}.monitor,server=on,wait=off "
+    extra_args+='-monitor chardev:monitor '
+    mkfifo "${RUN_PATH}/${1}.serial.in" "${RUN_PATH}/${1}.serial.out"
+}
+
+cleanup_qemu_socket() {
+    [[ -n "$1" ]] &&
+        rm -f "${RUN_PATH}/${1}.serial.in" "${RUN_PATH}/${1}.serial.out" \
+            "${RUN_PATH}/${1}.monitor" ||
+        true
+}
+
+cleanup_log_file() {
+    [[ -n "$1" ]] && [[ -z "$(cat "$1")" ]] && rm -f "$1" || true
+}
+
+run_cmd() {
+    [[ -z "$1" ]] && error "'run_cmd()' requires a non-empty string"
+    sleep 1
+    ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -o BatchMode=yes -o LogLevel=ERROR \
+        "${SSH_HOST}" -p "${SSH_PORT_LOCAL}" "${1}; poweroff 2>/dev/null"
+}
+
+parse_args() {
+    short_opts=M:m:r:k:s:n::v::c:
+    read -r -d '' long_opts <<-EOF || true
+	machine:,cpu:,dtb:,
+	vcpus:,ram:,rootfs:,kernel:,cmdline-append:,output-socket:,
+	net-tap::,vsock::,cmd:,no-pci,no-kvm,drive-cache
+	EOF
+
+    if ! getopt=$(getopt -o "${short_opts}" --long "${long_opts}" \
+        -n "${SCRIPT_NAME}" -- "$@"); then
+        echo 'Failed to parse args' >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    eval set -- "$getopt"
+    unset "$getopt"
+
+    while true; do
+        case "$1" in
+        '-M' | '--machine')
+            # QEMU Machine
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            machine="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '--cpu')
+            # QEMU CPU
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            cpu="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '--dtb')
+            # QEMU CPU
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            dtb="$2"
+            extra_args+="-dtb ${dtb} "
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '--vcpus')
+            # VM vCPUs
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            smp="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-m' | '--memory')
+            # VM RAM
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            ram="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-r' | '--rootfs')
+            # VM rootfs
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            rootfs="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-k' | '--kernel')
+            # VM kernel
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            kernel="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '--cmdline-append')
+            # VM kernel command line append
+            cmdline+="$2 "
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-s' | '--output-socket')
+            # QEMU output to socket
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            qemu_socket="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-n' | '--net-tap')
+            # VM w/ network
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && mac='52:54:00:12:34:01' || mac="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-v' | '--vsock')
+            # VM w/ vsock
+            [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || error "'$1' requires a number"
+            cid="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '-c' | '--cmd')
+            # Command to run in the VM
+            [[ -z "$2" ]] && error "'$1' requires a non-empty string"
+            cmd="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        '--no-pci')
+            # Switch to MMIO devices
+            device='device'
+            shift
+            ;;
+        '--no-kvm')
+            # Do not enable KVM
+            no_kvm=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        '--drive-cache')
+            # Use drive cache (writeback)
+            dcache=writeback
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --)
+            shift
+            break
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo 'Internal error parsing args' >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+    cmdline+="mem=${ram}M"
+    [[ -z "${no_kvm}" ]] && extra_args+='-enable-kvm '
+}
+
+run_qemu() {
+    TERM=linux qemu-system-"$(uname -m)" \
+        -cpu "${cpu}" -m "${ram}" -smp "${smp}" -M "${machine}" -nographic \
+        -kernel "${kernel}" -append "${cmdline}" \
+        -drive if=none,id=rootfs,file="${rootfs}",format=raw,cache="${dcache}" \
+        -device "virtio-blk-${device}",drive=rootfs \
+        -fsdev local,id=fsdev0,path=/data/data,security_model=none \
+        -device "virtio-9p-${device}",fsdev=fsdev0,mount_tag=data \
+        -device "virtio-rng-${device}" \
+        -object acceldev-backend-vaccel,id=rt0 \
+        -device "virtio-accel-${device}",id=accel0,runtime=rt0 \
+        ${extra_args} 2>"${stderr}"
+}
+
+main() {
+    parse_args "$@"
+
+    cd /data
+    mkdir -p "${RUN_PATH}" data
+    chown "$(stat -c %u .)":"$(stat -c %g .)" "${RUN_PATH}" data
+    setup_qemu_network
+    [[ -n "${qemu_socket}" ]] && setup_qemu_socket "${qemu_socket}"
+    fsck.ext4 -fy "${rootfs}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+
+    res=0
+
+    if [[ -z "${cmd}" ]]; then
+        run_qemu || res="$?"
+        cleanup_qemu_socket "${qemu_socket}"
+        cleanup_log_file "${stderr}"
+        exit "${res}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -z "${qemu_socket}" ]]; then
+        qemu_socket=qemu-$(
+            od -vN 3 -An -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d " \n"
+            echo
+        )
+        setup_qemu_socket "${qemu_socket}"
+    fi
+
+    run_qemu &
+    pid_qemu=$!
+
+    run_cmd "${cmd}" || res="$?"
+    wait "${pid_qemu}" || res="${res:-"$?"}"
+
+    cleanup_qemu_socket "${qemu_socket}"
+    cleanup_log_file "${stderr}"
+    exit "${res}"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/subprojects/vaccel/docker/vq-size.patch b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/vq-size.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27741c18f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vaccel/docker/vq-size.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+index b69d517496..64967d7e3d 100644
+--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
++++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ size_t virtio_feature_get_config_size(VirtIOFeature *features,
+ 
+ typedef struct VirtQueue VirtQueue;
+ 
+-#define VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE 1024
++#define VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE 8192
+ 
+ typedef struct VirtQueueElement
+ {