diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f5acd09b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package types
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	pciSlotBits = 5
+	maxPciSlot  = (1 << pciSlotBits) - 1
+)
+
+// A PciSlot describes where a PCI device sits on a single bus
+//
+// This encapsulates the PCI slot number a.k.a device number, which is
+// limited to a 5 bit value [0x00..0x1f] by the PCI specification
+//
+// XXX In order to support multifunction device's we'll need to extend
+// this to include the PCI 3-bit function number as well.
+type PciSlot struct{ slot uint8 }
+
+func PciSlotFromString(s string) (PciSlot, error) {
+	v, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, pciSlotBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		return PciSlot{}, err
+	}
+	// The 5 bit width passed to ParseUint ensures the value is <=
+	// maxPciSlot
+	return PciSlot{slot: uint8(v)}, nil
+}
+
+func PciSlotFromInt(v int) (PciSlot, error) {
+	if v < 0 || v > maxPciSlot {
+		return PciSlot{}, fmt.Errorf("PCI slot value 0x%x out of range", v)
+	}
+	return PciSlot{slot: uint8(v)}, nil
+}
+
+func (slot PciSlot) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%02x", slot.slot)
+}
+
+// A PciPath describes where a PCI sits in a PCI hierarchy.
+//
+// Consists of a list of PCI slots, giving the slot of each bridge
+// that must be traversed from the PCI root to reach the device,
+// followed by the slot of the device itself
+//
+// When formatted into a string is written as "xx/.../yy/zz" Here, zz
+// is the slot of the device on its PCI bridge, yy is the slot of the
+// bridge on its parent bridge and so forth until xx is the slot of
+// the "most upstream" bridge on the root bus.  If a device is
+// connected directly to the root bus, its PciPath is just "zz"
+type PciPath struct {
+	slots []PciSlot
+}
+
+func (p PciPath) String() string {
+	tokens := make([]string, len(p.slots))
+	for i, slot := range p.slots {
+		tokens[i] = slot.String()
+	}
+	return strings.Join(tokens, "/")
+}
+
+func (p PciPath) IsNil() bool {
+	return p.slots == nil
+}
+
+func PciPathFromString(s string) (PciPath, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return PciPath{}, nil
+	}
+
+	tokens := strings.Split(s, "/")
+	slots := make([]PciSlot, len(tokens))
+	for i, t := range tokens {
+		var err error
+		slots[i], err = PciSlotFromString(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return PciPath{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	return PciPath{slots: slots}, nil
+}
+
+func PciPathFromSlots(slots ...PciSlot) (PciPath, error) {
+	if len(slots) == 0 {
+		return PciPath{}, fmt.Errorf("PCI path needs at least one component")
+	}
+	return PciPath{slots: slots}, nil
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath_test.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..feb1c07a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/types/pcipath_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+package types
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPciSlot(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	// Valid slots
+	slot, err := PciSlotFromInt(0x00)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(slot, PciSlot{})
+	assert.Equal(slot.String(), "00")
+
+	slot, err = PciSlotFromString("00")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(slot, PciSlot{})
+
+	slot, err = PciSlotFromInt(31)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	slot2, err := PciSlotFromString("1f")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(slot, slot2)
+
+	// Bad slots
+	_, err = PciSlotFromInt(-1)
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciSlotFromInt(32)
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciSlotFromString("20")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciSlotFromString("xy")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciSlotFromString("00/")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciSlotFromString("")
+	assert.Error(err)
+}
+
+func TestPciPath(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	slot3, err := PciSlotFromInt(0x03)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	slot4, err := PciSlotFromInt(0x04)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	slot5, err := PciSlotFromInt(0x05)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	// Empty/nil paths
+	pcipath := PciPath{}
+	assert.True(pcipath.IsNil())
+
+	pcipath, err = PciPathFromString("")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.True(pcipath.IsNil())
+	assert.Equal(pcipath, PciPath{})
+
+	// Valid paths
+	pcipath, err = PciPathFromSlots(slot3)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.False(pcipath.IsNil())
+	assert.Equal(pcipath.String(), "03")
+	pcipath2, err := PciPathFromString("03")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(pcipath, pcipath2)
+
+	pcipath, err = PciPathFromSlots(slot3, slot4)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.False(pcipath.IsNil())
+	assert.Equal(pcipath.String(), "03/04")
+	pcipath2, err = PciPathFromString("03/04")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(pcipath, pcipath2)
+
+	pcipath, err = PciPathFromSlots(slot3, slot4, slot5)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.False(pcipath.IsNil())
+	assert.Equal(pcipath.String(), "03/04/05")
+	pcipath2, err = PciPathFromString("03/04/05")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(pcipath, pcipath2)
+
+	// Bad paths
+	_, err = PciPathFromSlots()
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciPathFromString("20")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciPathFromString("//")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+	_, err = PciPathFromString("xyz")
+	assert.Error(err)
+
+}