diff --git a/tools/virtio/Makefile b/tools/virtio/Makefile
index b587b9a7a124..0d7bbe49359d 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/Makefile
+++ b/tools/virtio/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ test: virtio_test vringh_test
 virtio_test: virtio_ring.o virtio_test.o
 vringh_test: vringh_test.o vringh.o virtio_ring.o
 
-CFLAGS += -g -O2 -Werror -Wall -I. -I../include/ -I ../../usr/include/ -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -MMD -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -include ../../include/linux/kconfig.h
+CFLAGS += -g -O2 -Werror -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wall -I. -I../include/ -I ../../usr/include/ -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -MMD -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -include ../../include/linux/kconfig.h
+LDFLAGS += -lpthread
 vpath %.c ../../drivers/virtio ../../drivers/vhost
 mod:
 	${MAKE} -C `pwd`/../.. M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/spinlock.h b/tools/virtio/linux/spinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..028e3cdcc5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#ifndef SPINLOCK_H_STUB
+#define SPINLOCK_H_STUB
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+typedef pthread_spinlock_t  spinlock_t;
+
+static inline void spin_lock_init(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	int r = pthread_spin_init(lock, 0);
+	assert(!r);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	int ret = pthread_spin_lock(lock);
+	assert(!ret);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	int ret = pthread_spin_unlock(lock);
+	assert(!ret);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_lock_bh(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_lock(lock);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_unlock_bh(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_lock_irq(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_lock(lock);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_unlock_irq(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_lock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long f)
+{
+	spin_lock(lock);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_unlock_irqrestore(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long f)
+{
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
index 5d90254ddae4..363b98228301 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define LINUX_VIRTIO_H
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 struct device {
 	void *parent;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ struct virtio_device {
 	struct device dev;
 	u64 features;
 	struct list_head vqs;
+	spinlock_t vqs_list_lock;
 };
 
 struct virtqueue {