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diff --git a/include/qemu/fifo8.h b/include/qemu/fifo8.h
index d0d02bc73d..c6295c6ff0 100644
--- a/include/qemu/fifo8.h
+++ b/include/qemu/fifo8.h
@@ -94,6 +94,33 @@ uint8_t fifo8_pop(Fifo8 *fifo);
 const uint8_t *fifo8_pop_buf(Fifo8 *fifo, uint32_t max, uint32_t *numptr);
 
 /**
+ * fifo8_peek_buf: read upto max bytes from the fifo
+ * @fifo: FIFO to read from
+ * @max: maximum number of bytes to peek
+ * @numptr: pointer filled with number of bytes returned (can be NULL)
+ *
+ * Peek into a number of elements from the FIFO up to a maximum of max.
+ * The buffer containing the data peeked into is returned. This buffer points
+ * directly into the FIFO backing store. Since data is invalidated once any
+ * of the fifo8_* APIs are called on the FIFO, it is the caller responsibility
+ * to access it before doing further API calls.
+ *
+ * The function may return fewer bytes than requested when the data wraps
+ * around in the ring buffer; in this case only a contiguous part of the data
+ * is returned.
+ *
+ * The number of valid bytes returned is populated in *numptr; will always
+ * return at least 1 byte. max must not be 0 or greater than the number of
+ * bytes in the FIFO.
+ *
+ * Clients are responsible for checking the availability of requested data
+ * using fifo8_num_used().
+ *
+ * Returns: A pointer to peekable data.
+ */
+const uint8_t *fifo8_peek_buf(Fifo8 *fifo, uint32_t max, uint32_t *numptr);
+
+/**
  * fifo8_reset:
  * @fifo: FIFO to reset
  *