diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_extern.h b/sys/vm/vm_extern.h
index 4bcd8ac601a..566c837aab7 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_extern.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_extern.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct domainset;
 
 /* These operate on kernel virtual addresses only. */
 vm_offset_t kva_alloc(vm_size_t);
+vm_offset_t kva_alloc_aligned(vm_size_t, vm_size_t);
 void kva_free(vm_offset_t, vm_size_t);
 
 /* These operate on pageable virtual addresses. */
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
index 35dbae20449..387d73d2e46 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
@@ -157,6 +157,27 @@ kva_alloc(vm_size_t size)
 	return (addr);
 }
 
+/*
+ *	kva_alloc_aligned:
+ *
+ *	Allocate a virtual address range as in kva_alloc where the base
+ *	address is aligned to align.
+ */
+vm_offset_t
+kva_alloc_aligned(vm_size_t size, vm_size_t align)
+{
+	vm_offset_t addr;
+
+	TSENTER();
+	size = round_page(size);
+	if (vmem_xalloc(kernel_arena, size, align, 0, 0, VMEM_ADDR_MIN,
+	    VMEM_ADDR_MAX, M_BESTFIT | M_NOWAIT, &addr))
+		return (0);
+	TSEXIT();
+
+	return (addr);
+}
+
 /*
  *	kva_free:
  *