diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 0c3691f46575..f2b77dea8d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 
 /*
  * Balloon device works in 4K page units.  So each page is pointed to by
@@ -229,10 +230,13 @@ static void update_balloon_stats(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	unsigned long events[NR_VM_EVENT_ITEMS];
 	struct sysinfo i;
 	int idx = 0;
+	long available;
 
 	all_vm_events(events);
 	si_meminfo(&i);
 
+	available = si_mem_available();
+
 	update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_SWAP_IN,
 				pages_to_bytes(events[PSWPIN]));
 	update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_SWAP_OUT,
@@ -243,6 +247,8 @@ static void update_balloon_stats(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 				pages_to_bytes(i.freeram));
 	update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MEMTOT,
 				pages_to_bytes(i.totalram));
+	update_stat(vb, idx++, VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_AVAIL,
+				pages_to_bytes(available));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
index d7f1cbc3766c..343d7ddefe04 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ struct virtio_balloon_config {
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MINFLT   3   /* Number of minor faults */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MEMFREE  4   /* Total amount of free memory */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_MEMTOT   5   /* Total amount of memory */
-#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR       6
+#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_AVAIL    6   /* Available memory as in /proc */
+#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR       7
 
 /*
  * Memory statistics structure.