diff --git a/plugins/api-system.c b/plugins/api-system.c
index cb0dd8f730..38560de342 100644
--- a/plugins/api-system.c
+++ b/plugins/api-system.c
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "migration/blocker.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin-memory.h"
 #include "qemu/plugin.h"
 
 /*
@@ -37,3 +41,57 @@ uint64_t qemu_plugin_entry_code(void)
 {
     return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Virtual Memory queries
+ */
+
+static __thread struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr hwaddr_info;
+
+struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr(qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
+                                                  uint64_t vaddr)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = current_cpu;
+    unsigned int mmu_idx = get_mmuidx(info);
+    enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = get_plugin_meminfo_rw(info);
+    hwaddr_info.is_store = (rw & QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_W) != 0;
+
+    assert(mmu_idx < NB_MMU_MODES);
+
+    if (!tlb_plugin_lookup(cpu, vaddr, mmu_idx,
+                           hwaddr_info.is_store, &hwaddr_info)) {
+        error_report("invalid use of qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return &hwaddr_info;
+}
+
+bool qemu_plugin_hwaddr_is_io(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
+{
+    return haddr->is_io;
+}
+
+uint64_t qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
+{
+    if (haddr) {
+        return haddr->phys_addr;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const char *qemu_plugin_hwaddr_device_name(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *h)
+{
+    if (h && h->is_io) {
+        MemoryRegion *mr = h->mr;
+        if (!mr->name) {
+            unsigned maddr = (uintptr_t)mr;
+            g_autofree char *temp = g_strdup_printf("anon%08x", maddr);
+            return g_intern_string(temp);
+        } else {
+            return g_intern_string(mr->name);
+        }
+    } else {
+        return g_intern_static_string("RAM");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/api-user.c b/plugins/api-user.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..867b420339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/api-user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Plugin API - user-mode only implementations
+ *
+ * This provides the APIs that have a user-mode specific
+ * implementations or are only relevant to user-mode.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2025, Linaro
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
+
+/*
+ * Virtual Memory queries - these are all NOPs for user-mode which
+ * only ever has visibility of virtual addresses.
+ */
+
+struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr(qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
+                                                  uint64_t vaddr)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+bool qemu_plugin_hwaddr_is_io(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+uint64_t qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const char *qemu_plugin_hwaddr_device_name(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *h)
+{
+    return g_intern_static_string("Invalid");
+}
diff --git a/plugins/api.c b/plugins/api.c
index 12a3b6a66d..b04577424f 100644
--- a/plugins/api.c
+++ b/plugins/api.c
@@ -382,76 +382,6 @@ qemu_plugin_mem_value qemu_plugin_mem_get_value(qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info)
     return value;
 }
 
-/*
- * Virtual Memory queries
- */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-static __thread struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr hwaddr_info;
-#endif
-
-struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr(qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
-                                                  uint64_t vaddr)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-    CPUState *cpu = current_cpu;
-    unsigned int mmu_idx = get_mmuidx(info);
-    enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = get_plugin_meminfo_rw(info);
-    hwaddr_info.is_store = (rw & QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_W) != 0;
-
-    assert(mmu_idx < NB_MMU_MODES);
-
-    if (!tlb_plugin_lookup(cpu, vaddr, mmu_idx,
-                           hwaddr_info.is_store, &hwaddr_info)) {
-        error_report("invalid use of qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return &hwaddr_info;
-#else
-    return NULL;
-#endif
-}
-
-bool qemu_plugin_hwaddr_is_io(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-    return haddr->is_io;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-uint64_t qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *haddr)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-    if (haddr) {
-        return haddr->phys_addr;
-    }
-#endif
-    return 0;
-}
-
-const char *qemu_plugin_hwaddr_device_name(const struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *h)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-    if (h && h->is_io) {
-        MemoryRegion *mr = h->mr;
-        if (!mr->name) {
-            unsigned maddr = (uintptr_t)mr;
-            g_autofree char *temp = g_strdup_printf("anon%08x", maddr);
-            return g_intern_string(temp);
-        } else {
-            return g_intern_string(mr->name);
-        }
-    } else {
-        return g_intern_static_string("RAM");
-    }
-#else
-    return g_intern_static_string("Invalid");
-#endif
-}
-
 int qemu_plugin_num_vcpus(void)
 {
     return plugin_num_vcpus();
diff --git a/plugins/meson.build b/plugins/meson.build
index 9c9bc9e5bb..942b59e904 100644
--- a/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/meson.build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if host_os == 'windows'
   )
 endif
 
-user_ss.add(files('user.c'))
+user_ss.add(files('user.c', 'api-user.c'))
 system_ss.add(files('system.c', 'api-system.c'))
 
 common_ss.add(files('loader.c'))
