diff --git a/sys-utils/libcmt/include/libcmt/rollup.h b/sys-utils/libcmt/include/libcmt/rollup.h
index 1c0d72d4..87eed5cf 100644
--- a/sys-utils/libcmt/include/libcmt/rollup.h
+++ b/sys-utils/libcmt/include/libcmt/rollup.h
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ typedef struct cmt_rollup_finish {
     uint32_t next_request_payload_length;
 } cmt_rollup_finish_t;
 
+/** Public struct with generic io request/response */
+typedef struct cmt_gio {
+    uint16_t domain;           /**< domain for the gio request */
+    uint32_t id_length;        /**< length of id */
+    void *id;                  /**< id for the request */
+    uint16_t response_code;    /**< response */
+    uint32_t response_length;  /**< length of response data */
+    void *response;            /**< response data */
+} cmt_gio_request_t;
+
 /** Initialize a @ref cmt_rollup_t state.
  *
  * @param [in] me uninitialized state
@@ -186,6 +196,19 @@ int cmt_rollup_read_inspect_state(cmt_rollup_t *me, cmt_rollup_inspect_t *inspec
  * |< 0| failure with a -errno value | */
 int cmt_rollup_finish(cmt_rollup_t *me, cmt_rollup_finish_t *finish);
 
+
+/** Performs a generic IO request
+ *
+ * @param [in,out] me  initialized cmt_rollup_t instance
+ * @param [in,out] req initialized cmt_gio_t structure
+ *
+ * @return
+ * |   |                             |
+ * |--:|-----------------------------|
+ * |  0| success                     |
+ * |< 0| failure with a -errno value | */
+int cmt_gio_request(cmt_rollup_t *me, cmt_gio_request_t *req);
+
 /** Retrieve the merkle tree and intermediate state from a file @p path
  * @param [in,out] me      initialized cmt_rollup_t instance
  * @param [in]     file    path to file (parent directories must exist)
diff --git a/sys-utils/libcmt/src/rollup.c b/sys-utils/libcmt/src/rollup.c
index dc4fc9bb..eba4c1a9 100644
--- a/sys-utils/libcmt/src/rollup.c
+++ b/sys-utils/libcmt/src/rollup.c
@@ -278,6 +278,45 @@ int cmt_rollup_finish(cmt_rollup_t *me, cmt_rollup_finish_t *finish) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int cmt_gio_request(cmt_rollup_t *me, cmt_gio_request_t *req) {
+    if (!me)
+        return -EINVAL;
+    if (!req)
+        return -EINVAL;
+
+    cmt_buf_t tx[1] = {cmt_io_get_tx(me->io)};
+    size_t tx_length = tx->end - tx->begin;
+    if (req->id_length > tx_length || req->id_length > UINT32_MAX)
+        return -ENOBUFS;
+
+    if (req->id_length > 0) {
+        if (!req->id)
+            return -EINVAL;
+        memcpy(tx->begin, req->id, req->id_length);
+    }
+
+    struct cmt_io_yield y[1] = {{
+        .dev = HTIF_DEVICE_YIELD,
+        .cmd = HTIF_YIELD_CMD_MANUAL,
+        .reason = req->domain,
+        .data = req->id_length,
+    }};
+
+    int rc = DBG(cmt_io_yield(me->io, y));
+    if (rc != 0)
+        return rc;
+
+    cmt_buf_t rx[1] = {cmt_io_get_rx(me->io)};
+    size_t rx_length = rx->end - rx->begin;
+    if (rx_length != y->data)
+        return -EINVAL;
+
+    req->response = rx->begin;
+    req->response_code = y->reason;
+    req->response_length = y->data;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int cmt_rollup_progress(cmt_rollup_t *me, uint32_t progress) {
     cmt_io_yield_t req[1] = {{
         .dev = HTIF_DEVICE_YIELD,