diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/AbstractVirtIODevice.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/AbstractVirtIODevice.java
index b8d17ed8..e7c791ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/AbstractVirtIODevice.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/AbstractVirtIODevice.java
@@ -1124,6 +1124,34 @@ public abstract class AbstractVirtIODevice implements MemoryMappedDevice, Interr
                 return writableByteCount - writtenByteCount;
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public void skip(int count) throws VirtIODeviceException, MemoryAccessException {
+                if (isUsed) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException();
+                }
+                if (count > readableBytes() + writableBytes()) {
+                    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+                }
+
+                while (count > 0) {
+                    assert position < length;
+                    final int remaining = length - position;
+                    final int skip = Math.min(count, remaining);
+                    count -= skip;
+                    if (readableBytes() > 0) {
+                        assert readableBytes() <= skip;
+                        readByteCount += skip;
+                    } else {
+                        assert writableBytes() <= skip;
+                        writtenByteCount += skip;
+                    }
+                    position += skip;
+                    if (position >= length) {
+                        nextDescriptor();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             @Override
             public byte get() throws VirtIODeviceException, MemoryAccessException {
                 if (isUsed) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/DescriptorChain.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/DescriptorChain.java
index 19deb909..1c77f509 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/DescriptorChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/cil/circuity/vm/device/virtio/DescriptorChain.java
@@ -60,10 +60,26 @@ public interface DescriptorChain {
      * Devices may opt to not completely fill up write-only descriptors before marking the descriptor
      * chain used by calling {@link DescriptorChain#use()}.
      *
-     * @return the maximum
+     * @return the number of remaining writable bytes in the descriptor chain.
      */
     int writableBytes();
 
+    /**
+     * Skips the specified number of bytes in this descriptor chain.
+     * <p>
+     * This first uses up any remaining readable bytes followed by any remaining writable bytes.
+     * <p>
+     * This can be useful for generating padding or ignoring parts of a descriptor chain.
+     *
+     * @param count the number of bytes to skip.
+     * @throws VirtIODeviceException     when the device enters an error state.
+     * @throws MemoryAccessException     when an exception is thrown while accessing physical memory.
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the sum of {@link #readableBytes()} and {@link #writableBytes()}
+     *                                   is smaller than the specified number of bytes to skip.
+     * @throws IllegalStateException     when called after {@link #use()} has been called.
+     */
+    void skip(final int count) throws VirtIODeviceException, MemoryAccessException;
+
     /**
      * Reads a single byte from the descriptor chain.
      *