diff --git a/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space.go b/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..695168c
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+++ b/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package vmm
+
+import (
+	"github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel"
+	"github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel/mem"
+)
+
+var (
+	// earlyReserveLastUsed tracks the last reserved page address and is
+	// decreased after each allocation request. Initially, it points to
+	// tempMappingAddr which coincides with the end of the kernel address
+	// space.
+	earlyReserveLastUsed = tempMappingAddr
+
+	errEarlyReserveNoSpace = &kernel.Error{Module: "early_reserve", Message: "remaining virtual address space not large enough to satisfy reservation request"}
+)
+
+// EarlyReserveRegion reserves a page-aligned contiguous virtual memory region
+// with the requested size in the kernel address space and returns its virtual
+// address. If size is not a multiple of mem.PageSize it will be automatically
+// rounded up.
+//
+// This function allocates regions starting at the end of the kernel address
+// space. It should only be used during the early stages of kernel initialization.
+func EarlyReserveRegion(size mem.Size) (uintptr, *kernel.Error) {
+	size = (size + (mem.PageSize - 1)) & ^(mem.PageSize - 1)
+
+	// reserving a region of the requested size will cause an underflow
+	if uintptr(size) > earlyReserveLastUsed {
+		return 0, errEarlyReserveNoSpace
+	}
+
+	earlyReserveLastUsed -= uintptr(size)
+	return earlyReserveLastUsed, nil
+}
diff --git a/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space_test.go b/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e457381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/mem/vmm/addr_space_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package vmm
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEarlyReserveAmd64(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		t.Skip("test requires amd64 runtime; skipping")
+	}
+
+	defer func(origLastUsed uintptr) {
+		earlyReserveLastUsed = origLastUsed
+	}(earlyReserveLastUsed)
+
+	earlyReserveLastUsed = 4096
+	next, err := EarlyReserveRegion(42)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if exp := uintptr(0); next != exp {
+		t.Fatal("expected reservation request to be rounded to nearest page")
+	}
+
+	if _, err = EarlyReserveRegion(1); err != errEarlyReserveNoSpace {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to get errEarlyReserveNoSpace; got %v", err)
+	}
+}