diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efad605e1a..bc0a035f9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /config-target.*
 /config.status
 /config-temp
+/tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json
 /elf2dmp
 /trace-events-all
 /trace/generated-events.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef1e2155a7..2f81271ee7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
 HELPERS-y += virtiofsd$(EXESUF)
+vhost-user-json-y += tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json
 endif
 
 # Sphinx does not allow building manuals into the same directory as
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json.in b/tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bcd86f8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/50-qemu-virtiofsd.json.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "description": "QEMU virtiofsd vhost-user-fs",
+  "type": "fs",
+  "binary": "@libexecdir@/virtiofsd"
+}