diff --git a/block/blkio.c b/block/blkio.c
index 11be8787a3..527323d625 100644
--- a/block/blkio.c
+++ b/block/blkio.c
@@ -673,25 +673,60 @@ static int blkio_virtio_blk_common_open(BlockDriverState *bs,
 {
     const char *path = qdict_get_try_str(options, "path");
     BDRVBlkioState *s = bs->opaque;
-    int ret;
+    bool fd_supported = false;
+    int fd, ret;
 
     if (!path) {
         error_setg(errp, "missing 'path' option");
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    ret = blkio_set_str(s->blkio, "path", path);
-    qdict_del(options, "path");
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "failed to set path: %s",
-                         blkio_get_error_msg());
-        return ret;
-    }
-
     if (!(flags & BDRV_O_NOCACHE)) {
         error_setg(errp, "cache.direct=off is not supported");
         return -EINVAL;
     }
+
+    if (blkio_get_int(s->blkio, "fd", &fd) == 0) {
+        fd_supported = true;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If the libblkio driver supports fd passing, let's always use qemu_open()
+     * to open the `path`, so we can handle fd passing from the management
+     * layer through the "/dev/fdset/N" special path.
+     */
+    if (fd_supported) {
+        int open_flags;
+
+        if (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) {
+            open_flags = O_RDWR;
+        } else {
+            open_flags = O_RDONLY;
+        }
+
+        fd = qemu_open(path, open_flags, errp);
+        if (fd < 0) {
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+        ret = blkio_set_int(s->blkio, "fd", fd);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "failed to set fd: %s",
+                             blkio_get_error_msg());
+            qemu_close(fd);
+            return ret;
+        }
+    } else {
+        ret = blkio_set_str(s->blkio, "path", path);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "failed to set path: %s",
+                             blkio_get_error_msg());
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+
+    qdict_del(options, "path");
+
     return 0;
 }