diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index 73cced4626..1a396521d5 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-block.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-migration.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-visit-virtio.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
@@ -1160,3 +1161,48 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_cpus390entitlement = {
     .set   = qdev_propinfo_set_enum,
     .set_default_value = qdev_propinfo_set_default_value_enum,
 };
+
+/* --- IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList --- */
+
+static void get_iothread_vq_mapping_list(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList **prop_ptr =
+        object_field_prop_ptr(obj, opaque);
+
+    visit_type_IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList(v, name, prop_ptr, errp);
+}
+
+static void set_iothread_vq_mapping_list(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+        const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList **prop_ptr =
+        object_field_prop_ptr(obj, opaque);
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *list;
+
+    if (!visit_type_IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList(v, name, &list, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qapi_free_IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList(*prop_ptr);
+    *prop_ptr = list;
+}
+
+static void release_iothread_vq_mapping_list(Object *obj,
+        const char *name, void *opaque)
+{
+    IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList **prop_ptr =
+        object_field_prop_ptr(obj, opaque);
+
+    qapi_free_IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList(*prop_ptr);
+    *prop_ptr = NULL;
+}
+
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_iothread_vq_mapping_list = {
+    .name = "IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList",
+    .description = "IOThread virtqueue mapping list [{\"iothread\":\"<id>\", "
+                   "\"vqs\":[1,2,3,...]},...]",
+    .get = get_iothread_vq_mapping_list,
+    .set = set_iothread_vq_mapping_list,
+    .release = release_iothread_vq_mapping_list,
+};
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
index 91f7a2452d..06c359c190 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_off_auto_pcibar;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_speed;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_cpus390entitlement;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_iothread_vq_mapping_list;
 
 #define DEFINE_PROP_PCI_DEVFN(_n, _s, _f, _d)                   \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_pci_devfn, int32_t)
@@ -82,4 +83,8 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_cpus390entitlement;
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_cpus390entitlement, \
                        CpuS390Entitlement)
 
+#define DEFINE_PROP_IOTHREAD_VQ_MAPPING_LIST(_name, _state, _field) \
+    DEFINE_PROP(_name, _state, _field, qdev_prop_iothread_vq_mapping_list, \
+                IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList *)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/qapi/virtio.json b/qapi/virtio.json
index e6dcee7b83..19c7c36e36 100644
--- a/qapi/virtio.json
+++ b/qapi/virtio.json
@@ -928,3 +928,32 @@
   'data': { 'path': 'str', 'queue': 'uint16', '*index': 'uint16' },
   'returns': 'VirtioQueueElement',
   'features': [ 'unstable' ] }
+
+##
+# @IOThreadVirtQueueMapping:
+#
+# Describes the subset of virtqueues assigned to an IOThread.
+#
+# @iothread: the id of IOThread object
+#
+# @vqs: an optional array of virtqueue indices that will be handled by this
+#     IOThread.  When absent, virtqueues are assigned round-robin across all
+#     IOThreadVirtQueueMappings provided.  Either all IOThreadVirtQueueMappings
+#     must have @vqs or none of them must have it.
+#
+# Since: 9.0
+##
+
+{ 'struct': 'IOThreadVirtQueueMapping',
+  'data': { 'iothread': 'str', '*vqs': ['uint16'] } }
+
+##
+# @DummyVirtioForceArrays:
+#
+# Not used by QMP; hack to let us use IOThreadVirtQueueMappingList internally
+#
+# Since: 9.0
+##
+
+{ 'struct': 'DummyVirtioForceArrays',
+  'data': { 'unused-iothread-vq-mapping': ['IOThreadVirtQueueMapping'] } }