diff --git a/qemu/qmp.go b/qemu/qmp.go
index 40e4781a69..efa672b61a 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -670,7 +670,8 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID string)
 // to a previous call to ExecuteBlockdevAdd.  devID is the id of the device to
 // add.  Both strings must be valid QMP identifiers.  driver is the name of the
 // driver,e.g., virtio-blk-pci, and bus is the name of the bus.  bus is optional.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, bus string) error {
+// shared denotes if the drive can be shared allowing it to be passed more than once.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, bus string, shared bool) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"id":     devID,
 		"driver": driver,
@@ -679,6 +680,9 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, b
 	if bus != "" {
 		args["bus"] = bus
 	}
+	if shared && (q.version.Major > 2 || (q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor >= 10)) {
+		args["share-rw"] = "on"
+	}
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
 
@@ -688,8 +692,9 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, b
 // the device to add.  Both strings must be valid QMP identifiers.  driver is the name of the
 // scsi driver,e.g., scsi-hd, and bus is the name of a SCSI controller bus.
 // scsiID is the SCSI id, lun is logical unit number. scsiID and lun are optional, a negative value
-// for scsiID and lun is ignored.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteSCSIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, bus string, scsiID, lun int) error {
+// for scsiID and lun is ignored. shared denotes if the drive can be shared allowing it
+// to be passed more than once.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteSCSIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, bus string, scsiID, lun int, shared bool) error {
 	// TBD: Add drivers for scsi passthrough like scsi-generic and scsi-block
 	drivers := []string{"scsi-hd", "scsi-cd", "scsi-disk"}
 
@@ -717,6 +722,9 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteSCSIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, drive
 	if lun >= 0 {
 		args["lun"] = lun
 	}
+	if shared && (q.version.Major > 2 || (q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor >= 10)) {
+		args["share-rw"] = "on"
+	}
 
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
@@ -802,8 +810,9 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteDeviceDel(ctx context.Context, devID string) error {
 
 // ExecutePCIDeviceAdd is the PCI version of ExecuteDeviceAdd. This function can be used
 // to hot plug PCI devices on PCI(E) bridges, unlike ExecuteDeviceAdd this function receive the
-// device address on its parent bus. bus is optional.
-func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, addr, bus string) error {
+// device address on its parent bus. bus is optional. shared denotes if the drive can be shared
+// allowing it to be passed more than once.
+func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver, addr, bus string, shared bool) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"id":     devID,
 		"driver": driver,
@@ -813,6 +822,10 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver
 	if bus != "" {
 		args["bus"] = bus
 	}
+	if shared && (q.version.Major > 2 || (q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor >= 10)) {
+		args["share-rw"] = "on"
+	}
+
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
 
diff --git a/qemu/qmp_test.go b/qemu/qmp_test.go
index c6c4ed4f00..4ebda65d6d 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -438,11 +438,11 @@ func TestQMPDeviceAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	buf.AddCommand("device_add", nil, "return", nil)
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
-	checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
 	blockdevID := fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID)
 	devID := fmt.Sprintf("device_%s", volumeUUID)
 	err := q.ExecuteDeviceAdd(context.Background(), blockdevID, devID,
-		"virtio-blk-pci", "")
+		"virtio-blk-pci", "", true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ func TestQMPSCSIDeviceAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	buf.AddCommand("device_add", nil, "return", nil)
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
-	checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
 	blockdevID := fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID)
 	devID := fmt.Sprintf("device_%s", volumeUUID)
 	err := q.ExecuteSCSIDeviceAdd(context.Background(), blockdevID, devID,
-		"scsi-hd", "scsi0.0", 1, 2)
+		"scsi-hd", "scsi0.0", 1, 2, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -881,11 +881,11 @@ func TestQMPPCIDeviceAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	buf.AddCommand("device_add", nil, "return", nil)
 	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
 	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
-	checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
 	blockdevID := fmt.Sprintf("drive_%s", volumeUUID)
 	devID := fmt.Sprintf("device_%s", volumeUUID)
 	err := q.ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(context.Background(), blockdevID, devID,
-		"virtio-blk-pci", "0x1", "")
+		"virtio-blk-pci", "0x1", "", true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}