diff --git a/qemu/qemu.go b/qemu/qemu.go
index 0b5adb2858..4b0e41795a 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -841,6 +841,9 @@ type SCSIController struct {
 
 	// DisableModern prevents qemu from relying on fast MMIO.
 	DisableModern bool
+
+	// IOThread is the IO thread on which IO will be handled
+	IOThread string
 }
 
 // Valid returns true if the SCSIController structure is valid and complete.
@@ -867,6 +870,9 @@ func (scsiCon SCSIController) QemuParams(config *Config) []string {
 	if scsiCon.DisableModern {
 		devParams = append(devParams, fmt.Sprintf("disable-modern=true"))
 	}
+	if scsiCon.IOThread != "" {
+		devParams = append(devParams, fmt.Sprintf("iothread=%s", scsiCon.IOThread))
+	}
 
 	qemuParams = append(qemuParams, "-device")
 	qemuParams = append(qemuParams, strings.Join(devParams, ","))
diff --git a/qemu/qemu_test.go b/qemu/qemu_test.go
index 1c63e42bdb..0506f4240f 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func TestVSOCKValid(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var deviceSCSIControllerStr = "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=foo"
-var deviceSCSIControllerBusAddrStr = "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=foo,bus=pci.0,addr=00:04.0,disable-modern=true"
+var deviceSCSIControllerBusAddrStr = "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=foo,bus=pci.0,addr=00:04.0,disable-modern=true,iothread=iothread1"
 
 func TestAppendDeviceSCSIController(t *testing.T) {
 	scsiCon := SCSIController{
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ func TestAppendDeviceSCSIController(t *testing.T) {
 	scsiCon.Bus = "pci.0"
 	scsiCon.Addr = "00:04.0"
 	scsiCon.DisableModern = true
+	scsiCon.IOThread = "iothread1"
 	testAppend(scsiCon, deviceSCSIControllerBusAddrStr, t)
 }