diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index 5fb284eb11..4b36df2ea3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ const (
 
 	// Native is the native Linux AIO implementation.
 	Native BlockDeviceAIO = "native"
+
+	// IOUring is the Linux io_uring I/O implementation.
+	IOUring BlockDeviceAIO = "io_uring"
 )
 
 const (