diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 48628466de..901132854c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -11852,6 +11852,9 @@ qemuDomainPrepareDiskSourceChain(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
         n->iomode = disk->iomode;
         n->cachemode = disk->cachemode;
         n->discard = disk->discard;
+
+        if (disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_FLOPPY)
+            n->floppyimg = true;
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index 03e9ba9d2d..9286436827 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ struct _virStorageSource {
     int cachemode; /* enum virDomainDiskCache */
     int discard; /* enum virDomainDiskDiscard */
     int detect_zeroes; /* enum virDomainDiskDetectZeroes */
+
+    bool floppyimg; /* set to true if the storage source is going to be used
+                       as a source for floppy drive */
 };