diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
index 9173d9f1d6..0f5d833521 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ paravirtualized driver is specified via the ``disk`` element.
        <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
      </disk>
      <disk type='file' device='disk'>
-       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' queues='4'/>
+       <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' queues='4' queue_size='256' />
        <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/domain.qcow'/>
        <backingStore type='file'>
          <format type='qcow2'/>
@@ -3085,6 +3085,8 @@ paravirtualized driver is specified via the ``disk`` element.
       (QEMU 2.1)`
    -  The optional ``queues`` attribute specifies the number of virt queues for
       virtio-blk. ( :since:`Since 3.9.0` )
+   -  The optional ``queue_size`` attribute specifies the size of each virt
+      queue for virtio-blk. ( :since:`Since 7.8.0` )
    -  For virtio disks, `Virtio-specific options <#elementsVirtio>`__ can also
       be set. ( :since:`Since 3.5.0` )
    -  The optional ``metadata_cache`` subelement controls aspects related to the
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 11fa24f398..fdc04f90aa 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -2363,6 +2363,11 @@
           <ref name="positiveInteger"/>
         </attribute>
       </optional>
+      <optional>
+        <attribute name="queue_size">
+          <ref name="positiveInteger"/>
+        </attribute>
+      </optional>
       <ref name="virtioOptions"/>
       <optional>
         <element name="metadata_cache">
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 47127683d4..62b9720d0a 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -8931,6 +8931,9 @@ virDomainDiskDefDriverParseXML(virDomainDiskDef *def,
     if (virXMLPropUInt(cur, "queues", 10, VIR_XML_PROP_NONE, &def->queues) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (virXMLPropUInt(cur, "queue_size", 10, VIR_XML_PROP_NONE, &def->queue_size) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -20774,6 +20777,13 @@ virDomainDiskDefCheckABIStability(virDomainDiskDef *src,
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (src->queue_size != dst->queue_size) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                       _("Target disk queue size %u does not match source %u"),
+                       dst->queues, src->queues);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (!virDomainVirtioOptionsCheckABIStability(src->virtio, dst->virtio))
         return false;
 
@@ -23424,6 +23434,9 @@ virDomainDiskDefFormatDriver(virBuffer *buf,
     if (disk->queues)
         virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " queues='%u'", disk->queues);
 
+    if (disk->queue_size)
+        virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " queue_size='%u'", disk->queue_size);
+
     virDomainVirtioOptionsFormat(&attrBuf, disk->virtio);
 
     if (disk->src->metadataCacheMaxSize > 0) {
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index c7e6df7981..688a842660 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ struct _virDomainDiskDef {
     virDomainDiskDetectZeroes detect_zeroes;
     char *domain_name; /* backend domain name */
     unsigned int queues;
+    unsigned int queue_size;
     virDomainDiskModel model;
     virDomainVirtioOptions *virtio;