diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 03a21d8..17ee3df 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,14 @@ void bdrv_get_geometry_hint(BlockDriverState *bs,
     *psecs = bs->secs;
 }
 
+/* throttling disk io limits */
+void bdrv_set_io_limits(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                            BlockIOLimit *io_limits)
+{
+    bs->io_limits = *io_limits;
+    bs->io_limits_enabled = bdrv_io_limits_enabled(bs);
+}
+
 /* Recognize floppy formats */
 typedef struct FDFormat {
     FDriveType drive;
diff --git a/block_int.h b/block_int.h
index 8a72b80..e7bda5b 100644
--- a/block_int.h
+++ b/block_int.h
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
 #include "qemu-coroutine.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
+#include "block/blk-queue.h"
 
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT	1
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6	4
 
+#define BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ     0
+#define BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE    1
+#define BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL    2
+
+#define BLOCK_IO_SLICE_TIME     100000000
+#define NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND  1000000000.0
+
 #define BLOCK_OPT_SIZE          "size"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT       "encryption"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6       "compat6"
@@ -49,6 +57,16 @@ typedef struct AIOPool {
     BlockDriverAIOCB *free_aiocb;
 } AIOPool;
 
+typedef struct BlockIOLimit {
+    uint64_t bps[3];
+    uint64_t iops[3];
+} BlockIOLimit;
+
+typedef struct BlockIODisp {
+    uint64_t bytes[2];
+    uint64_t ios[2];
+} BlockIODisp;
+
 struct BlockDriver {
     const char *format_name;
     int instance_size;
@@ -230,6 +248,9 @@ void qemu_aio_release(void *p);
 
 void *qemu_blockalign(BlockDriverState *bs, size_t size);
 
+void bdrv_set_io_limits(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                            BlockIOLimit *io_limits);
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
 #endif
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 2602591..619ae9f 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
     int on_read_error, on_write_error;
     const char *devaddr;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
+    BlockIOLimit io_limits;
     int snapshot = 0;
     int ret;
 
@@ -354,6 +355,31 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
         }
     }
 
+    /* disk I/O throttling */
+    io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL]  =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps", 0);
+    io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]   =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_rd", 0);
+    io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE]  =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_wr", 0);
+    io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops", 0);
+    io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_rd", 0);
+    io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] =
+                           qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_wr", 0);
+
+    if (((io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] != 0)
+            && ((io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] != 0)
+            || (io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] != 0)))
+            || ((io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] != 0)
+            && ((io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] != 0)
+            || (io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] != 0)))) {
+        error_report("bps(iops) and bps_rd/bps_wr(iops_rd/iops_wr)"
+                     "cannot be used at the same time");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     on_write_error = BLOCK_ERR_STOP_ENOSPC;
     if ((buf = qemu_opt_get(opts, "werror")) != NULL) {
         if (type != IF_IDE && type != IF_SCSI && type != IF_VIRTIO && type != IF_NONE) {
@@ -461,6 +487,9 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
 
     bdrv_set_on_error(dinfo->bdrv, on_read_error, on_write_error);
 
+    /* disk I/O throttling */
+    bdrv_set_io_limits(dinfo->bdrv, &io_limits);
+
     switch(type) {
     case IF_IDE:
     case IF_SCSI:
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 139e077..abcf476 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -85,6 +85,30 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts = {
             .name = "readonly",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
             .help = "open drive file as read-only",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total I/O operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write bytes per second",
         },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 35d95d1..bbd15dd 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive,
     "       [,cache=writethrough|writeback|none|directsync|unsafe][,format=f]\n"
     "       [,serial=s][,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n"
     "       [,readonly=on|off]\n"
+    "       [[,bps=b]|[[,bps_rd=r][,bps_wr=w]]][[,iops=i]|[[,iops_rd=r][,iops_wr=w]]\n"
     "                use 'file' as a drive image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
 @item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
