diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index fd80dce..7899813 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %s\n",
             MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_BLOCK_INCREMENTAL],
                        params->block_incremental ? "on" : "off");
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %" PRId64 "\n",
+            MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_MULTIFD_THREADS],
+            params->x_multifd_threads);
     }
 
     qapi_free_MigrationParameters(params);
@@ -1622,6 +1625,10 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                 p->has_block_incremental = true;
                 visit_type_bool(v, param, &p->block_incremental, &err);
                 break;
+            case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_MULTIFD_THREADS:
+                p->has_x_multifd_threads = true;
+                visit_type_int(v, param, &p->x_multifd_threads, &err);
+                break;
             }
 
             if (err) {
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 4e6ad87..6ed9600 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
  * Note: Please change this default value to 10000 when we support hybrid mode.
  */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY 200
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_THREADS 2
 
 static NotifierList migration_state_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(migration_state_notifiers);
@@ -483,6 +484,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->x_checkpoint_delay = s->parameters.x_checkpoint_delay;
     params->has_block_incremental = true;
     params->block_incremental = s->parameters.block_incremental;
+    params->has_x_multifd_threads = true;
+    params->x_multifd_threads = s->parameters.x_multifd_threads;
 
     return params;
 }
@@ -764,6 +767,13 @@ static bool migrate_params_check(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp)
                     "is invalid, it should be positive");
         return false;
     }
+    if (params->has_x_multifd_threads &&
+        (params->x_multifd_threads < 1 || params->x_multifd_threads > 255)) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,
+                   "multifd_threads",
+                   "is invalid, it should be in the range of 1 to 255");
+        return false;
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -882,6 +892,9 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params)
     if (params->has_block_incremental) {
         s->parameters.block_incremental = params->block_incremental;
     }
+    if (params->has_x_multifd_threads) {
+        s->parameters.x_multifd_threads = params->x_multifd_threads;
+    }
 }
 
 void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
@@ -1459,6 +1472,15 @@ bool migrate_use_multifd(void)
     return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_X_MULTIFD];
 }
 
+int migrate_multifd_threads(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->parameters.x_multifd_threads;
+}
+
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
@@ -2224,6 +2246,9 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_INT64("x-checkpoint-delay", MigrationState,
                       parameters.x_checkpoint_delay,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT64("x-multifd-threads", MigrationState,
+                      parameters.x_multifd_threads,
+                      DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_THREADS),
 
     /* Migration capabilities */
     DEFINE_PROP_MIG_CAP("x-xbzrle", MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_XBZRLE),
@@ -2281,6 +2306,7 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     params->has_downtime_limit = true;
     params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
     params->has_block_incremental = true;
+    params->has_x_multifd_threads = true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index b7437f1..8e4803d 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ bool migrate_zero_blocks(void);
 
 bool migrate_auto_converge(void);
 bool migrate_use_multifd(void);
+int migrate_multifd_threads(void);
 
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void);
 int64_t migrate_xbzrle_cache_size(void);
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 521e15c..3fe1a64 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@
 #
 # @return-path: If enabled, migration will use the return path even
 #               for precopy. (since 2.10)
+#
 # @x-multifd: Use more than one fd for migration (since 2.11)
 #
 # Since: 1.2
@@ -1043,13 +1044,19 @@
 # 	migrated and the destination must already have access to the
 # 	same backing chain as was used on the source.  (since 2.10)
 #
+# @x-multifd-threads: Number of threads used to migrate data in
+#                     parallel. This is the same number that the
+#                     number of sockets used for migration.
+#                     The default value is 2 (since 2.11)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
   'data': ['compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'decompress-threads',
            'cpu-throttle-initial', 'cpu-throttle-increment',
            'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'max-bandwidth',
-           'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'block-incremental' ] }
+           'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'block-incremental',
+           'x-multifd-threads'] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrateSetParameters:
@@ -1105,6 +1112,11 @@
 # 	migrated and the destination must already have access to the
 # 	same backing chain as was used on the source.  (since 2.10)
 #
+# @x-multifd-threads: Number of threads used to migrate data in
+#                     parallel. This is the same number that the
+#                     number of sockets used for migration.
+#                     The default value is 2 (since 2.11)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 # TODO either fuse back into MigrationParameters, or make
@@ -1120,7 +1132,8 @@
             '*max-bandwidth': 'int',
             '*downtime-limit': 'int',
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'int',
-            '*block-incremental': 'bool' } }
+            '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+            '*x-multifd-threads': 'int' } }
 
 ##
 # @migrate-set-parameters:
@@ -1191,6 +1204,11 @@
 # 	migrated and the destination must already have access to the
 # 	same backing chain as was used on the source.  (since 2.10)
 #
+# @x-multifd-threads: Number of threads used to migrate data in
+#                     parallel. This is the same number that the
+#                     number of sockets used for migration.
+#                     The default value is 2 (since 2.11)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -1204,7 +1222,8 @@
             '*max-bandwidth': 'int',
             '*downtime-limit': 'int',
             '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'int',
-            '*block-incremental': 'bool' } }
+            '*block-incremental': 'bool',
+            '*x-multifd-threads': 'int'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters:
