diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 8eec768088..02fbe27757 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_MULTIFD_CHANNELS),
             params->multifd_channels);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %s\n",
+            MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_MULTIFD_COMPRESS),
+            MultifdCompress_str(params->multifd_compress));
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %" PRIu64 "\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE),
             params->xbzrle_cache_size);
@@ -1737,6 +1740,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     MigrateSetParameters *p = g_new0(MigrateSetParameters, 1);
     uint64_t valuebw = 0;
     uint64_t cache_size;
+    int compress_type;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int val, ret;
 
@@ -1822,6 +1826,19 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         p->has_multifd_channels = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->multifd_channels, &err);
         break;
+    case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_MULTIFD_COMPRESS:
+        p->has_multifd_compress = true;
+        visit_type_enum(v, param, &compress_type,
+                        &MultifdCompress_lookup, &err);
+        if (err) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (compress_type < 0 || compress_type > MULTIFD_COMPRESS__MAX) {
+            error_setg(&err, "Invalid multifd_compress option %s", valuestr);
+            break;
+        }
+        p->multifd_compress = compress_type;
+        break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE:
         p->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
         visit_type_size(v, param, &cache_size, &err);
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 5da1439a8b..7c8e71532f 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -645,6 +645,17 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_fdc_drive_type = {
     .set_default_value = set_default_value_enum,
 };
 
+/* --- MultifdCompress --- */
+
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_multifd_compress = {
+    .name = "MultifdCompress",
+    .description = "multifd_compress values",
+    .enum_table = &MultifdCompress_lookup,
+    .get = get_enum,
+    .set = set_enum,
+    .set_default_value = set_default_value_enum,
+};
+
 /* --- pci address --- */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index b6758c852e..ac452d8f2c 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_tpm;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_ptr;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_macaddr;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_on_off_auto;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_multifd_compress;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_losttickpolicy;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_blockdev_on_error;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bios_chs_trans;
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 609e0df5d0..d6f8ef342a 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 /* The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY (200 * 100)
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_CHANNELS 2
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_COMPRESS MULTIFD_COMPRESS_NONE
 
 /* Background transfer rate for postcopy, 0 means unlimited, note
  * that page requests can still exceed this limit.
@@ -769,6 +770,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->block_incremental = s->parameters.block_incremental;
     params->has_multifd_channels = true;
     params->multifd_channels = s->parameters.multifd_channels;
+    params->has_multifd_compress = true;
+    params->multifd_compress = s->parameters.multifd_compress;
     params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
     params->xbzrle_cache_size = s->parameters.xbzrle_cache_size;
     params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
@@ -1268,6 +1271,9 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
     if (params->has_multifd_channels) {
         dest->multifd_channels = params->multifd_channels;
     }
+    if (params->has_multifd_compress) {
+        dest->multifd_compress = params->multifd_compress;
+    }
     if (params->has_xbzrle_cache_size) {
         dest->xbzrle_cache_size = params->xbzrle_cache_size;
     }
@@ -1364,6 +1370,9 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
     if (params->has_multifd_channels) {
         s->parameters.multifd_channels = params->multifd_channels;
     }
+    if (params->has_multifd_compress) {
+        s->parameters.multifd_compress = params->multifd_compress;
+    }
     if (params->has_xbzrle_cache_size) {
         s->parameters.xbzrle_cache_size = params->xbzrle_cache_size;
         xbzrle_cache_resize(params->xbzrle_cache_size, errp);
@@ -3353,6 +3362,9 @@ void migration_global_dump(Monitor *mon)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_MIG_CAP(name, x)             \
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL(name, MigrationState, enabled_capabilities[x], false)
 
+#define DEFINE_PROP_MULTIFD_COMPRESS(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
+    DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_multifd_compress, MultifdCompress)
+
 static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("store-global-state", MigrationState,
                      store_global_state, true),
@@ -3392,6 +3404,9 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("multifd-channels", MigrationState,
                       parameters.multifd_channels,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_CHANNELS),
+    DEFINE_PROP_MULTIFD_COMPRESS("multifd-compress", MigrationState,
+                      parameters.multifd_compress,
+                      DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MULTIFD_COMPRESS),
     DEFINE_PROP_SIZE("xbzrle-cache-size", MigrationState,
                       parameters.xbzrle_cache_size,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_XBZRLE_CACHE_SIZE),
@@ -3481,6 +3496,7 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     params->has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
     params->has_block_incremental = true;
     params->has_multifd_channels = true;
+    params->has_multifd_compress = true;
     params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
     params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
     params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
diff --git a/qapi/common.json b/qapi/common.json
index 99d313ef3b..7248172792 100644
--- a/qapi/common.json
+++ b/qapi/common.json
@@ -193,3 +193,16 @@
              'ppc64', 'riscv32', 'riscv64', 's390x', 'sh4',
              'sh4eb', 'sparc', 'sparc64', 'tricore', 'unicore32',
              'x86_64', 'xtensa', 'xtensaeb' ] }
+
+##
+# @MultifdCompress:
+#
+# An enumeration of multifd compression.
+#
+# @none: no compression.
+#
+# Since: 4.1
+#
+##
+{ 'enum': 'MultifdCompress',
+  'data': [ 'none' ] }
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 9cfbaf8c6c..629795fd30 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@
 # @max-cpu-throttle: maximum cpu throttle percentage.
 #                    Defaults to 99. (Since 3.1)
 #
+# @multifd-compress: What compression method to use.
+#                    Defaults to none. (Since 4.1)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
@@ -592,7 +595,7 @@
            'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'block-incremental',
            'multifd-channels',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
-           'max-cpu-throttle' ] }
+           'max-cpu-throttle', 'multifd-compress' ] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrateSetParameters:
@@ -680,7 +683,10 @@
 #                     (Since 3.0)
 #
 # @max-cpu-throttle: maximum cpu throttle percentage.
-#                    The default value is 99. (Since 3.1)
+#                    The default value is 99. (Since 4.0)
+#
+# @multifd-compress: What compression method to use.
+#                    Defaults to none. (Since 4.1)
 #
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
@@ -707,7 +713,8 @@
             '*multifd-channels': 'int',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
             '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
-	    '*max-cpu-throttle': 'int' } }
+	    '*max-cpu-throttle': 'int',
+            '*multifd-compress': 'MultifdCompress' } }
 
 ##
 # @migrate-set-parameters:
@@ -817,6 +824,9 @@
 #                    Defaults to 99.
 #                     (Since 3.1)
 #
+# @multifd-compress: What compression method to use.
+#                    Defaults to none. (Since 4.1)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -840,7 +850,8 @@
             '*multifd-channels': 'uint8',
             '*xbzrle-cache-size': 'size',
 	    '*max-postcopy-bandwidth': 'size',
-            '*max-cpu-throttle':'uint8'} }
+            '*max-cpu-throttle': 'uint8',
+            '*multifd-compress': 'MultifdCompress' } }
 
 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters:
diff --git a/tests/migration-test.c b/tests/migration-test.c
index 65d5e256a7..8a1ccc2516 100644
--- a/tests/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/migration-test.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ static void migrate_check_parameter_str(QTestState *who, const char *parameter,
     g_free(result);
 }
 
-__attribute__((unused))
 static void migrate_set_parameter_str(QTestState *who, const char *parameter,
                                       const char *value)
 {
@@ -1065,7 +1064,7 @@ static void test_precopy_tcp(void)
     g_free(uri);
 }
 
-static void test_multifd_tcp(void)
+static void test_multifd_tcp(const char *method)
 {
     char *uri;
     QTestState *from, *to;
@@ -1087,6 +1086,9 @@ static void test_multifd_tcp(void)
     migrate_set_parameter_int(from, "multifd-channels", 2);
     migrate_set_parameter_int(to, "multifd-channels", 2);
 
+    migrate_set_parameter_str(from, "multifd-compress", method);
+    migrate_set_parameter_str(to, "multifd-compress", method);
+
     migrate_set_capability(from, "multifd", "true");
     migrate_set_capability(to, "multifd", "true");
     /* Wait for the first serial output from the source */
@@ -1112,6 +1114,11 @@ static void test_multifd_tcp(void)
     test_migrate_end(from, to, true);
 }
 
+static void test_multifd_tcp_none(void)
+{
+    test_multifd_tcp("none");
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     char template[] = "/tmp/migration-test-XXXXXX";
@@ -1166,7 +1173,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/migration/precopy/tcp", test_precopy_tcp);
     /* qtest_add_func("/migration/ignore_shared", test_ignore_shared); */
     qtest_add_func("/migration/xbzrle/unix", test_xbzrle_unix);
-    qtest_add_func("/migration/multifd/tcp", test_multifd_tcp);
+    qtest_add_func("/migration/multifd/tcp/none", test_multifd_tcp_none);
 
     ret = g_test_run();
 
