diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index 9d80a07d26..a582721a7b 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -663,6 +663,17 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_multifd_compression = {
     .set_default_value = qdev_propinfo_set_default_value_enum,
 };
 
+/* --- CompressMethod --- */
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_compress_method = {
+    .name = "CompressMethod",
+    .description = "multi-thread compression method, "
+                   "zlib",
+    .enum_table = &CompressMethod_lookup,
+    .get = qdev_propinfo_get_enum,
+    .set = qdev_propinfo_set_enum,
+    .set_default_value = qdev_propinfo_set_default_value_enum,
+};
+
 /* --- Reserved Region --- */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index 4437450065..4a943f7e80 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_macaddr;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_reserved_region;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_on_off_auto;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_multifd_compression;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_compress_method;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_losttickpolicy;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_blockdev_on_error;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bios_chs_trans;
@@ -193,6 +194,9 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
 #define DEFINE_PROP_MULTIFD_COMPRESSION(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_multifd_compression, \
                        MultiFDCompression)
+#define DEFINE_PROP_COMPRESS_METHOD(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
+    DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_compress_method, \
+                       CompressMethod)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_LOSTTICKPOLICY(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_losttickpolicy, \
                         LostTickPolicy)
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 87a9b59f83..bfbe48cc74 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT 2
 /*0: means nocompress, 1: best speed, ... 9: best compress ratio */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_LEVEL 1
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_METHOD COMPRESS_METHOD_ZLIB
 /* Define default autoconverge cpu throttle migration parameters */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_THROTTLE_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD 50
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL 20
@@ -843,6 +844,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->compress_wait_thread = s->parameters.compress_wait_thread;
     params->has_decompress_threads = true;
     params->decompress_threads = s->parameters.decompress_threads;
+    params->has_compress_method = true;
+    params->compress_method = s->parameters.compress_method;
     params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold = true;
     params->throttle_trigger_threshold = s->parameters.throttle_trigger_threshold;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_initial = true;
@@ -1407,6 +1410,10 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
         dest->decompress_threads = params->decompress_threads;
     }
 
+    if (params->has_compress_method) {
+        dest->compress_method = params->compress_method;
+    }
+
     if (params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold) {
         dest->throttle_trigger_threshold = params->throttle_trigger_threshold;
     }
@@ -1504,6 +1511,10 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
         s->parameters.decompress_threads = params->decompress_threads;
     }
 
+    if (params->has_compress_method) {
+        s->parameters.compress_method = params->compress_method;
+    }
+
     if (params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold) {
         s->parameters.throttle_trigger_threshold = params->throttle_trigger_threshold;
     }
@@ -3717,6 +3728,9 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-decompress-threads", MigrationState,
                       parameters.decompress_threads,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT),
+    DEFINE_PROP_COMPRESS_METHOD("compress-method", MigrationState,
+                      parameters.compress_method,
+                      DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_METHOD),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-throttle-trigger-threshold", MigrationState,
                       parameters.throttle_trigger_threshold,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_THROTTLE_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD),
@@ -3831,6 +3845,7 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     params->has_compress_level = true;
     params->has_compress_threads = true;
     params->has_decompress_threads = true;
+    params->has_compress_method = true;
     params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold = true;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_initial = true;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index 65d8ff4849..a86574048c 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_DECOMPRESS_THREADS),
             params->decompress_threads);
         assert(params->has_throttle_trigger_threshold);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %s\n",
+            MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_METHOD),
+            CompressMethod_str(params->compress_method));
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_THROTTLE_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD),
             params->throttle_trigger_threshold);
@@ -1282,6 +1285,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     MigrateSetParameters *p = g_new0(MigrateSetParameters, 1);
     uint64_t valuebw = 0;
     uint64_t cache_size;
+    CompressMethod compress_method;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int val, ret;
 
@@ -1307,6 +1311,14 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         p->has_decompress_threads = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->decompress_threads, &err);
         break;
+    case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_METHOD:
+        p->has_compress_method = true;
+        visit_type_CompressMethod(v, param, &compress_method, &err);
+        if (err) {
+            break;
+        }
+        p->compress_method = compress_method;
+        break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_THROTTLE_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD:
         p->has_throttle_trigger_threshold = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->throttle_trigger_threshold, &err);
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 3c75820527..2ed6a55b92 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -525,6 +525,19 @@
   'data': [ 'none', 'zlib',
             { 'name': 'zstd', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_ZSTD)' } ] }
 
+##
+# @CompressMethod:
+#
+# An enumeration of multi-thread compression methods.
+#
+# @zlib: use zlib compression method.
+#
+# Since: 6.0
+#
+##
+{ 'enum': 'CompressMethod',
+  'data': [ 'zlib' ] }
+
 ##
 # @BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias:
 #
@@ -599,6 +612,9 @@
 #                      compression, so set the decompress-threads to the number about 1/4
 #                      of compress-threads is adequate.
 #
+# @compress-method: Set compression method to use in multi-thread compression.
+#                   Defaults to zlib. (Since 6.0)
+#
 # @throttle-trigger-threshold: The ratio of bytes_dirty_period and bytes_xfer_period
 #                              to trigger throttling. It is expressed as percentage.
 #                              The default value is 50. (Since 5.0)
@@ -722,7 +738,7 @@
   'data': ['announce-initial', 'announce-max',
            'announce-rounds', 'announce-step',
            'compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'decompress-threads',
-           'compress-wait-thread', 'throttle-trigger-threshold',
+           'compress-wait-thread', 'compress-method', 'throttle-trigger-threshold',
            'cpu-throttle-initial', 'cpu-throttle-increment',
            'cpu-throttle-tailslow',
            'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'tls-authz', 'max-bandwidth',
@@ -759,6 +775,9 @@
 #
 # @decompress-threads: decompression thread count
 #
+# @compress-method: Which multi-thread compression method to use.
+#                   Defaults to zlib. (Since 6.0)
+#
 # @throttle-trigger-threshold: The ratio of bytes_dirty_period and bytes_xfer_period
 #                              to trigger throttling. It is expressed as percentage.
 #                              The default value is 50. (Since 5.0)
@@ -889,6 +908,7 @@
             '*compress-threads': 'int',
             '*compress-wait-thread': 'bool',
             '*decompress-threads': 'int',
+            '*compress-method': 'CompressMethod',
             '*throttle-trigger-threshold': 'int',
             '*cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
             '*cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
@@ -953,6 +973,9 @@
 #
 # @decompress-threads: decompression thread count
 #
+# @compress-method: Which multi-thread compression method to use.
+#                   Defaults to zlib. (Since 6.0)
+#
 # @throttle-trigger-threshold: The ratio of bytes_dirty_period and bytes_xfer_period
 #                              to trigger throttling. It is expressed as percentage.
 #                              The default value is 50. (Since 5.0)
@@ -1083,6 +1106,7 @@
             '*compress-threads': 'uint8',
             '*compress-wait-thread': 'bool',
             '*decompress-threads': 'uint8',
+            '*compress-method': 'CompressMethod',
             '*throttle-trigger-threshold': 'uint8',
             '*cpu-throttle-initial': 'uint8',
             '*cpu-throttle-increment': 'uint8',
