diff --git a/docs/specs/spdm.rst b/docs/specs/spdm.rst
index f7de080ff0..dd6cfbbd68 100644
--- a/docs/specs/spdm.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/spdm.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Then you can add this to your QEMU command line:
 .. code-block:: shell
 
     -drive file=blknvme,if=none,id=mynvme,format=raw \
-        -device nvme,drive=mynvme,serial=deadbeef,spdm_port=2323
+        -device nvme,drive=mynvme,serial=deadbeef,spdm_port=2323,spdm_trans=doe
 
 At which point QEMU will try to connect to the SPDM server.
 
@@ -113,7 +113,13 @@ of the default. So the entire QEMU command might look like this
         -append "root=/dev/vda console=ttyS0" \
         -net none -nographic \
         -drive file=blknvme,if=none,id=mynvme,format=raw \
-        -device nvme,drive=mynvme,serial=deadbeef,spdm_port=2323
+        -device nvme,drive=mynvme,serial=deadbeef,spdm_port=2323,spdm_trans=doe
+
+The `spdm_trans` argument defines the underlying transport type that is emulated
+by QEMU. For an PCIe NVMe controller, both "doe" and "nvme" are supported. Where,
+"doe" does SPDM transport over the PCIe extended capability Data Object Exchange
+(DOE), and "nvme" uses the NVMe Admin Security Send/Receive commands to
+implement the SPDM transport.
 
 .. _DMTF:
    https://www.dmtf.org/standards/SPDM
diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index cc0a0f8bfb..653f364d88 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -8742,6 +8742,23 @@ static DOEProtocol doe_spdm_prot[] = {
     { }
 };
 
+static inline uint32_t nvme_get_spdm_trans_type(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
+{
+    if (!pci_dev) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!strcmp(pci_dev->spdm_trans, "nvme")) {
+        return SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_NVME;
+    }
+
+    if (!strcmp(pci_dev->spdm_trans, "doe")) {
+        return SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_PCI_DOE;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static bool nvme_init_pci(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     ERRP_GUARD();
@@ -8825,19 +8842,31 @@ static bool nvme_init_pci(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
 
     pcie_cap_deverr_init(pci_dev);
 
-    /* DOE Initialisation */
+    /* SPDM Initialisation */
     if (pci_dev->spdm_port) {
-        uint16_t doe_offset = n->params.sriov_max_vfs ?
-                                  PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE + PCI_ARI_SIZEOF
-                                  : PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE;
+        switch  (nvme_get_spdm_trans_type(pci_dev)) {
+        case SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_PCI_DOE:
+            uint16_t doe_offset = n->params.sriov_max_vfs ?
+                                    PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE + PCI_ARI_SIZEOF
+                                    : PCI_CONFIG_SPACE_SIZE;
 
-        pcie_doe_init(pci_dev, &pci_dev->doe_spdm, doe_offset,
-                      doe_spdm_prot, true, 0);
+            pcie_doe_init(pci_dev, &pci_dev->doe_spdm, doe_offset,
+                        doe_spdm_prot, true, 0);
 
-        pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket = spdm_socket_connect(pci_dev->spdm_port,
-                                                            errp);
+            pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket = spdm_socket_connect(
+                                             pci_dev->spdm_port, errp);
 
-        if (pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket < 0) {
+            if (pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket < 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            break;
+        case SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_NVME:
+            n->spdm_socket = spdm_socket_connect(pci_dev->spdm_port, errp);
+            if (n->spdm_socket < 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -9106,11 +9135,17 @@ static void nvme_exit(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
         g_free(n->cmb.buf);
     }
 
+    /* Only one of the `spdm_socket` below would have been setup */
     if (pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket > 0) {
         spdm_socket_close(pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket,
                           SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_PCI_DOE);
     }
 
+    if (n->spdm_socket > 0) {
+        spdm_socket_close(pci_dev->doe_spdm.spdm_socket,
+                          SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_NVME);
+    }
+
     if (n->pmr.dev) {
         host_memory_backend_set_mapped(n->pmr.dev, false);
     }
@@ -9162,6 +9197,7 @@ static const Property nvme_props[] = {
                      false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("mqes", NvmeCtrl, params.mqes, 0x7ff),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("spdm_port", PCIDevice, spdm_port, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("spdm_trans", PCIDevice, spdm_trans),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("ctratt.mem", NvmeCtrl, params.ctratt.mem, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("atomic.dn", NvmeCtrl, params.atomic_dn, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("atomic.awun", NvmeCtrl, params.atomic_awun, 0),
@@ -9236,7 +9272,9 @@ static void nvme_pci_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t address,
 {
     uint16_t old_num_vfs = pcie_sriov_num_vfs(dev);
 
-    if (pcie_find_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DOE)) {
+    /* DOE is only initialised if SPDM over DOE is used */
+    if (pcie_find_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DOE) &&
+        nvme_get_spdm_trans_type(dev) == SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_PCI_DOE) {
         pcie_doe_write_config(&dev->doe_spdm, address, val, len);
     }
     pci_default_write_config(dev, address, val, len);
@@ -9247,7 +9285,9 @@ static void nvme_pci_write_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t address,
 static uint32_t nvme_pci_read_config(PCIDevice *dev, uint32_t address, int len)
 {
     uint32_t val;
-    if (dev->spdm_port && pcie_find_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DOE)) {
+
+    if (dev->spdm_port && pcie_find_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DOE) &&
+        (nvme_get_spdm_trans_type(dev) == SPDM_SOCKET_TRANSPORT_TYPE_PCI_DOE)) {
         if (pcie_doe_read_config(&dev->doe_spdm, address, len, &val)) {
             return val;
         }
diff --git a/include/hw/pci/pci_device.h b/include/hw/pci/pci_device.h
index add208edfa..9ec66809d3 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci/pci_device.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci/pci_device.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ struct PCIDevice {
 
     /* SPDM */
     uint16_t spdm_port;
+    char *spdm_trans;
 
     /* DOE */
     DOECap doe_spdm;
