diff --git a/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst b/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst
index a803a09bc15619cfc46384908d50860ca135d26e..673e354754c8ad2f6ed5364516ef72c75d084610 100644
--- a/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst
@@ -232,3 +232,18 @@ Postcopy
 ========
 
 Postcopy migration is currently not supported for VFIO devices.
+
+Multifd
+=======
+
+Starting from QEMU version 10.0 there's a possibility to transfer VFIO device
+_STOP_COPY state via multifd channels. This helps reduce downtime - especially
+with multiple VFIO devices or with devices having a large migration state.
+As an additional benefit, setting the VFIO device to _STOP_COPY state and
+saving its config space is also parallelized (run in a separate thread) in
+such migration mode.
+
+The multifd VFIO device state transfer is controlled by
+"x-migration-multifd-transfer" VFIO device property. This property defaults to
+AUTO, which means that VFIO device state transfer via multifd channels is
+attempted in configurations that otherwise support it.
diff --git a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
index 961931d9f457e170f26afabc484a1e7c39675533..04b123a6c929a8f47d740fc5433b54dadd32f731 100644
--- a/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
+++ b/include/hw/vfio/vfio-common.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ typedef struct VFIOMigration {
     uint64_t mig_flags;
     uint64_t precopy_init_size;
     uint64_t precopy_dirty_size;
+    bool multifd_transfer;
     VFIOMultifd *multifd;
     bool initial_data_sent;
 
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ typedef struct VFIODevice {
     bool no_mmap;
     bool ram_block_discard_allowed;
     OnOffAuto enable_migration;
+    OnOffAuto migration_multifd_transfer;
     bool migration_events;
     VFIODeviceOps *ops;
     unsigned int num_irqs;
diff --git a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
index bfb9a72fa4503e2ea00731a2ba528a54d09ed4c5..aacddc503bb8ba6c40e38c97ce9e2b3ca9430e12 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/migration-multifd.c
@@ -476,18 +476,34 @@ bool vfio_multifd_transfer_supported(void)
 
 bool vfio_multifd_transfer_enabled(VFIODevice *vbasedev)
 {
-    return false;
+    VFIOMigration *migration = vbasedev->migration;
+
+    return migration->multifd_transfer;
 }
 
 bool vfio_multifd_setup(VFIODevice *vbasedev, bool alloc_multifd, Error **errp)
 {
     VFIOMigration *migration = vbasedev->migration;
 
+    if (vbasedev->migration_multifd_transfer == ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO) {
+        migration->multifd_transfer = vfio_multifd_transfer_supported();
+    } else {
+        migration->multifd_transfer =
+            vbasedev->migration_multifd_transfer == ON_OFF_AUTO_ON;
+    }
+
     if (!vfio_multifd_transfer_enabled(vbasedev)) {
         /* Nothing further to check or do */
         return true;
     }
 
+    if (!vfio_multifd_transfer_supported()) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "%s: Multifd device transfer requested but unsupported in the current config",
+                   vbasedev->name);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (alloc_multifd) {
         assert(!migration->multifd);
         migration->multifd = vfio_multifd_new();
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index c1cee280ae4bbfc5a479aa5d1f2290065667a677..1bbf15cea32657ef2a9ee37b8e1dee392d5dbcb7 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3381,6 +3381,9 @@ static const Property vfio_pci_dev_properties[] = {
                     VFIO_FEATURE_ENABLE_IGD_OPREGION_BIT, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO("enable-migration", VFIOPCIDevice,
                             vbasedev.enable_migration, ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO),
+    DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO("x-migration-multifd-transfer", VFIOPCIDevice,
+                            vbasedev.migration_multifd_transfer,
+                            ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("migration-events", VFIOPCIDevice,
                      vbasedev.migration_events, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-no-mmap", VFIOPCIDevice, vbasedev.no_mmap, false),
@@ -3553,6 +3556,10 @@ static void vfio_pci_dev_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
                                           "Skip config space check for Vendor Specific Capability. "
                                           "Setting to false will enforce strict checking of VSC content "
                                           "(DEBUG)");
+    object_class_property_set_description(klass, /* 10.0 */
+                                          "x-migration-multifd-transfer",
+                                          "Transfer this device state via "
+                                          "multifd channels when live migrating it");
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo vfio_pci_dev_info = {
