diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/comparison.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/comparison.py
index c03b3f6d7e..42cc0372d1 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/comparison.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/comparison.py
@@ -135,4 +135,27 @@ def __init__(self, name, scenarios):
         Scenario("compr-multifd-channels-64",
                  multifd=True, multifd_channels=64),
     ]),
+
+    # Looking at effect of dirty-limit with
+    # varying x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period
+    Comparison("compr-dirty-limit-period", scenarios = [
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-period-500",
+                 dirty_limit=True, x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=500),
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-period-800",
+                 dirty_limit=True, x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=800),
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-period-1000",
+                 dirty_limit=True, x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=1000),
+    ]),
+
+
+    # Looking at effect of dirty-limit with
+    # varying vcpu_dirty_limit
+    Comparison("compr-dirty-limit", scenarios = [
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-10MB",
+                 dirty_limit=True, vcpu_dirty_limit=10),
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-20MB",
+                 dirty_limit=True, vcpu_dirty_limit=20),
+        Scenario("compr-dirty-limit-50MB",
+                 dirty_limit=True, vcpu_dirty_limit=50),
+    ]),
 ]
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
index aabf6de4d9..608d7270f6 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/engine.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def _migrate_progress(self, vm):
             info.get("expected-downtime", 0),
             info.get("setup-time", 0),
             info.get("cpu-throttle-percentage", 0),
+            info.get("dirty-limit-throttle-time-per-round", 0),
+            info.get("dirty-limit-ring-full-time", 0),
         )
 
     def _migrate(self, hardware, scenario, src, dst, connect_uri):
@@ -203,6 +205,21 @@ def _migrate(self, hardware, scenario, src, dst, connect_uri):
             resp = dst.cmd("migrate-set-parameters",
                            multifd_channels=scenario._multifd_channels)
 
+        if scenario._dirty_limit:
+            if not hardware._dirty_ring_size:
+                raise Exception("dirty ring size must be configured when "
+                                "testing dirty limit migration")
+
+            resp = src.cmd("migrate-set-capabilities",
+                           capabilities = [
+                               { "capability": "dirty-limit",
+                                 "state": True }
+                           ])
+            resp = src.cmd("migrate-set-parameters",
+                x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=scenario._x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period)
+            resp = src.cmd("migrate-set-parameters",
+                           vcpu_dirty_limit=scenario._vcpu_dirty_limit)
+
         resp = src.cmd("migrate", uri=connect_uri)
 
         post_copy = False
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/progress.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/progress.py
index ab1ee57273..d490584217 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/progress.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/progress.py
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ def __init__(self,
                  downtime,
                  downtime_expected,
                  setup_time,
-                 throttle_pcent):
+                 throttle_pcent,
+                 dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round,
+                 dirty_limit_ring_full_time):
 
         self._status = status
         self._ram = ram
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._downtime_expected = downtime_expected
         self._setup_time = setup_time
         self._throttle_pcent = throttle_pcent
+        self._dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round = \
+            dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round
+        self._dirty_limit_ring_full_time = \
+            dirty_limit_ring_full_time
 
     def serialize(self):
         return {
@@ -102,6 +108,10 @@ def serialize(self):
             "downtime_expected": self._downtime_expected,
             "setup_time": self._setup_time,
             "throttle_pcent": self._throttle_pcent,
+            "dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round":
+                self._dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round,
+            "dirty_limit_ring_full_time":
+                self._dirty_limit_ring_full_time,
         }
 
     @classmethod
@@ -114,4 +124,6 @@ def deserialize(cls, data):
             data["downtime"],
             data["downtime_expected"],
             data["setup_time"],
-            data["throttle_pcent"])
+            data["throttle_pcent"],
+            data["dirty_limit_throttle_time_per_round"],
+            data["dirty_limit_ring_full_time"])
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/scenario.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/scenario.py
index de70d9b2f5..154c4f5d5f 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/scenario.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/scenario.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ def __init__(self, name,
                  auto_converge=False, auto_converge_step=10,
                  compression_mt=False, compression_mt_threads=1,
                  compression_xbzrle=False, compression_xbzrle_cache=10,
-                 multifd=False, multifd_channels=2):
+                 multifd=False, multifd_channels=2,
+                 dirty_limit=False, x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=500,
+                 vcpu_dirty_limit=1):
 
         self._name = name
 
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ def __init__(self, name,
         self._multifd = multifd
         self._multifd_channels = multifd_channels
 
+        self._dirty_limit = dirty_limit
+        self._x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period = x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period
+        self._vcpu_dirty_limit = vcpu_dirty_limit
+
     def serialize(self):
         return {
             "name": self._name,
@@ -79,6 +85,9 @@ def serialize(self):
             "compression_xbzrle_cache": self._compression_xbzrle_cache,
             "multifd": self._multifd,
             "multifd_channels": self._multifd_channels,
+            "dirty_limit": self._dirty_limit,
+            "x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period": self._x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period,
+            "vcpu_dirty_limit": self._vcpu_dirty_limit,
         }
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py b/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
index 7d6b8cd7cf..c85d89efec 100644
--- a/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
+++ b/tests/migration/guestperf/shell.py
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ def __init__(self):
         parser.add_argument("--multifd-channels", dest="multifd_channels",
                             default=2, type=int)
 
+        parser.add_argument("--dirty-limit", dest="dirty_limit", default=False,
+                            action="store_true")
+
+        parser.add_argument("--x-vcpu-dirty-limit-period",
+                            dest="x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period",
+                            default=500, type=int)
+
+        parser.add_argument("--vcpu-dirty-limit",
+                            dest="vcpu_dirty_limit",
+                            default=1, type=int)
+
     def get_scenario(self, args):
         return Scenario(name="perfreport",
                         downtime=args.downtime,
@@ -154,7 +165,12 @@ def get_scenario(self, args):
                         compression_xbzrle_cache=args.compression_xbzrle_cache,
 
                         multifd=args.multifd,
-                        multifd_channels=args.multifd_channels)
+                        multifd_channels=args.multifd_channels,
+
+                        dirty_limit=args.dirty_limit,
+                        x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period=\
+                            args.x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period,
+                        vcpu_dirty_limit=args.vcpu_dirty_limit)
 
     def run(self, argv):
         args = self._parser.parse_args(argv)
