diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
index 500fa6a067..f7561e23fa 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ static Property vhost_user_scsi_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.chardev),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("boot_tpgt", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.boot_tpgt, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num_queues", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.num_queues, 1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("virtqueue_size", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.virtqueue_size,
+                       128),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max_sectors", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.max_sectors,
                        0xFFFF),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("cmd_per_lun", VirtIOSCSICommon, conf.cmd_per_lun, 128),