diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 1824cae259..1297c90512 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3875,6 +3875,36 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
+void hmp_drive_add_node(Monitor *mon, const char *optstr)
+{
+    QemuOpts *opts;
+    QDict *qdict;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&qemu_drive_opts, optstr, false);
+    if (!opts) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qdict = qemu_opts_to_qdict(opts, NULL);
+
+    if (!qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "node-name")) {
+        error_report("'node-name' needs to be specified");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    BlockDriverState *bs = bds_tree_init(qdict, &local_err);
+    if (!bs) {
+        error_report_err(local_err);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&monitor_bdrv_states, bs, monitor_list);
+
+out:
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
+}
+
 void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
 {
     QmpOutputVisitor *ov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
diff --git a/device-hotplug.c b/device-hotplug.c
index 9a7cd669d5..3e5cdaad10 100644
--- a/device-hotplug.c
+++ b/device-hotplug.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
+#include "block/block_int.h"
 
 static DriveInfo *add_init_drive(const char *optstr)
 {
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ void hmp_drive_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     DriveInfo *dinfo = NULL;
     const char *opts = qdict_get_str(qdict, "opts");
+    bool node = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "node", false);
+
+    if (node) {
+        hmp_drive_add_node(mon, opts);
+        return;
+    }
 
     dinfo = add_init_drive(opts);
     if (!dinfo) {
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 639205b692..4f4f60a0df 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1201,8 +1201,8 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "drive_add",
-        .args_type  = "pci_addr:s,opts:s",
-        .params     = "[[<domain>:]<bus>:]<slot>\n"
+        .args_type  = "node:-n,pci_addr:s,opts:s",
+        .params     = "[-n] [[<domain>:]<bus>:]<slot>\n"
                       "[file=file][,if=type][,bus=n]\n"
                       "[,unit=m][,media=d][,index=i]\n"
                       "[,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]]\n"
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 9ef823a660..dda5ba0927 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ void backup_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *target,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque,
                   BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp);
 
+void hmp_drive_add_node(Monitor *mon, const char *optstr);
+
 void blk_set_bs(BlockBackend *blk, BlockDriverState *bs);
 
 void blk_dev_change_media_cb(BlockBackend *blk, bool load);