diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 47a8b09..aaa2b93 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@
             case QEMU_OPTION_virtfs: {
                 QemuOpts *fsdev;
                 QemuOpts *device;
-                const char *writeout;
+                const char *writeout, *sock_fd;
 
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("virtfs");
                 if (!olist) {
@@ -2701,6 +2701,10 @@
                 qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "path", qemu_opt_get(opts, "path"));
                 qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "security_model",
                              qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model"));
+                sock_fd = qemu_opt_get(opts, "sock_fd");
+                if (sock_fd) {
+                    qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "sock_fd", sock_fd);
+                }
 
                 qemu_opt_set_bool(fsdev, "readonly",
                                 qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0));