diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 813abd8..60b3967 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "block/scsi.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
 
 #include <iscsi/iscsi.h>
 #include <iscsi/scsi-lowlevel.h>
@@ -922,8 +924,9 @@
 {
     QemuOptsList *list;
     QemuOpts *opts;
-    const char *name = NULL;
-    const char *iscsi_name = qemu_get_vm_name();
+    const char *name;
+    char *iscsi_name;
+    UuidInfo *uuid_info;
 
     list = qemu_find_opts("iscsi");
     if (list) {
@@ -933,16 +936,22 @@
         }
         if (opts) {
             name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "initiator-name");
+            if (name) {
+                return g_strdup(name);
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    if (name) {
-        return g_strdup(name);
+    uuid_info = qmp_query_uuid(NULL);
+    if (strcmp(uuid_info->UUID, UUID_NONE) == 0) {
+        name = qemu_get_vm_name();
     } else {
-        return g_strdup_printf("iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm%s%s",
-                               iscsi_name ? ":" : "",
-                               iscsi_name ? iscsi_name : "");
+        name = uuid_info->UUID;
     }
+    iscsi_name = g_strdup_printf("iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm%s%s",
+                                 name ? ":" : "", name ? name : "");
+    qapi_free_UuidInfo(uuid_info);
+    return iscsi_name;
 }
 
 #if defined(LIBISCSI_FEATURE_NOP_COUNTER)
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index b1aa059..e2c6f58 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 extern const char *qemu_name;
 extern uint8_t qemu_uuid[];
 int qemu_uuid_parse(const char *str, uint8_t *uuid);
+
 #define UUID_FMT "%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx-%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx"
+#define UUID_NONE "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
 
 bool runstate_check(RunState state);
 void runstate_set(RunState new_state);
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index f306cba..df92fe5 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 stub-obj-y += set-fd-handler.o
 stub-obj-y += slirp.o
 stub-obj-y += sysbus.o
+stub-obj-y += uuid.o
 stub-obj-y += vm-stop.o
 stub-obj-y += vmstate.o
 stub-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += fd-register.o
diff --git a/stubs/uuid.c b/stubs/uuid.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffc0ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/uuid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
+
+UuidInfo *qmp_query_uuid(Error **errp)
+{
+    UuidInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+
+    info->UUID = g_strdup(UUID_NONE);
+    return info;
+}
+