diff --git a/hw/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio-pci.c
index e7fabfb16b..709d13e4ce 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-pci.c
@@ -499,10 +499,13 @@ static int virtio_serial_init_pci(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
     if (!vdev) {
         return -1;
     }
+    vdev->nvectors = proxy->nvectors ? proxy->nvectors
+                                     : proxy->max_virtserial_ports + 1;
     virtio_init_pci(proxy, vdev,
                     PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET,
                     PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_CONSOLE,
                     proxy->class_code, 0x00);
+    proxy->nvectors = vdev->nvectors;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ static PCIDeviceInfo virtio_info[] = {
         .init      = virtio_serial_init_pci,
         .exit      = virtio_exit_pci,
         .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
+            DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", VirtIOPCIProxy, nvectors, 0),
             DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("class", VirtIOPCIProxy, class_code, 0),
             DEFINE_VIRTIO_COMMON_FEATURES(VirtIOPCIProxy, host_features),
             DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max_ports", VirtIOPCIProxy, max_virtserial_ports,