diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index fdd4384ff0..cd007ca8cf 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -303,6 +303,20 @@ static void machine_set_loadparm(Object *obj, const char *val, Error **errp)
         ms->loadparm[i] = ' '; /* pad right with spaces */
     }
 }
+static inline bool machine_get_squash_mcss(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+    S390CcwMachineState *ms = S390_CCW_MACHINE(obj);
+
+    return ms->s390_squash_mcss;
+}
+
+static inline void machine_set_squash_mcss(Object *obj, bool value,
+                                           Error **errp)
+{
+    S390CcwMachineState *ms = S390_CCW_MACHINE(obj);
+
+    ms->s390_squash_mcss = value;
+}
 
 static inline void s390_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
@@ -328,6 +342,13 @@ static inline void s390_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
             " to upper case) to pass to machine loader, boot manager,"
             " and guest kernel",
             NULL);
+    object_property_add_bool(obj, "s390-squash-mcss",
+                             machine_get_squash_mcss,
+                             machine_set_squash_mcss, NULL);
+    object_property_set_description(obj, "s390-squash-mcss",
+            "enable/disable squashing subchannels into the default css",
+            NULL);
+    object_property_set_bool(obj, false, "s390-squash-mcss", NULL);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo ccw_machine_info = {
diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h b/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
index 7b8a3e4d74..3027555f6d 100644
--- a/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ typedef struct S390CcwMachineState {
     bool aes_key_wrap;
     bool dea_key_wrap;
     uint8_t loadparm[8];
+    bool s390_squash_mcss;
 } S390CcwMachineState;
 
 typedef struct S390CcwMachineClass {
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index f07a310eb1..1e5382c1e1 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
     "                dea-key-wrap=on|off controls support for DEA key wrapping (default=on)\n"
     "                suppress-vmdesc=on|off disables self-describing migration (default=off)\n"
     "                nvdimm=on|off controls NVDIMM support (default=off)\n"
-    "                enforce-config-section=on|off enforce configuration section migration (default=off)\n",
+    "                enforce-config-section=on|off enforce configuration section migration (default=off)\n"
+    "                s390-squash-mcss=on|off controls support for squashing into default css (default=off)\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
 @item -machine [type=]@var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ controls whether DEA wrapping keys will be created to allow
 execution of DEA cryptographic functions.  The default is on.
 @item nvdimm=on|off
 Enables or disables NVDIMM support. The default is off.
+@item s390-squash-mcss=on|off
+Enables or disables squashing subchannels into the default css.
+The default is off.
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu.h b/target/s390x/cpu.h
index 240b8a5c22..e27d9d874a 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu.h
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu.h
@@ -1256,6 +1256,16 @@ static inline void s390_crypto_reset(void)
     }
 }
 
+static inline bool s390_get_squash_mcss(void)
+{
+    if (object_property_get_bool(OBJECT(qdev_get_machine()), "s390-squash-mcss",
+                                 NULL)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /* machine check interruption code */
 
 /* subclasses */