diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 5f1cd3b91f..a04766aee7 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void ide_identify(IDEState *s)
     if (dev && dev->conf.discard_granularity) {
         put_le16(p + 169, 1); /* TRIM support */
     }
+    put_le16(p + 217, dev->rotation_rate); /* Nominal media rotation rate */
 
     ide_identify_size(s);
     s->identify_set = 1;
diff --git a/hw/ide/qdev.c b/hw/ide/qdev.c
index d60ac25be0..a5181b4448 100644
--- a/hw/ide/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/ide/qdev.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static Property ide_hd_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_BLOCK_CHS_PROPERTIES(IDEDrive, dev.conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIOS_CHS_TRANS("bios-chs-trans",
                 IDEDrive, dev.chs_trans, BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("rotation_rate", IDEDrive, dev.rotation_rate, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/internal.h b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
index e641012b48..31851b44d1 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ struct IDEDevice {
     char *serial;
     char *model;
     uint64_t wwn;
+    /*
+     * 0x0000        - rotation rate not reported
+     * 0x0001        - non-rotating medium (SSD)
+     * 0x0002-0x0400 - reserved
+     * 0x0401-0xffe  - rotations per minute
+     * 0xffff        - reserved
+     */
+    uint16_t rotation_rate;
 };
 
 /* These are used for the error_status field of IDEBus */