diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
index 3126df9e1d..08aa7534df 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
@@ -165,6 +165,59 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_vhost_scsi = {
     .pre_save = vhost_scsi_pre_save,
 };
 
+static int vhost_scsi_set_workers(VHostSCSICommon *vsc, bool per_virtqueue)
+{
+    struct vhost_dev *dev = &vsc->dev;
+    struct vhost_vring_worker vq_worker;
+    struct vhost_worker_state worker;
+    int i, ret;
+
+    /* Use default worker */
+    if (!per_virtqueue || dev->nvqs == VHOST_SCSI_VQ_NUM_FIXED + 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * ctl/evt share the first worker since it will be rare for them
+     * to send cmds while IO is running.
+     */
+    for (i = VHOST_SCSI_VQ_NUM_FIXED + 1; i < dev->nvqs; i++) {
+        memset(&worker, 0, sizeof(worker));
+
+        ret = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_new_worker(dev, &worker);
+        if (ret == -ENOTTY) {
+            /*
+             * worker ioctls are not implemented so just ignore and
+             * and continue device setup.
+             */
+            warn_report("vhost-scsi: Backend supports a single worker. "
+                        "Ignoring worker_per_virtqueue=true setting.");
+            ret = 0;
+            break;
+        } else if (ret) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        memset(&vq_worker, 0, sizeof(vq_worker));
+        vq_worker.worker_id = worker.worker_id;
+        vq_worker.index = i;
+
+        ret = dev->vhost_ops->vhost_attach_vring_worker(dev, &vq_worker);
+        if (ret == -ENOTTY) {
+            /*
+             * It's a bug for the kernel to have supported the worker creation
+             * ioctl but not attach.
+             */
+            dev->vhost_ops->vhost_free_worker(dev, &worker);
+            break;
+        } else if (ret) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void vhost_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(dev);
@@ -232,6 +285,13 @@ static void vhost_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         goto free_vqs;
     }
 
+    ret = vhost_scsi_set_workers(vsc, vs->conf.worker_per_virtqueue);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "vhost-scsi: vhost worker setup failed: %s",
+                   strerror(-ret));
+        goto free_vqs;
+    }
+
     /* At present, channel and lun both are 0 for bootable vhost-scsi disk */
     vsc->channel = 0;
     vsc->lun = 0;
@@ -297,6 +357,8 @@ static Property vhost_scsi_properties[] = {
                                                  VIRTIO_SCSI_F_T10_PI,
                                                  false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("migratable", VHostSCSICommon, migratable, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("worker_per_virtqueue", VirtIOSCSICommon,
+                     conf.worker_per_virtqueue, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index 7f0573b1bf..7be0105918 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ typedef struct virtio_scsi_config VirtIOSCSIConfig;
 struct VirtIOSCSIConf {
     uint32_t num_queues;
     uint32_t virtqueue_size;
+    bool worker_per_virtqueue;
     bool seg_max_adjust;
     uint32_t max_sectors;
     uint32_t cmd_per_lun;