diff --git a/hw/usb/host-linux.c b/hw/usb/host-linux.c
index 90919c242a..5eb69160b0 100644
--- a/hw/usb/host-linux.c
+++ b/hw/usb/host-linux.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ typedef struct USBHostDevice {
     int addr;
     char port[MAX_PORTLEN];
     struct USBAutoFilter match;
+    int32_t bootindex;
     int seen, errcount;
 
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(USBHostDevice) next;
@@ -1403,6 +1404,7 @@ static int usb_host_initfn(USBDevice *dev)
     if (s->match.bus_num != 0 && s->match.port != NULL) {
         usb_host_claim_port(s);
     }
+    add_boot_device_path(s->bootindex, &dev->qdev, NULL);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1418,6 +1420,7 @@ static Property usb_host_dev_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("vendorid",  USBHostDevice, match.vendor_id,  0),
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("productid", USBHostDevice, match.product_id, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("isobufs",  USBHostDevice, iso_urb_count,    4),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", USBHostDevice, bootindex,        -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index 8e9f175dbb..4288324110 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct USBRedirDevice {
     CharDriverState *cs;
     uint8_t debug;
     char *filter_str;
+    int32_t bootindex;
     /* Data passed from chardev the fd_read cb to the usbredirparser read cb */
     const uint8_t *read_buf;
     int read_buf_size;
@@ -923,6 +924,7 @@ static int usbredir_initfn(USBDevice *udev)
     qemu_chr_add_handlers(dev->cs, usbredir_chardev_can_read,
                           usbredir_chardev_read, usbredir_chardev_event, dev);
 
+    add_boot_device_path(dev->bootindex, &udev->qdev, NULL);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1452,6 +1454,7 @@ static Property usbredir_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", USBRedirDevice, cs),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("debug", USBRedirDevice, debug, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("filter", USBRedirDevice, filter_str),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", USBRedirDevice, bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };