diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index bb1f1ec957..40eb570389 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ out:
     g_free(gen_node_name);
 }
 
-static QemuOptsList bdrv_runtime_opts = {
+QemuOptsList bdrv_runtime_opts = {
     .name = "bdrv_common",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(bdrv_runtime_opts.head),
     .desc = {
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index ef2c50bb04..b66883328d 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ bool defaults_enabled(void);
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_legacy_drive_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_common_drive_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList bdrv_runtime_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_device_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts;
diff --git a/util/qemu-config.c b/util/qemu-config.c
index fb973074d3..5527100a01 100644
--- a/util/qemu-config.c
+++ b/util/qemu-config.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 
 static QemuOptsList *vm_config_groups[48];
-static QemuOptsList *drive_config_groups[4];
+static QemuOptsList *drive_config_groups[5];
 
 static QemuOptsList *find_list(QemuOptsList **lists, const char *group,
                                Error **errp)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f3abd99eb2..9a2e7d5a5e 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3035,6 +3035,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_legacy_drive_opts);
     qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_common_drive_opts);
     qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_drive_opts(&bdrv_runtime_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_chardev_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_device_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_netdev_opts);