diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 228911dc8c..9e1d4e6717 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ static void ide_identify(IDEState *s)
     put_le16(p + 66, 120);
     put_le16(p + 67, 120);
     put_le16(p + 68, 120);
+
+    if (s->ncq_queues) {
+        put_le16(p + 75, s->ncq_queues - 1);
+        /* NCQ supported */
+        put_le16(p + 76, (1 << 8));
+    }
+
     put_le16(p + 80, 0xf0); /* ata3 -> ata6 supported */
     put_le16(p + 81, 0x16); /* conforms to ata5 */
     /* 14=NOP supported, 5=WCACHE supported, 0=SMART supported */
diff --git a/hw/ide/internal.h b/hw/ide/internal.h
index aadb505a1f..697c3b4dc1 100644
--- a/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ struct IDEState {
     int smart_errors;
     uint8_t smart_selftest_count;
     uint8_t *smart_selftest_data;
+    /* AHCI */
+    int ncq_queues;
 };
 
 struct IDEDMAOps {