diff --git a/option_parser/src/lib.rs b/option_parser/src/lib.rs
index 303e0f814..dac26926f 100644
--- a/option_parser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/option_parser/src/lib.rs
@@ -214,3 +214,37 @@ impl FromStr for IntegerList {
         Ok(IntegerList(integer_list))
     }
 }
+
+pub struct TupleTwoIntegers(pub Vec<(u64, u64)>);
+
+pub enum TupleTwoIntegersParseError {
+    InvalidValue(String),
+}
+
+impl FromStr for TupleTwoIntegers {
+    type Err = TupleTwoIntegersParseError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let mut list = Vec::new();
+        let tuples_list: Vec<&str> = s.trim().split(':').collect();
+
+        for tuple in tuples_list.iter() {
+            let items: Vec<&str> = tuple.split('@').collect();
+
+            if items.len() != 2 {
+                return Err(TupleTwoIntegersParseError::InvalidValue(tuple.to_string()));
+            }
+
+            let item1 = items[0]
+                .parse::<u64>()
+                .map_err(|_| TupleTwoIntegersParseError::InvalidValue(items[0].to_owned()))?;
+            let item2 = items[1]
+                .parse::<u64>()
+                .map_err(|_| TupleTwoIntegersParseError::InvalidValue(items[1].to_owned()))?;
+
+            list.push((item1, item2));
+        }
+
+        Ok(TupleTwoIntegers(list))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
index b8c2b5347..59a46c7ac 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
+++ b/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml
@@ -721,6 +721,19 @@ components:
           type: boolean
           default: false
 
+    NumaDistance:
+      required:
+      - destination
+      - distance
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        destination:
+          type: integer
+          format: uint32
+        distance:
+          type: integer
+          format: uint8
+
     NumaConfig:
       required:
       - id
@@ -734,6 +747,10 @@ components:
           items:
             type: integer
             format: uint8
+        distances:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NumaDistance'
 
     VmResize:
       type: object
diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index 21bcbc5d2..e5ef77dac 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use net_util::MacAddr;
-use option_parser::{ByteSized, IntegerList, OptionParser, OptionParserError, Toggle};
+use option_parser::{
+    ByteSized, IntegerList, OptionParser, OptionParserError, Toggle, TupleTwoIntegers,
+};
 use std::convert::From;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
@@ -1210,20 +1212,30 @@ impl SgxEpcConfig {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, Default)]
+pub struct NumaDistance {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub destination: u32,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub distance: u8,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, Default)]
 pub struct NumaConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub id: u32,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub cpus: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub distances: Option<Vec<NumaDistance>>,
 }
 
 impl NumaConfig {
     pub const SYNTAX: &'static str = "Settings related to a given NUMA node \
-        \"id=<node_id>,cpus=<cpus_id>\"";
+        \"id=<node_id>,cpus=<cpus_id>,distances=<list_of_distances_to_destination_nodes>\"";
     pub fn parse(numa: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut parser = OptionParser::new();
-        parser.add("id").add("cpus");
+        parser.add("id").add("cpus").add("distances");
         parser.parse(numa).map_err(Error::ParseNuma)?;
 
         let id = parser
@@ -1234,8 +1246,23 @@ impl NumaConfig {
             .convert::<IntegerList>("cpus")
             .map_err(Error::ParseNuma)?
             .map(|v| v.0.iter().map(|e| *e as u8).collect());
+        let distances = parser
+            .convert::<TupleTwoIntegers>("distances")
+            .map_err(Error::ParseNuma)?
+            .map(|v| {
+                v.0.iter()
+                    .map(|(e1, e2)| NumaDistance {
+                        destination: *e1 as u32,
+                        distance: *e2 as u8,
+                    })
+                    .collect()
+            });
 
-        Ok(NumaConfig { id, cpus })
+        Ok(NumaConfig {
+            id,
+            cpus,
+            distances,
+        })
     }
 }