diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 115b6e118a..e72a9442bf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -2159,6 +2159,10 @@ qemuBuildDriveDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (disk->src->shared &&
+        virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DISK_SHARE_RW))
+        virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",share-rw=on");
+
     if (!(drivealias = qemuAliasFromDisk(disk)))
         goto error;
     virBufferAsprintf(&opt, ",drive=%s,id=%s", drivealias, disk->info.alias);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdf17f26d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.args
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-M pc \
+-m 214 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-nographic \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/ide,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,cache=none \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,share-rw=on,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,\
+id=ide0-0-0 \
+-drive file=/dev/scsi,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,cache=none \
+-device scsi-disk,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,share-rw=on,\
+drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0 \
+-drive file=/dev/virtio,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,cache=none \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,share-rw=on,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd48857a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-drive-shared-locking.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/ide'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <shareable/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/scsi'/>
+      <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
+      <shareable/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/virtio'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <shareable/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index cb8a964d27..3fb3183212 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-shared",
             QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE_SERIAL);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-drive-shared-qcow", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("disk-drive-shared-locking",
+            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI, QEMU_CAPS_DISK_SHARE_RW);
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-error-policy-stop",
             QEMU_CAPS_MONITOR_JSON);
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-error-policy-enospace",