diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
index 813fb0bd60..bccda292a2 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
@@ -2787,6 +2787,7 @@ returned:
 * ``disk.<num>.partition`` - whether this is a partition or disk
 * ``disk.<num>.dependency.count`` - the number of device dependencies
 * ``disk.<num>.dependency.<num>.name`` - a dependency name
+* ``disk.<num>.serial`` -  optional disk serial number
 * ``disk.<num>.alias`` - the device alias of the disk (e.g. sda)
 * ``disk.<num>.guest_alias`` - optional alias assigned to the disk
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 83ff7df9fe..509b7a6d88 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -12561,6 +12561,7 @@ virDomainSetVcpu(virDomainPtr domain,
  *                      hold the list of PVs, for LUKS encrypted volume this will
  *                      contain the disk where the volume is placed. (Linux)
  *      "disk.<num>.dependency.<num>.name" - a dependency
+ *      "disk.<num>.serial" - optional disk serial number (as string)
  *      "disk.<num>.alias" - the device alias of the disk (e.g. sda)
  *      "disk.<num>.guest_alias" - optional alias assigned to the disk, on Linux
  *                      this is a name assigned by device mapper
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 90b5477f00..88ee9e5d5e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -19951,15 +19951,24 @@ qemuAgentDiskInfoFormatParams(qemuAgentDiskInfo **info,
         }
 
         if (info[i]->address) {
+            qemuAgentDiskAddress *address = info[i]->address;
             virDomainDiskDef *diskdef = NULL;
 
+            if (address->serial) {
+                g_snprintf(param_name, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_FIELD_LENGTH,
+                           "disk.%zu.serial", i);
+                if (virTypedParamsAddString(params, nparams, maxparams,
+                                            param_name, address->serial) < 0)
+                    return;
+            }
+
             /* match the disk to the target in the vm definition */
             diskdef = virDomainDiskByAddress(vmdef,
-                                             &info[i]->address->pci_controller,
-                                             info[i]->address->ccw_addr,
-                                             info[i]->address->bus,
-                                             info[i]->address->target,
-                                             info[i]->address->unit);
+                                             &address->pci_controller,
+                                             address->ccw_addr,
+                                             address->bus,
+                                             address->target,
+                                             address->unit);
             if (diskdef) {
                 g_snprintf(param_name, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_FIELD_LENGTH,
                            "disk.%zu.alias", i);