diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 82a2870531..5472267a3a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
               "balloon-event",
 
               "bridge", /* 100 */
+              "lsi",
+              "virtio-scsi-pci",
 
     );
 
@@ -1455,6 +1457,11 @@ qemuCapsParseDeviceStr(const char *str, virBitmapPtr flags)
         strstr(str, "name \"virtio-serial-s390\""))
         qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_S390);
 
+    if (strstr(str, "name \"lsi53c895a\""))
+        qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI);
+    if (strstr(str, "name \"virtio-scsi-pci\""))
+        qemuCapsSet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI);
+
     /* Prefer -chardev spicevmc (detected earlier) over -device spicevmc */
     if (!qemuCapsGet(flags, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_SPICEVMC) &&
         strstr(str, "name \"spicevmc\""))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index c1b67a6975..d606890154 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ enum qemuCapsFlags {
     QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_S390        = 98, /* -device virtio-*-s390 */
     QEMU_CAPS_BALLOON_EVENT      = 99, /* Async event for balloon changes */
     QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE      = 100, /* bridge helper support */
+    QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI           = 101, /* -device lsi */
+    QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI    = 102, /* -device virtio-scsi-pci */
 
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST,                   /* this must always be the last item */
 };
diff --git a/tests/qemuhelptest.c b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
index 75c818ccd5..2d15c94998 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhelptest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_PCI_ROMBAR,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_ACPI,
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_BLK_SG_IO,
-            QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
+            QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI);
     DO_TEST("qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-rhel61", 12001, 1, 0,
             QEMU_CAPS_VNC_COLON,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_REBOOT,
@@ -677,7 +678,8 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_FSDEV_WRITEOUT,
             QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_BLOCK,
             QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_CD,
-            QEMU_CAPS_IDE_CD);
+            QEMU_CAPS_IDE_CD,
+            QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI);
     DO_TEST("qemu-1.1.0", 1001000, 0, 0,
             QEMU_CAPS_VNC_COLON,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_REBOOT,
@@ -755,7 +757,9 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_USER_CONFIG,
             QEMU_CAPS_HDA_MICRO,
             QEMU_CAPS_NEC_USB_XHCI,
-            QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE);
+            QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI);
 
     return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }