diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_passt.c b/src/qemu/qemu_passt.c
index 88b7df4453..8d28a55455 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_passt.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_passt.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ qemuPasstAddNetProps(virDomainObj *vm,
 {
     g_autofree char *passtSocketName = qemuPasstCreateSocketPath(vm, net);
     g_autoptr(virJSONValue) addrprops = NULL;
+    qemuDomainObjPrivate *priv = vm->privateData;
+    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps = priv->qemuCaps;
 
     if (virJSONValueObjectAdd(&addrprops,
                               "s:type", "unix",
@@ -98,6 +100,15 @@ qemuPasstAddNetProps(virDomainObj *vm,
                               NULL) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
+
+    /* a narrow range of QEMU releases support -netdev stream, but
+     * don't support its "reconnect" option
+     */
+    if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_STREAM_RECONNECT) &&
+        virJSONValueObjectAdd(netprops, "u:reconnect", 5, NULL) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-7.2.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-7.2.0.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..037dabb87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-7.2.0.args
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc-i440fx-7.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 214 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":224395264}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"ide-hd","bus":"ide.0","unit":0,"drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"ide0-0-0","bootindex":1}' \
+-netdev '{"type":"stream","addr":{"type":"unix","path":"/bad-test-used-env-xdg-runtime-dir/libvirt/qemu/run/passt/-1-QEMUGuest1-net0.socket"},"server":false,"id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"rtl8139","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"00:11:22:33:44:55","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-latest.args
index 48e3e8ca8b..f84bec2ec1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-latest.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/net-user-passt.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
 -blockdev '{"driver":"host_device","filename":"/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
 -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"ide-hd","bus":"ide.0","unit":0,"drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"ide0-0-0","bootindex":1}' \
--netdev '{"type":"stream","addr":{"type":"unix","path":"/bad-test-used-env-xdg-runtime-dir/libvirt/qemu/run/passt/-1-QEMUGuest1-net0.socket"},"server":false,"id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-netdev '{"type":"stream","addr":{"type":"unix","path":"/bad-test-used-env-xdg-runtime-dir/libvirt/qemu/run/passt/-1-QEMUGuest1-net0.socket"},"server":false,"reconnect":5,"id":"hostnet0"}' \
 -device '{"driver":"rtl8139","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"00:11:22:33:44:55","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
 -audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
 -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index b897814a5d..5a33c336c8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FULL("net-user", "x86_64", ARG_FLAGS, FLAG_SLIRP_HELPER);
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-user-addr");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("net-user-passt");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("net-user-passt", "7.2.0");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-device");
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("net-virtio-disable-offloads");