diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index df417f2f0d..081afc5665 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -1725,6 +1725,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectPropsUSBNECXHCI[] = {
 /* see documentation for virQEMUCapsQMPSchemaGetByPath for the query format */
 static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsQMPSchemaQueries[] = {
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/options/+gluster/debug-level", QEMU_CAPS_GLUSTER_DEBUG_LEVEL},
+    { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+gluster/debug", QEMU_CAPS_GLUSTER_DEBUG_LEVEL},
 };
 
 struct virQEMUCapsObjectTypeProps {
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
index 110865e17b..9757bd240a 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
   <flag name='ivshmem-plain'/>
   <flag name='ivshmem-doorbell'/>
   <flag name='query-qmp-schema'/>
+  <flag name='gluster.debug_level'/>
   <flag name='vhost-scsi'/>
   <flag name='drive-iotune-group'/>
   <version>2007093</version>