diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 8dc7e43e3a..01fe45b8b1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -10032,6 +10032,7 @@ error:
 static virDomainDiskDefPtr
 qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                          const char *val,
+                         virDomainDefPtr dom,
                          int nvirtiodisk,
                          bool old_style_ceph_args)
 {
@@ -10055,7 +10056,11 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_IDE;
+    if (((dom->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64) &&
+        dom->os.machine && STREQ(dom->os.machine, "pseries")))
+        def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI;
+    else
+       def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_IDE;
     def->device = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_DISK;
     def->type = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_FILE;
 
@@ -10140,9 +10145,15 @@ qemuParseCommandLineDisk(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                 def->type = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_FILE;
             }
         } else if (STREQ(keywords[i], "if")) {
-            if (STREQ(values[i], "ide"))
+            if (STREQ(values[i], "ide")) {
                 def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_IDE;
-            else if (STREQ(values[i], "scsi"))
+                if (((dom->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64) &&
+                     dom->os.machine && STREQ(dom->os.machine, "pseries"))) {
+                    virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                                   _("pseries systems do not support ide devices '%s'"), val);
+                    goto error;
+                }
+            } else if (STREQ(values[i], "scsi"))
                 def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI;
             else if (STREQ(values[i], "virtio"))
                 def->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_VIRTIO;
@@ -11368,6 +11379,9 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                 disk->type = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_TYPE_FILE;
             if (STREQ(arg, "-cdrom")) {
                 disk->device = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_CDROM;
+                if (((def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64) &&
+                    def->os.machine && STREQ(def->os.machine, "pseries")))
+                    disk->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI;
                 if (VIR_STRDUP(disk->dst, "hdc") < 0)
                     goto error;
                 disk->readonly = true;
@@ -11381,6 +11395,9 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                         disk->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_IDE;
                     else
                         disk->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI;
+                   if (((def->os.arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64) &&
+                       def->os.machine && STREQ(def->os.machine, "pseries")))
+                       disk->bus = VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_BUS_SCSI;
                 }
                 if (VIR_STRDUP(disk->dst, arg + 1) < 0)
                     goto error;
@@ -11672,7 +11689,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr qemuCaps,
             }
         } else if (STREQ(arg, "-drive")) {
             WANT_VALUE();
-            if (!(disk = qemuParseCommandLineDisk(xmlopt, val,
+            if (!(disk = qemuParseCommandLineDisk(xmlopt, val, def,
                                                   nvirtiodisk,
                                                   ceph_args != NULL)))
                 goto error;
diff --git a/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
index 6dd8bb0e10..0bf4c37d96 100644
--- a/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuargv2xmltest.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("hyperv");
 
     DO_TEST("pseries-nvram");
+    DO_TEST("pseries-disk");
 
     DO_TEST("nosharepages");
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fc0938c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-S -M pseries -m 512 -smp 1 \
+-no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-boot c -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -cdrom /root/boot.iso
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbbd6aabf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-disk.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>87eedafe-eedc-4336-8130-ed9fe5dc90c8</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>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-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='scsi'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source file='/root/boot.iso'/>
+      <target dev='hdc' bus='scsi'/>
+      <readonly/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='scsi' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <graphics type='sdl'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>