diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index 574b970ef7aafb6ec71cc074ee3f3f3926f91c59..211e96b15a1205ec7a6e4a28e3d59575b4209a4b 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -3259,6 +3259,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_STORAGE       = 1 << 8,  /* Storage device */
     VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_FC_HOST       = 1 << 9,  /* FC Host Bus Adapter */
     VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_VPORTS        = 1 << 10, /* Capable of vport */
+    VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_SCSI_GENERIC  = 1 << 11, /* Capable of scsi_generic */
 } virConnectListAllNodeDeviceFlags;
 
 int                     virConnectListAllNodeDevices (virConnectPtr conn,
diff --git a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
index 92fa18c57039271f8d1722ea7c6a231d4468a203..548cd8f79af1c2582781b1729cb15dd1cd604c26 100644
--- a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,9 @@ virNodeDeviceMatch(virNodeDeviceObjPtr devobj,
               (MATCH(VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_FC_HOST) &&
                virNodeDeviceCapMatch(devobj, VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_FC_HOST))       ||
               (MATCH(VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_VPORTS) &&
-               virNodeDeviceCapMatch(devobj, VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_VPORTS))))
+               virNodeDeviceCapMatch(devobj, VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_VPORTS))        ||
+              (MATCH(VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_SCSI_GENERIC) &&
+               virNodeDeviceCapMatch(devobj, VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_SCSI_GENERIC))))
             return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/conf/node_device_conf.h b/src/conf/node_device_conf.h
index e326e8265b31683ac3033523fd4b83669959ebb6..17240befd8fe248cb66122d260dc2919b72de2fe 100644
--- a/src/conf/node_device_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/node_device_conf.h
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ void virNodeDeviceObjUnlock(virNodeDeviceObjPtr obj);
                  VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_SCSI          | \
                  VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_STORAGE       | \
                  VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_FC_HOST       | \
-                 VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_VPORTS)
+                 VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_VPORTS        | \
+                 VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_SCSI_GENERIC)
 
 int virNodeDeviceList(virConnectPtr conn,
                       virNodeDeviceObjList devobjs,
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 620dbdde9a5832cc526448afe876817369edf793..8eb714128fecbcdf7e6ed3dbf3ff037be88f1a2f 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -14294,6 +14294,7 @@ error:
  *   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_STORAGE
  *   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_FC_HOST
  *   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_VPORTS
+ *   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_NODE_DEVICES_CAP_SCSI_GENERIC
  *
  * Returns the number of node devices found or -1 and sets @devices to NULL in
  * case of error.  On success, the array stored into @devices is guaranteed to