diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 79af0871f5f1459833c8c89dda58c20b6ebffaef..b2bc57a7bd09eaa134619440f2c6b0c2e59cda1c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskIo, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_LAST,
               "default",
               "native",
               "threads")
+
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskSGIO, VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_LAST,
+              "default",
+              "filtered",
+              "unfiltered")
+
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainIoEventFd, VIR_DOMAIN_IO_EVENT_FD_LAST,
               "default",
               "on",
@@ -3593,6 +3599,7 @@ virDomainDiskDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
     char *device = NULL;
     char *snapshot = NULL;
     char *rawio = NULL;
+    char *sgio = NULL;
     char *driverName = NULL;
     char *driverType = NULL;
     char *source = NULL;
@@ -3657,6 +3664,7 @@ virDomainDiskDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
     snapshot = virXMLPropString(node, "snapshot");
 
     rawio = virXMLPropString(node, "rawio");
+    sgio = virXMLPropString(node, "sgio");
 
     cur = node->children;
     while (cur != NULL) {
@@ -4107,22 +4115,32 @@ virDomainDiskDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
         def->snapshot = VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_LOCATION_NONE;
     }
 
+    if ((rawio || sgio) &&
+        (def->device != VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("rawio or sgio can be used only with "
+                         "device='lun'"));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (rawio) {
         def->rawio_specified = true;
-        if (def->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_LUN) {
-            if (STREQ(rawio, "yes")) {
-                def->rawio = 1;
-            } else if (STREQ(rawio, "no")) {
-                def->rawio = 0;
-            } else {
-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
-                               _("unknown disk rawio setting '%s'"),
-                               rawio);
-                goto error;
-            }
+        if (STREQ(rawio, "yes")) {
+            def->rawio = 1;
+        } else if (STREQ(rawio, "no")) {
+            def->rawio = 0;
         } else {
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
-                           _("rawio can be used only with device='lun'"));
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("unknown disk rawio setting '%s'"),
+                           rawio);
+            goto error;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (sgio) {
+        if ((def->sgio = virDomainDiskSGIOTypeFromString(sgio)) <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("unknown disk sgio mode '%s'"), sgio);
             goto error;
         }
     }
@@ -4365,6 +4383,7 @@ cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(type);
     VIR_FREE(snapshot);
     VIR_FREE(rawio);
+    VIR_FREE(sgio);
     VIR_FREE(target);
     VIR_FREE(source);
     VIR_FREE(tray);
@@ -12132,6 +12151,7 @@ virDomainDiskDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
     const char *event_idx = virDomainVirtioEventIdxTypeToString(def->event_idx);
     const char *copy_on_read = virDomainVirtioEventIdxTypeToString(def->copy_on_read);
     const char *startupPolicy = virDomainStartupPolicyTypeToString(def->startupPolicy);
+    const char *sgio = virDomainDiskSGIOTypeToString(def->sgio);
 
     int n;
     char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
@@ -12161,6 +12181,11 @@ virDomainDiskDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
                        _("unexpected disk io mode %d"), def->iomode);
         return -1;
     }
+    if (!sgio) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Unexpected disk sgio mode '%d'"), def->sgio);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     virBufferAsprintf(buf,
                       "    <disk type='%s' device='%s'",
@@ -12172,6 +12197,10 @@ virDomainDiskDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
             virBufferAddLit(buf, " rawio='no'");
         }
     }
+
+    if (def->sgio)
+        virBufferAsprintf(buf, " sgio='%s'", sgio);
+
     if (def->snapshot &&
         !(def->snapshot == VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_LOCATION_NONE && def->readonly))
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, " snapshot='%s'",
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index a975a6337fec1063bba7c4625b9620786e5d5db6..d825a24378f2d6fcfc28710485073f2e9706ba0b 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -566,6 +566,14 @@ enum virDomainDiskSecretType {
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SECRET_TYPE_LAST
 };
 
+enum virDomainDiskSGIO {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_DEFAULT = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_FILTERED,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_UNFILTERED,
+
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_SGIO_LAST
+};
+
 typedef struct _virDomainBlockIoTuneInfo virDomainBlockIoTuneInfo;
 struct _virDomainBlockIoTuneInfo {
     unsigned long long total_bytes_sec;
@@ -638,6 +646,7 @@ struct _virDomainDiskDef {
     virStorageEncryptionPtr encryption;
     bool rawio_specified;
     int rawio; /* no = 0, yes = 1 */
+    int sgio; /* enum virDomainDiskSGIO */
 
     size_t nseclabels;
     virSecurityDeviceLabelDefPtr *seclabels;
@@ -2232,6 +2241,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskProtocol)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskProtocolTransport)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskIo)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskSecretType)
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskSGIO)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainDiskTray)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainIoEventFd)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainVirtioEventIdx)
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough-sgio.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough-sgio.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eecf6090c6f99a33221ecd7f5d7b2ab63586f5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-scsi-lun-passthrough-sgio.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>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</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='lun' rawio='no' sgio='unfiltered'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='scsi'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='block' device='lun' sgio='filtered'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='scsi'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='1' unit='1'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'/>
+    <controller type='scsi' index='1' model='lsilogic'/>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index c2d3dd3892d207293b7eac31f5b812b8f688db90..160e95802151e13b7efbe19fd0ce290b8b2788c2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("seclabel-static");
     DO_TEST("seclabel-none");
     DO_TEST("numad-static-vcpu-no-numatune");
+    DO_TEST("disk-scsi-lun-passthrough-sgio");
 
     DO_TEST("disk-scsi-disk-vpd");