diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 48b142a4f4cc47c8ca4d36780fb883b4de95b80f..c2991e2b161f0f7cafe4cd07efe20423834446a0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1116,6 +1116,10 @@ typedef qemuMonitorIOThreadInfo *qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr;
 struct _qemuMonitorIOThreadInfo {
     unsigned int iothread_id;
     int thread_id;
+    bool poll_valid;
+    unsigned long long poll_max_ns;
+    unsigned int poll_grow;
+    unsigned int poll_shrink;
 };
 int qemuMonitorGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                             qemuMonitorIOThreadInfoPtr **iothreads);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 3de298c9e25cfa45b9084c63ae63d90d87c4c38a..2e92984b4496d7ea17309db5d4e86f62e2812be8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -7441,6 +7441,21 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetIOThreads(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              "'thread-id' data"));
             goto cleanup;
         }
+
+        /* Fetch poll values (since QEMU 2.9 ) if available. QEMU
+         * stores these values as int64_t's; however, the qapi type
+         * is an int. The qapi/misc.json also mis-describes the grow
+         * and shrink values as pure add/remove values. The source
+         * util/aio-posix.c function aio_poll uses them as a factor
+         * or divisor in it's calculation. We will fetch and store
+         * them as defined in our structures. */
+        if (virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUlong(child, "poll-max-ns",
+                                             &info->poll_max_ns) == 0 &&
+            virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(child, "poll-grow",
+                                            &info->poll_grow) == 0 &&
+            virJSONValueObjectGetNumberUint(child, "poll-shrink",
+                                            &info->poll_shrink) == 0)
+            info->poll_valid = true;
     }
 
     ret = n;