diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 34fd398fb1c9c1fa80561ea659cfbf6685f29f95..f923d8a83c995a6a28785c71b4e8b8310d7d5b17 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8563,9 +8563,9 @@ qemuBuildShmemDevCmd(virCommandPtr cmd,
     }
 
     if (!shmem->server.enabled) {
-        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",shm=%s", shmem->name);
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",shm=%s,id=%s", shmem->name, shmem->info.alias);
     } else {
-        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",chardev=char%s", shmem->info.alias);
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",chardev=char%s,id=%s", shmem->info.alias, shmem->info.alias);
         if (shmem->msi.enabled) {
             virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",msi=on");
             if (shmem->msi.vectors)
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
index 7e10fc42a9d1d244bfdf99cbf1a6d96724950a09..08cd5ac4588eeeb60972a9cbf52daf0064a74852 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-shmem.args
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
 -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
--device ivshmem,shm=shmem0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
--device ivshmem,size=128m,shm=shmem1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 \
--device ivshmem,size=256m,shm=shmem2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
--device ivshmem,size=512m,chardev=charshmem3,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
+-device ivshmem,shm=shmem0,id=shmem0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-device ivshmem,size=128m,shm=shmem1,id=shmem1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 \
+-device ivshmem,size=256m,shm=shmem2,id=shmem2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
+-device ivshmem,size=512m,chardev=charshmem3,id=shmem3,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
 -chardev socket,id=charshmem3,path=/var/lib/libvirt/shmem-shmem3-sock \
--device ivshmem,size=1024m,chardev=charshmem4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 \
+-device ivshmem,size=1024m,chardev=charshmem4,id=shmem4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 \
 -chardev socket,id=charshmem4,path=/tmp/shmem4-sock \
--device ivshmem,size=2048m,chardev=charshmem5,\
+-device ivshmem,size=2048m,chardev=charshmem5,id=shmem5,\
 msi=on,ioeventfd=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 \
 -chardev socket,id=charshmem5,path=/tmp/shmem5-sock \
--device ivshmem,size=4096m,chardev=charshmem6,\
+-device ivshmem,size=4096m,chardev=charshmem6,id=shmem6,\
 msi=on,vectors=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9 \
 -chardev socket,id=charshmem6,path=/tmp/shmem6-sock \
--device ivshmem,size=8192m,chardev=charshmem7,\
+-device ivshmem,size=8192m,chardev=charshmem7,id=shmem7,\
 msi=on,vectors=32,ioeventfd=on,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa \
 -chardev socket,id=charshmem7,path=/tmp/shmem7-sock