diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index ca2501539092a8111ba28c06dfc113e54d933e60..dffb2f1d7542e28241ae7283e4ff626071eb0527 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ extern unsigned int nb_prom_envs;
 #endif
 
 typedef enum {
+    IF_NONE,
     IF_IDE, IF_SCSI, IF_FLOPPY, IF_PFLASH, IF_MTD, IF_SD, IF_VIRTIO, IF_XEN,
     IF_COUNT
 } BlockInterfaceType;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index d82c3d84d254422d8ab0fc2c70cbb2c20d8a2277..5bf3051902474adc688836df010d957465e91846 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1982,6 +1982,9 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque,
 	} else if (!strcmp(buf, "xen")) {
 	    type = IF_XEN;
             max_devs = 0;
+	} else if (!strcmp(buf, "none")) {
+	    type = IF_NONE;
+            max_devs = 0;
 	} else {
             fprintf(stderr, "qemu: unsupported bus type '%s'\n", buf);
             return NULL;
@@ -2195,6 +2198,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque,
     case IF_PFLASH:
     case IF_MTD:
     case IF_VIRTIO:
+    case IF_NONE:
         break;
     case IF_COUNT:
         abort();