diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 168acfdc1d78bd77444573639b171fc14e88fa2c..fabde3722b76958fc05fb627dc8a00405fe3c15d 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ static void s390_virtio_blk_instance_init(Object *obj)
                                 TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "iothread", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),"iothread",
                               &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "bootindex", &error_abort);
 }
 
 static int s390_virtio_serial_init(VirtIOS390Device *s390_dev)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 6b99fc9beb19ddd834bf057b53f9fb636a8e9276..6bb870810f4d96db2b1ccffbc9b0d04bbe3183ea 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ static void virtio_ccw_blk_instance_init(Object *obj)
                                 TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "iothread", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),"iothread",
                               &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "bootindex", &error_abort);
 }
 
 static int virtio_ccw_serial_init(VirtioCcwDevice *ccw_dev)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index 20f1ef2a234fd7a7d25c2c79798d2c3c51c14423..3f219ae248da27c7beedc3a730b962897ac9bcba 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@ static void virtio_blk_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
                                 TYPE_VIRTIO_BLK);
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "iothread", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),"iothread",
                               &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "bootindex", OBJECT(&dev->vdev),
+                              "bootindex", &error_abort);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo virtio_blk_pci_info = {