diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c
index 7e3e99efcb1132940820e20a79b77c528e75bcc4..9219cd7a60052e4b8b1ea3f5d95d4cefedbfe5d5 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ void qdev_prop_set(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, void *src, enum PropertyT
     qdev_prop_cpy(dev, prop, src);
 }
 
+void qdev_prop_set_bit(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, bool value)
+{
+    qdev_prop_set(dev, name, &value, PROP_TYPE_BIT);
+}
+
 void qdev_prop_set_uint8(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t value)
 {
     qdev_prop_set(dev, name, &value, PROP_TYPE_UINT8);
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 3e22eecc062899031d4fc71b823401bfe2ab9484..678f8b7d1d3d8193f5c3cf7178cdc1a61e078604 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ void *qdev_get_prop_ptr(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop);
 int qdev_prop_exists(DeviceState *dev, const char *name);
 int qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value);
 void qdev_prop_set(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, void *src, enum PropertyType type);
+void qdev_prop_set_bit(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, bool value);
 void qdev_prop_set_uint8(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t value);
 void qdev_prop_set_uint16(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint16_t value);
 void qdev_prop_set_uint32(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint32_t value);