diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index a4bc411..03f1604 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -235,6 +235,30 @@ void bdrv_query_info(BlockDriverState *bs,
                            bs->io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ];
             info->inserted->iops_wr =
                            bs->io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE];
+            info->inserted->has_bps_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL];
+            info->inserted->bps_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL];
+            info->inserted->has_bps_rd_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ];
+            info->inserted->bps_rd_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ];
+            info->inserted->has_bps_wr_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE];
+            info->inserted->bps_wr_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE];
+            info->inserted->has_iops_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL];
+            info->inserted->iops_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL];
+            info->inserted->iops_rd_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ];
+            info->inserted->has_iops_rd_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ];
+            info->inserted->has_iops_wr_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE];
+            info->inserted->iops_wr_threshold =
+                           bs->io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE];
         }
 
         bs0 = bs;
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index a78fba4..9bda359 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -341,6 +341,17 @@ static bool do_check_io_limits(BlockIOLimit *io_limits, Error **errp)
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (io_limits->bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] < 0 ||
+        io_limits->bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] < 0 ||
+        io_limits->bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] < 0 ||
+        io_limits->iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] < 0 ||
+        io_limits->iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] < 0 ||
+        io_limits->iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "threshold values must be 0 or greater");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -523,24 +534,34 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *all_opts, BlockInterfaceType block_default_type)
                            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_rd", 0);
     io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE]  =
                            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_wr", 0);
+    /* bps thresholds */
+    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL]  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_threshold",
+                            io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] / THROTTLE_HZ);
+    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_rd_threshold",
+                            io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] / THROTTLE_HZ);
+    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE]  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "bps_wr_threshold",
+                            io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] / THROTTLE_HZ);
+
     io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] =
                            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops", 0);
     io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  =
                            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_rd", 0);
     io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] =
                            qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_wr", 0);
-    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] =
-                           io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] / THROTTLE_HZ;
-    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  =
-                           io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] / THROTTLE_HZ;
-    io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] =
-                           io_limits.bps[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] / THROTTLE_HZ;
-    io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] =
-                           io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] / THROTTLE_HZ;
+
+    /* iops thresholds */
+    io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL]  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_threshold",
+                            io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] / THROTTLE_HZ);
     io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  =
-                           io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] / THROTTLE_HZ;
-    io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] =
-                           io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] / THROTTLE_HZ;
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_rd_threshold",
+                            io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] / THROTTLE_HZ);
+    io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE]  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "iops_wr_threshold",
+                            io_limits.iops[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] / THROTTLE_HZ);
 
     if (!do_check_io_limits(&io_limits, &error)) {
         error_report("%s", error_get_pretty(error));
@@ -1224,8 +1245,22 @@ void qmp_change_blockdev(const char *device, const char *filename,
 
 /* throttling disk I/O limits */
 void qmp_block_set_io_throttle(const char *device, int64_t bps, int64_t bps_rd,
-                               int64_t bps_wr, int64_t iops, int64_t iops_rd,
-                               int64_t iops_wr, Error **errp)
+                               int64_t bps_wr,
+                               int64_t iops,
+                               int64_t iops_rd,
+                               int64_t iops_wr,
+                               bool has_bps_threshold,
+                               int64_t bps_threshold,
+                               bool has_bps_rd_threshold,
+                               int64_t bps_rd_threshold,
+                               bool has_bps_wr_threshold,
+                               int64_t bps_wr_threshold,
+                               bool has_iops_threshold,
+                               int64_t iops_threshold,
+                               bool has_iops_rd_threshold,
+                               int64_t iops_rd_threshold,
+                               bool has_iops_wr_threshold,
+                               int64_t iops_wr_threshold, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockIOLimit io_limits;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
@@ -1249,6 +1284,26 @@ void qmp_block_set_io_throttle(const char *device, int64_t bps, int64_t bps_rd,
     io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ]  = iops_rd / THROTTLE_HZ;
     io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] = iops_wr / THROTTLE_HZ;
 
+    /* override them with givens values if present */
+    if (has_bps_threshold) {
+        io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] = bps_threshold;
+    }
+    if (has_bps_rd_threshold) {
+        io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] = bps_rd_threshold;
+    }
+    if (has_bps_wr_threshold) {
+        io_limits.bps_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] = bps_wr_threshold;
+    }
+    if (has_iops_threshold) {
+        io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_TOTAL] = iops_threshold;
+    }
+    if (has_iops_rd_threshold) {
+        io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_READ] = iops_rd_threshold;
+    }
+    if (has_iops_wr_threshold) {
+        io_limits.iops_threshold[BLOCK_IO_LIMIT_WRITE] = iops_wr_threshold;
+    }
+
     if (!do_check_io_limits(&io_limits, errp)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -1916,6 +1971,18 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_common_drive_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
             .help = "limit write operations per second",
         },{
+            .name = "iops_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "total I/O operations threshold",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_rd_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "read operations threshold",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_wr_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "write operations threshold",
+        },{
             .name = "bps",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
             .help = "limit total bytes per second",
@@ -1928,6 +1995,18 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_common_drive_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
             .help = "limit write bytes per second",
         },{
+            .name = "bps_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "total bytes threshold",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_rd_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "read bytes threshold",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_wr_threshold",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "write bytes threshold",
+        },{
             .name = "copy-on-read",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
             .help = "copy read data from backing file into image file",
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index dc4d8d4..d75aa99 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -340,14 +340,28 @@ void hmp_info_block(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         {
             monitor_printf(mon, "    I/O throttling:   bps=%" PRId64
                             " bps_rd=%" PRId64  " bps_wr=%" PRId64
+                            " bps_threshold=%" PRId64
+                            " bps_rd_threshold=%" PRId64
+                            " bps_wr_threshold=%" PRId64
                             " iops=%" PRId64 " iops_rd=%" PRId64
-                            " iops_wr=%" PRId64 "\n",
+                            " iops_wr=%" PRId64
+                            " iops_threshold=%" PRId64
+                            " iops_rd_threshold=%" PRId64
+                            " iops_wr_threshold=%" PRId64 "\n",
                             info->value->inserted->bps,
                             info->value->inserted->bps_rd,
                             info->value->inserted->bps_wr,
+                            info->value->inserted->bps_threshold,
+                            info->value->inserted->bps_rd_threshold,
+                            info->value->inserted->bps_wr_threshold,
                             info->value->inserted->iops,
                             info->value->inserted->iops_rd,
-                            info->value->inserted->iops_wr);
+                            info->value->inserted->iops_wr,
+                            info->value->inserted->iops_threshold,
+                            info->value->inserted->iops_rd_threshold,
+                            info->value->inserted->iops_wr_threshold);
+        } else {
+            monitor_printf(mon, " [not inserted]");
         }
 
         if (verbose) {
@@ -1094,7 +1108,19 @@ void hmp_block_set_io_throttle(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                               qdict_get_int(qdict, "bps_wr"),
                               qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops"),
                               qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_rd"),
-                              qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_wr"), &err);
+                              qdict_get_int(qdict, "iops_wr"),
+                              false, /* no burst threshold via QMP */
+                              0,
+                              false,
+                              0,
+                              false,
+                              0,
+                              false,
+                              0,
+                              false,
+                              0,
+                              false,
+                              0, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
 
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 7b9fef1..a6f3792 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -769,6 +769,18 @@
 #
 # @image: the info of image used (since: 1.6)
 #
+# @bps_threshold: #optional total threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @bps_rd_threshold: #optional read threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @bps_wr_threshold: #optional write threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_threshold: #optional total I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_rd_threshold: #optional read I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_wr_threshold: #optional write I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
 # Since: 0.14.0
 #
 # Notes: This interface is only found in @BlockInfo.
@@ -779,7 +791,10 @@
             'encrypted': 'bool', 'encryption_key_missing': 'bool',
             'bps': 'int', 'bps_rd': 'int', 'bps_wr': 'int',
             'iops': 'int', 'iops_rd': 'int', 'iops_wr': 'int',
-            'image': 'ImageInfo' } }
+            'image': 'ImageInfo',
+            '*bps_threshold': 'int', '*bps_rd_threshold': 'int',
+            '*bps_wr_threshold': 'int', '*iops_threshold': 'int',
+            '*iops_rd_threshold': 'int', '*iops_wr_threshold': 'int' }}
 
 ##
 # @BlockDeviceIoStatus:
@@ -2158,6 +2173,18 @@
 #
 # @iops_wr: write I/O operations per second
 #
+# @bps_threshold: #optional total threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @bps_rd_threshold: #optional read threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @bps_wr_threshold: #optional write threshold in bytes (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_threshold: #optional total I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_rd_threshold: #optional read I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
+# @iops_wr_threshold: #optional write I/O operations threshold (Since 1.6)
+#
 # Returns: Nothing on success
 #          If @device is not a valid block device, DeviceNotFound
 #
@@ -2165,7 +2192,10 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'block_set_io_throttle',
   'data': { 'device': 'str', 'bps': 'int', 'bps_rd': 'int', 'bps_wr': 'int',
-            'iops': 'int', 'iops_rd': 'int', 'iops_wr': 'int' } }
+            'iops': 'int', 'iops_rd': 'int', 'iops_wr': 'int',
+            '*bps_threshold': 'int', '*bps_rd_threshold': 'int',
+            '*bps_wr_threshold': 'int', '*iops_threshold': 'int',
+            '*iops_rd_threshold': 'int', '*iops_wr_threshold': 'int' }}
 
 ##
 # @block-stream:
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 4e98b4f..4d5ee66 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive,
     "       [,cache=writethrough|writeback|none|directsync|unsafe][,format=f]\n"
     "       [,serial=s][,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n"
     "       [,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]\n"
-    "       [[,bps=b]|[[,bps_rd=r][,bps_wr=w]]][[,iops=i]|[[,iops_rd=r][,iops_wr=w]]\n"
+    "       [[,bps=b]|[[,bps_rd=r][,bps_wr=w]]][[,iops=i]|[[,iops_rd=r][,iops_wr=w][,bps_threshold=bt]|[[,bps_rd_threshold=rt][,bps_wr_threshold=wt]]][[,iops_threshold=it]|[[,iops_rd_threshold=rt][,iops_wr_threshold=wt]]\n"
     "                use 'file' as a drive image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
 @item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index e075df4..11c638a 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "block_set_io_throttle",
-        .args_type  = "device:B,bps:l,bps_rd:l,bps_wr:l,iops:l,iops_rd:l,iops_wr:l",
+        .args_type  = "device:B,bps:l,bps_rd:l,bps_wr:l,iops:l,iops_rd:l,iops_wr:l,bps_threshold:l?,bps_rd_threshold:l?,bps_wr_threshold:l?,iops_threshold:l?,iops_rd_threshold:l?,iops_wr_threshold:l?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_block_set_io_throttle,
     },
 
@@ -1400,10 +1400,16 @@ Arguments:
 - "device": device name (json-string)
 - "bps":  total throughput limit in bytes per second(json-int)
 - "bps_rd":  read throughput limit in bytes per second(json-int)
-- "bps_wr":  read throughput limit in bytes per second(json-int)
+- "bps_wr":  write throughput limit in bytes per second(json-int)
 - "iops":  total I/O operations per second(json-int)
 - "iops_rd":  read I/O operations per second(json-int)
 - "iops_wr":  write I/O operations per second(json-int)
+- "bps_threshold":  total threshold in bytes(json-int)
+- "bps_rd_threshold":  read threshold in bytes(json-int)
+- "bps_wr_threshold":  write threshold in bytes(json-int)
+- "iops_threshold":  total I/O operations threshold(json-int)
+- "iops_rd_threshold":  read I/O operations threshold(json-int)
+- "iops_wr_threshold":  write I/O operations threshold(json-int)
 
 Example:
 
@@ -1413,7 +1419,13 @@ Example:
                                                "bps_wr": "0",
                                                "iops": "0",
                                                "iops_rd": "0",
-                                               "iops_wr": "0" } }
+                                               "iops_wr": "0",
+                                               "bps_threshold": "8000000",
+                                               "bps_rd_threshold": "0",
+                                               "bps_wr_threshold": "0",
+                                               "iops_threshold": "0",
+                                               "iops_rd_threshold": "0",
+                                               "iops_wr_threshold": "0" } }
 <- { "return": {} }
 
 EQMP
@@ -1754,6 +1766,12 @@ Each json-object contain the following:
          - "iops": limit total I/O operations per second (json-int)
          - "iops_rd": limit read operations per second (json-int)
          - "iops_wr": limit write operations per second (json-int)
+         - "bps_threshold":  total threshold in bytes(json-int)
+         - "bps_rd_threshold":  read threshold in bytes(json-int)
+         - "bps_wr_threshold":  write threshold in bytes(json-int)
+         - "iops_threshold":  total I/O operations threshold(json-int)
+         - "iops_rd_threshold":  read I/O operations threshold(json-int)
+         - "iops_wr_threshold":  write I/O operations threshold(json-int)
          - "image": the detail of the image, it is a json-object containing
             the following:
              - "filename": image file name (json-string)
@@ -1823,6 +1841,12 @@ Example:
                "iops":1000000,
                "iops_rd":0,
                "iops_wr":0,
+               "bps_threshold": "8000000",
+               "bps_rd_threshold": "0",
+               "bps_wr_threshold": "0",
+               "iops_threshold": "0",
+               "iops_rd_threshold": "0",
+               "iops_wr_threshold": "0",
                "image":{
                   "filename":"disks/test.qcow2",
                   "format":"qcow2",
