diff --git a/fsdev/Makefile.objs b/fsdev/Makefile.objs
index 1b120a4..659df6e 100644
--- a/fsdev/Makefile.objs
+++ b/fsdev/Makefile.objs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ common-obj-y = qemu-fsdev.o 9p-marshal.o 9p-iov-marshal.o
 else
 common-obj-y = qemu-fsdev-dummy.o
 endif
-common-obj-y += qemu-fsdev-opts.o
+common-obj-y += qemu-fsdev-opts.o qemu-fsdev-throttle.o
 
 # Toplevel always builds this; targets without virtio will put it in
 # common-obj-y
diff --git a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
index a56dc84..0844a40 100644
--- a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include "qemu-fsdev-throttle.h"
 
 #define SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS    0600
 #define SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS    0700
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ typedef struct FsDriverEntry {
     char *path;
     int export_flags;
     FileOperations *ops;
+    FsThrottle fst;
 } FsDriverEntry;
 
 typedef struct FsContext
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ typedef struct FsContext
     int export_flags;
     struct xattr_operations **xops;
     struct extended_ops exops;
+    FsThrottle *fst;
     /* fs driver specific data */
     void *private;
 } FsContext;
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
index 1dd8c7a..385423f0 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
@@ -37,8 +37,83 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts = {
         }, {
             .name = "sock_fd",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-total",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total I/O operations per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-read",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read operations per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-write",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write operations per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-total",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total bytes per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-read",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read bytes per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-write",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write bytes per second",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-total-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "I/O operations burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-read-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "I/O operations read burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-write-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "I/O operations write burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-total-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "total bytes burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-read-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "total bytes read burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-write-max",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "total bytes write burst",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-total-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the iops-total-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-read-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the iops-read-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-write-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the iops-write-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-total-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the bps-total-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-read-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the bps-read-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.bps-write-max-length",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "length of the bps-write-max burst period, in seconds",
+        }, {
+            .name = "throttling.iops-size",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "when limiting by iops max size of an I/O in bytes",
         },
-
         { /*End of list */ }
     },
 };
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb9af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Fsdev Throttle
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
+ *
+ * Author: Pradeep Jagadeesh <pradeep.jagadeesh@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory for details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu-fsdev-throttle.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+
+static void fsdev_throttle_read_timer_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    FsThrottle *fst = opaque;
+    qemu_co_enter_next(&fst->throttled_reqs[false]);
+}
+
+static void fsdev_throttle_write_timer_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    FsThrottle *fst = opaque;
+    qemu_co_enter_next(&fst->throttled_reqs[true]);
+}
+
+void fsdev_throttle_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsThrottle *fst, Error **errp)
+{
+    throttle_config_init(&fst->cfg);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].avg  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].avg =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write", 0);
+
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].max  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max", 0);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].max =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max", 0);
+
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-total-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_READ].burst_length  =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-read-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_BPS_WRITE].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.bps-write-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_TOTAL].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-total-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_READ].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-read-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.buckets[THROTTLE_OPS_WRITE].burst_length =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-write-max-length", 1);
+    fst->cfg.op_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "throttling.iops-size", 0);
+
+    throttle_is_valid(&fst->cfg, errp);
+}
+
+void fsdev_throttle_init(FsThrottle *fst)
+{
+    if (throttle_enabled(&fst->cfg)) {
+        throttle_init(&fst->ts);
+        throttle_timers_init(&fst->tt,
+                             qemu_get_aio_context(),
+                             QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME,
+                             fsdev_throttle_read_timer_cb,
+                             fsdev_throttle_write_timer_cb,
+                             fst);
+        throttle_config(&fst->ts, &fst->tt, &fst->cfg);
+        qemu_co_queue_init(&fst->throttled_reqs[0]);
+        qemu_co_queue_init(&fst->throttled_reqs[1]);
+    }
+}
+
+void coroutine_fn fsdev_co_throttle_request(FsThrottle *fst, bool is_write,
+                                            struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
+{
+    if (throttle_enabled(&fst->cfg)) {
+        if (throttle_schedule_timer(&fst->ts, &fst->tt, is_write) ||
+            !qemu_co_queue_empty(&fst->throttled_reqs[is_write])) {
+            qemu_co_queue_wait(&fst->throttled_reqs[is_write]);
+        }
+
+        throttle_account(&fst->ts, is_write, iov_size(iov, iovcnt));
+
+        if (!qemu_co_queue_empty(&fst->throttled_reqs[is_write]) &&
+            !throttle_schedule_timer(&fst->ts, &fst->tt, is_write)) {
+            qemu_co_queue_next(&fst->throttled_reqs[is_write]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void fsdev_throttle_cleanup(FsThrottle *fst)
+{
+    if (throttle_enabled(&fst->cfg)) {
+        throttle_timers_destroy(&fst->tt);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e418643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-throttle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Fsdev Throttle
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
+ *
+ * Author: Pradeep Jagadeesh <pradeep.jagadeesh@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory for details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FSDEV_THROTTLE_H
+#define _FSDEV_THROTTLE_H
+
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/throttle.h"
+
+typedef struct FsThrottle {
+    ThrottleState ts;
+    ThrottleTimers tt;
+    ThrottleConfig cfg;
+    CoQueue      throttled_reqs[2];
+} FsThrottle;
+
+void fsdev_throttle_parse_opts(QemuOpts *, FsThrottle *, Error **);
+
+void fsdev_throttle_init(FsThrottle *);
+
+void coroutine_fn fsdev_co_throttle_request(FsThrottle *, bool ,
+                                            struct iovec *, int);
+
+void fsdev_throttle_cleanup(FsThrottle *);
+#endif /* _FSDEV_THROTTLE_H */
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 845675e..828348d 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
 {
     const char *sec_model = qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model");
     const char *path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     if (!sec_model) {
         error_report("Security model not specified, local fs needs security model");
@@ -1237,6 +1238,13 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
         error_report("fsdev: No path specified");
         return -1;
     }
+
+    fsdev_throttle_parse_opts(opts, &fse->fst, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_reportf_err(err, "Throttle configuration is not valid: ");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     fse->path = g_strdup(path);
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index fa58877..920eb05 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -3520,6 +3520,10 @@ int v9fs_device_realize_common(V9fsState *s, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "share path %s is not a directory", fse->path);
         goto out;
     }
+
+    s->ctx.fst = &fse->fst;
+    fsdev_throttle_init(s->ctx.fst);
+
     v9fs_path_free(&path);
 
     rc = 0;
@@ -3528,6 +3532,7 @@ out:
         if (s->ops && s->ops->cleanup && s->ctx.private) {
             s->ops->cleanup(&s->ctx);
         }
+        fsdev_throttle_cleanup(s->ctx.fst);
         g_free(s->tag);
         g_free(s->ctx.fs_root);
         v9fs_path_free(&path);
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/cofile.c b/hw/9pfs/cofile.c
index 120e267..88791bc 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/cofile.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/cofile.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ int coroutine_fn v9fs_co_pwritev(V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
     if (v9fs_request_cancelled(pdu)) {
         return -EINTR;
     }
+    fsdev_co_throttle_request(s->ctx.fst, true, iov, iovcnt);
     v9fs_co_run_in_worker(
         {
             err = s->ops->pwritev(&s->ctx, &fidp->fs, iov, iovcnt, offset);
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ int coroutine_fn v9fs_co_preadv(V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
     if (v9fs_request_cancelled(pdu)) {
         return -EINTR;
     }
+    fsdev_co_throttle_request(s->ctx.fst, false, iov, iovcnt);
     v9fs_co_run_in_worker(
         {
             err = s->ops->preadv(&s->ctx, &fidp->fs, iov, iovcnt, offset);
