diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index d9454575f2..89cd8c5f32 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDiskIo,
               "default",
               "native",
               "threads",
+              "io_uring",
 );
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainDeviceSGIO,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index bfd1bbb532..ecb80ef8f2 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_DEFAULT = 0,
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_NATIVE,
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_THREADS,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_URING,
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_LAST
 } virDomainDiskIo;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 95402fc4ff..45dd830781 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,14 @@ qemuCheckDiskConfig(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
                            _("detect_zeroes is not supported by this QEMU binary"));
             return -1;
         }
+
+        if (disk->iomode == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_IO_URING) {
+            if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_AIO_IO_URING)) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                               _("io uring is not supported by this QEMU binary"));
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     if (disk->serial &&