diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index 409f760ef..21b862dad 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -2421,6 +2421,7 @@ static TypeInfo scsi_cd_info = {
 #ifdef __linux__
 static Property scsi_block_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.bs),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf.bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi-generic.c
index 8d5106061..a5eb663ec 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-generic.c
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ static SCSIRequest *scsi_new_request(SCSIDevice *d, uint32_t tag, uint32_t lun,
 }
 
 static Property scsi_generic_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(SCSIDevice, conf),
+    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", SCSIDevice, conf.bs),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("bootindex", SCSIDevice, conf.bootindex, -1),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };