diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index d42493f630..d9b1aa2a5d 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -1143,3 +1143,13 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_uuid = {
     .set   = set_uuid,
     .set_default_value = set_default_uuid_auto,
 };
+
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_vhost_user_migration_type = {
+    .name = "VhostUserMigrationType",
+    .description = "none/external",
+    .enum_table = &VhostUserMigrationType_lookup,
+    .get = qdev_propinfo_get_enum,
+    .set = qdev_propinfo_set_enum,
+    .set_default_value = qdev_propinfo_set_default_value_enum,
+    .realized_set_allowed = true,
+};
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
index 83fc20e49e..e2a5b6cfdf 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-migration.h"
 
 static const int user_feature_bits[] = {
     VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1,
@@ -298,9 +299,36 @@ static struct vhost_dev *vuf_get_vhost(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     return &fs->vhost_dev;
 }
 
+static int vhost_user_fs_pre_save(void *opaque)
+{
+    VHostUserFS *fs = (VHostUserFS *)opaque;
+    g_autofree char *path = object_get_canonical_path(OBJECT(fs));
+
+    switch (fs->migration_type) {
+    case VHOST_USER_MIGRATION_TYPE_NONE:
+        error_report("Migration is blocked by device %s", path);
+        break;
+    case VHOST_USER_MIGRATION_TYPE_EXTERNAL:
+        return 0;
+    default:
+        error_report("Migration type '%s' is not supported by device %s",
+                     VhostUserMigrationType_str(fs->migration_type), path);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
 static const VMStateDescription vuf_vmstate = {
     .name = "vhost-user-fs",
-    .unmigratable = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 0,
+    .version_id = 0,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
+        VMSTATE_UINT8(migration_type, VHostUserFS),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
+   .pre_save = vhost_user_fs_pre_save,
 };
 
 static Property vuf_properties[] = {
@@ -309,6 +337,10 @@ static Property vuf_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("num-request-queues", VHostUserFS,
                        conf.num_request_queues, 1),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("queue-size", VHostUserFS, conf.queue_size, 128),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED("migration", VHostUserFS, migration_type,
+                         VHOST_USER_MIGRATION_TYPE_NONE,
+                         qdev_prop_vhost_user_migration_type,
+                         uint8_t),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
index 0ac327ae60..1a67591590 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties-system.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_audiodev;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_off_auto_pcibar;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_speed;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_vhost_user_migration_type;
 
 #define DEFINE_PROP_PCI_DEVFN(_n, _s, _f, _d)                   \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_pci_devfn, int32_t)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.h
index 94c3aaa84e..3ebce77be5 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct VHostUserFS {
     VirtQueue **req_vqs;
     VirtQueue *hiprio_vq;
     int32_t bootindex;
+    uint8_t migration_type;
 
     /*< public >*/
 };
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index c84fa10e86..ababd605a2 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -2178,3 +2178,19 @@
   'data': { 'job-id': 'str',
             'tag': 'str',
             'devices': ['str'] } }
+
+##
+# @VhostUserMigrationType:
+#
+# Type of vhost-user device migration.
+#
+# @none: Migration is not supported, attempts to migrate with this device
+#        will be blocked.
+#
+# @external: Migration stream contains only virtio device state,
+#            deamon state should be transfered externally by orchestrator.
+#
+# Since: 8.0
+##
+{ 'enum': 'VhostUserMigrationType',
+  'data': [ 'none', 'external' ] }
