diff --git a/qapi/block-export.json b/qapi/block-export.json
index ce33fe378df..58ae6a5e1d7 100644
--- a/qapi/block-export.json
+++ b/qapi/block-export.json
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #
 # @addr: Address on which to listen.
 #
+# @handshake-max-secs: Time limit, in seconds, at which a client that
+#     has not completed the negotiation handshake will be disconnected,
+#     or 0 for no limit (since 10.0; default: 10).
+#
 # @tls-creds: ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6).
 #
 # @tls-authz: ID of the QAuthZ authorization object used to validate
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@
 ##
 { 'struct': 'NbdServerOptions',
   'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddress',
+            '*handshake-max-secs': 'uint32',
             '*tls-creds': 'str',
             '*tls-authz': 'str',
             '*max-connections': 'uint32' } }
@@ -52,6 +57,10 @@
 #
 # @addr: Address on which to listen.
 #
+# @handshake-max-secs: Time limit, in seconds, at which a client that
+#     has not completed the negotiation handshake will be disconnected,
+#     or 0 for no limit (since 10.0; default: 10).
+#
 # @tls-creds: ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6).
 #
 # @tls-authz: ID of the QAuthZ authorization object used to validate
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'nbd-server-start',
   'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
+            '*handshake-max-secs': 'uint32',
             '*tls-creds': 'str',
             '*tls-authz': 'str',
             '*max-connections': 'uint32' },
diff --git a/include/block/nbd.h b/include/block/nbd.h
index d4f8b21aecc..92987c76fd6 100644
--- a/include/block/nbd.h
+++ b/include/block/nbd.h
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ void nbd_client_put(NBDClient *client);
 void nbd_server_is_qemu_nbd(int max_connections);
 bool nbd_server_is_running(void);
 int nbd_server_max_connections(void);
-void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
-                      const char *tls_authz, uint32_t max_connections,
-                      Error **errp);
+void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, uint32_t handshake_max_secs,
+                      const char *tls_creds, const char *tls_authz,
+                      uint32_t max_connections, Error **errp);
 void nbd_server_start_options(NbdServerOptions *arg, Error **errp);

 /* nbd_read
diff --git a/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c b/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
index 1d312513fc4..0cfcbfe7c21 100644
--- a/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_start(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         goto exit;
     }

-    nbd_server_start(addr, NULL, NULL, NBD_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS,
-                     &local_err);
+    nbd_server_start(addr, NBD_DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_MAX_SECS, NULL, NULL,
+                     NBD_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS, &local_err);
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(addr);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         goto exit;
diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index 9e61fbaf2b2..e9f53e83d48 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct NBDConn {

 typedef struct NBDServerData {
     QIONetListener *listener;
+    uint32_t handshake_max_secs;
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
     char *tlsauthz;
     uint32_t max_connections;
@@ -84,8 +85,7 @@ static void nbd_accept(QIONetListener *listener, QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
     nbd_update_server_watch(nbd_server);

     qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(cioc), "nbd-server");
-    /* TODO - expose handshake timeout as QMP option */
-    nbd_client_new(cioc, NBD_DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_MAX_SECS,
+    nbd_client_new(cioc, nbd_server->handshake_max_secs,
                    nbd_server->tlscreds, nbd_server->tlsauthz,
                    nbd_blockdev_client_closed, conn);
 }
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ static QCryptoTLSCreds *nbd_get_tls_creds(const char *id, Error **errp)
 }


-void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
-                      const char *tls_authz, uint32_t max_connections,
-                      Error **errp)
+void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, uint32_t handshake_max_secs,
+                      const char *tls_creds, const char *tls_authz,
+                      uint32_t max_connections, Error **errp)
 {
     if (nbd_server) {
         error_setg(errp, "NBD server already running");
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,

     nbd_server = g_new0(NBDServerData, 1);
     nbd_server->max_connections = max_connections;
+    nbd_server->handshake_max_secs = handshake_max_secs;
     nbd_server->listener = qio_net_listener_new();

     qio_net_listener_set_name(nbd_server->listener,
@@ -210,12 +211,17 @@ void nbd_server_start_options(NbdServerOptions *arg, Error **errp)
     if (!arg->has_max_connections) {
         arg->max_connections = NBD_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
     }
+    if (!arg->has_handshake_max_secs) {
+        arg->handshake_max_secs = NBD_DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_MAX_SECS;
+    }

-    nbd_server_start(arg->addr, arg->tls_creds, arg->tls_authz,
-                     arg->max_connections, errp);
+    nbd_server_start(arg->addr, arg->handshake_max_secs, arg->tls_creds,
+                     arg->tls_authz, arg->max_connections, errp);
 }

 void qmp_nbd_server_start(SocketAddressLegacy *addr,
+                          bool has_handshake_max_secs,
+                          uint32_t handshake_max_secs,
                           const char *tls_creds,
                           const char *tls_authz,
                           bool has_max_connections, uint32_t max_connections,
@@ -226,8 +232,12 @@ void qmp_nbd_server_start(SocketAddressLegacy *addr,
     if (!has_max_connections) {
         max_connections = NBD_DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
     }
+    if (!has_handshake_max_secs) {
+        handshake_max_secs = NBD_DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_MAX_SECS;
+    }

-    nbd_server_start(addr_flat, tls_creds, tls_authz, max_connections, errp);
+    nbd_server_start(addr_flat, handshake_max_secs, tls_creds, tls_authz,
+                     max_connections, errp);
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(addr_flat);
 }

