diff --git a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
index c757c8099f..f2f7772c86 100644
--- a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ typedef struct ExtendedOps {
 #define V9FS_RDONLY                 0x00000040
 #define V9FS_PROXY_SOCK_FD          0x00000080
 #define V9FS_PROXY_SOCK_NAME        0x00000100
+/*
+ * multidevs option (either one of the two applies exclusively)
+ */
+#define V9FS_REMAP_INODES           0x00000200
+#define V9FS_FORBID_MULTIDEVS       0x00000400
 
 #define V9FS_SEC_MASK               0x0000003C
 
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
index 7c31ffffaf..07a18c6e48 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts = {
         }, {
             .name = "readonly",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-
+        }, {
+            .name = "multidevs",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
         }, {
             .name = "socket",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_virtfs_opts = {
         }, {
             .name = "readonly",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        }, {
+            .name = "multidevs",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
         }, {
             .name = "socket",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
index 077a8c4e2b..e407716177 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static FsDriverTable FsDrivers[] = {
             "writeout",
             "fmode",
             "dmode",
+            "multidevs",
             "throttling.bps-total",
             "throttling.bps-read",
             "throttling.bps-write",
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ int qemu_fsdev_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     const char *fsdev_id = qemu_opts_id(opts);
     const char *fsdriver = qemu_opt_get(opts, "fsdriver");
     const char *writeout = qemu_opt_get(opts, "writeout");
+    const char *multidevs = qemu_opt_get(opts, "multidevs");
     bool ro = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0);
 
     if (!fsdev_id) {
@@ -161,6 +163,21 @@ int qemu_fsdev_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     } else {
         fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_RDONLY;
     }
+    if (multidevs) {
+        if (!strcmp(multidevs, "remap")) {
+            fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_FORBID_MULTIDEVS;
+            fsle->fse.export_flags |= V9FS_REMAP_INODES;
+        } else if (!strcmp(multidevs, "forbid")) {
+            fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_REMAP_INODES;
+            fsle->fse.export_flags |= V9FS_FORBID_MULTIDEVS;
+        } else if (!strcmp(multidevs, "warn")) {
+            fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_FORBID_MULTIDEVS;
+            fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_REMAP_INODES;
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp, "fsdev: '%s' is invalid for multidevs", multidevs);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
 
     if (fsle->fse.ops->parse_opts) {
         if (fsle->fse.ops->parse_opts(opts, &fsle->fse, errp)) {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index 5a895ae0bb..8eb89c5c7d 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
+#include "qemu/xxhash.h"
 
 int open_fd_hw;
 int total_open_fd;
@@ -572,23 +573,117 @@ static void coroutine_fn virtfs_reset(V9fsPDU *pdu)
                                 P9_STAT_MODE_NAMED_PIPE |   \
                                 P9_STAT_MODE_SOCKET)
 
-/* This is the algorithm from ufs in spfs */
+/* creative abuse of tb_hash_func7, which is based on xxhash */
+static uint32_t qpp_hash(QppEntry e)
+{
+    return qemu_xxhash7(e.ino_prefix, e.dev, 0, 0, 0);
+}
+
+static bool qpp_lookup_func(const void *obj, const void *userp)
+{
+    const QppEntry *e1 = obj, *e2 = userp;
+    return e1->dev == e2->dev && e1->ino_prefix == e2->ino_prefix;
+}
+
+static void qpp_table_remove(void *p, uint32_t h, void *up)
+{
+    g_free(p);
+}
+
+static void qpp_table_destroy(struct qht *ht)
+{
+    if (!ht || !ht->map) {
+        return;
+    }
+    qht_iter(ht, qpp_table_remove, NULL);
+    qht_destroy(ht);
+}
+
+static void qpp_table_init(struct qht *ht)
+{
+    qht_init(ht, qpp_lookup_func, 1, QHT_MODE_AUTO_RESIZE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * stat_to_qid needs to map inode number (64 bits) and device id (32 bits)
+ * to a unique QID path (64 bits). To avoid having to map and keep track
+ * of up to 2^64 objects, we map only the 16 highest bits of the inode plus
+ * the device id to the 16 highest bits of the QID path. The 48 lowest bits
+ * of the QID path equal to the lowest bits of the inode number.
+ *
+ * This takes advantage of the fact that inode number are usually not
+ * random but allocated sequentially, so we have fewer items to keep
+ * track of.
+ */
+static int qid_path_prefixmap(V9fsPDU *pdu, const struct stat *stbuf,
+                              uint64_t *path)
+{
+    QppEntry lookup = {
+        .dev = stbuf->st_dev,
+        .ino_prefix = (uint16_t) (stbuf->st_ino >> 48)
+    }, *val;
+    uint32_t hash = qpp_hash(lookup);
+
+    val = qht_lookup(&pdu->s->qpp_table, &lookup, hash);
+
+    if (!val) {
+        if (pdu->s->qp_prefix_next == 0) {
+            /* we ran out of prefixes */
+            error_report_once(
+                "9p: No more prefixes available for remapping inodes from "
+                "host to guest."
+            );
+            return -ENFILE;
+        }
+
+        val = g_malloc0(sizeof(QppEntry));
+        *val = lookup;
+
+        /* new unique inode prefix and device combo */
+        val->qp_prefix = pdu->s->qp_prefix_next++;
+        qht_insert(&pdu->s->qpp_table, val, hash, NULL);
+    }
+
+    *path = ((uint64_t)val->qp_prefix << 48) | (stbuf->st_ino & QPATH_INO_MASK);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int stat_to_qid(V9fsPDU *pdu, const struct stat *stbuf, V9fsQID *qidp)
 {
+    int err;
     size_t size;
 
-    if (pdu->s->dev_id != stbuf->st_dev) {
-        warn_report_once(
-            "9p: Multiple devices detected in same VirtFS export, "
-            "which might lead to file ID collisions and severe "
-            "misbehaviours on guest! You should use a separate "
-            "export for each device shared from host."
-        );
+    if (pdu->s->ctx.export_flags & V9FS_REMAP_INODES) {
+        /* map inode+device to qid path (fast path) */
+        err = qid_path_prefixmap(pdu, stbuf, &qidp->path);
+        if (err) {
+            return err;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (pdu->s->dev_id != stbuf->st_dev) {
+            if (pdu->s->ctx.export_flags & V9FS_FORBID_MULTIDEVS) {
+                error_report_once(
+                    "9p: Multiple devices detected in same VirtFS export. "
+                    "Access of guest to additional devices is (partly) "
+                    "denied due to virtfs option 'multidevs=forbid' being "
+                    "effective."
+                );
+                return -ENODEV;
+            } else {
+                warn_report_once(
+                    "9p: Multiple devices detected in same VirtFS export, "
+                    "which might lead to file ID collisions and severe "
+                    "misbehaviours on guest! You should either use a "
+                    "separate export for each device shared from host or "
+                    "use virtfs option 'multidevs=remap'!"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        memset(&qidp->path, 0, sizeof(qidp->path));
+        size = MIN(sizeof(stbuf->st_ino), sizeof(qidp->path));
+        memcpy(&qidp->path, &stbuf->st_ino, size);
     }
 
-    memset(&qidp->path, 0, sizeof(qidp->path));
-    size = MIN(sizeof(stbuf->st_ino), sizeof(qidp->path));
-    memcpy(&qidp->path, &stbuf->st_ino, size);
     qidp->version = stbuf->st_mtime ^ (stbuf->st_size << 8);
     qidp->type = 0;
     if (S_ISDIR(stbuf->st_mode)) {
@@ -618,6 +713,30 @@ static int coroutine_fn fid_to_qid(V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int coroutine_fn dirent_to_qid(V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
+                                      struct dirent *dent, V9fsQID *qidp)
+{
+    struct stat stbuf;
+    V9fsPath path;
+    int err;
+
+    v9fs_path_init(&path);
+
+    err = v9fs_co_name_to_path(pdu, &fidp->path, dent->d_name, &path);
+    if (err < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    err = v9fs_co_lstat(pdu, &path, &stbuf);
+    if (err < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    err = stat_to_qid(pdu, &stbuf, qidp);
+
+out:
+    v9fs_path_free(&path);
+    return err;
+}
+
 V9fsPDU *pdu_alloc(V9fsState *s)
 {
     V9fsPDU *pdu = NULL;
@@ -1966,16 +2085,39 @@ static int coroutine_fn v9fs_do_readdir(V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
             v9fs_string_free(&name);
             return count;
         }
-        /*
-         * Fill up just the path field of qid because the client uses
-         * only that. To fill the entire qid structure we will have
-         * to stat each dirent found, which is expensive
-         */
-        size = MIN(sizeof(dent->d_ino), sizeof(qid.path));
-        memcpy(&qid.path, &dent->d_ino, size);
-        /* Fill the other fields with dummy values */
-        qid.type = 0;
-        qid.version = 0;
+
+        if (pdu->s->ctx.export_flags & V9FS_REMAP_INODES) {
+            /*
+             * dirent_to_qid() implies expensive stat call for each entry,
+             * we must do that here though since inode remapping requires
+             * the device id, which in turn might be different for
+             * different entries; we cannot make any assumption to avoid
+             * that here.
+             */
+            err = dirent_to_qid(pdu, fidp, dent, &qid);
+            if (err < 0) {
+                v9fs_readdir_unlock(&fidp->fs.dir);
+                v9fs_co_seekdir(pdu, fidp, saved_dir_pos);
+                v9fs_string_free(&name);
+                return err;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * Fill up just the path field of qid because the client uses
+             * only that. To fill the entire qid structure we will have
+             * to stat each dirent found, which is expensive. For the
+             * latter reason we don't call dirent_to_qid() here. Only drawback
+             * is that no multi-device export detection of stat_to_qid()
+             * would be done and provided as error to the user here. But
+             * user would get that error anyway when accessing those
+             * files/dirs through other ways.
+             */
+            size = MIN(sizeof(dent->d_ino), sizeof(qid.path));
+            memcpy(&qid.path, &dent->d_ino, size);
+            /* Fill the other fields with dummy values */
+            qid.type = 0;
+            qid.version = 0;
+        }
 
         /* 11 = 7 + 4 (7 = start offset, 4 = space for storing count) */
         len = pdu_marshal(pdu, 11 + count, "Qqbs",
@@ -3676,6 +3818,9 @@ int v9fs_device_realize_common(V9fsState *s, const V9fsTransport *t,
 
     s->dev_id = stat.st_dev;
 
+    qpp_table_init(&s->qpp_table);
+    s->qp_prefix_next = 1; /* reserve 0 to detect overflow */
+
     s->ctx.fst = &fse->fst;
     fsdev_throttle_init(s->ctx.fst);
 
@@ -3697,6 +3842,7 @@ void v9fs_device_unrealize_common(V9fsState *s, Error **errp)
         fsdev_throttle_cleanup(s->ctx.fst);
     }
     g_free(s->tag);
+    qpp_table_destroy(&s->qpp_table);
     g_free(s->ctx.fs_root);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.h b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
index 5e316178d5..7262fe80aa 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
+#include "qemu/qht.h"
 
 enum {
     P9_TLERROR = 6,
@@ -235,6 +236,15 @@ struct V9fsFidState
     V9fsFidState *rclm_lst;
 };
 
+#define QPATH_INO_MASK        ((1ULL << 48) - 1)
+
+/* QID path prefix entry, see stat_to_qid */
+typedef struct {
+    dev_t dev;
+    uint16_t ino_prefix;
+    uint16_t qp_prefix;
+} QppEntry;
+
 struct V9fsState
 {
     QLIST_HEAD(, V9fsPDU) free_list;
@@ -257,6 +267,8 @@ struct V9fsState
     V9fsConf fsconf;
     V9fsQID root_qid;
     dev_t dev_id;
+    struct qht qpp_table;
+    uint16_t qp_prefix_next;
 };
 
 /* 9p2000.L open flags */
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ea0638e92d..97d22fc6d7 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ ETEXI
 
 DEF("virtfs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs,
     "-virtfs local,path=path,mount_tag=tag,security_model=mapped-xattr|mapped-file|passthrough|none\n"
-    "        [,id=id][,writeout=immediate][,readonly][,fmode=fmode][,dmode=dmode]\n"
+    "        [,id=id][,writeout=immediate][,readonly][,fmode=fmode][,dmode=dmode][,multidevs=remap|forbid|warn]\n"
     "-virtfs proxy,mount_tag=tag,socket=socket[,id=id][,writeout=immediate][,readonly]\n"
     "-virtfs proxy,mount_tag=tag,sock_fd=sock_fd[,id=id][,writeout=immediate][,readonly]\n"
     "-virtfs synth,mount_tag=tag[,id=id][,readonly]\n",
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ DEF("virtfs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs,
 
 STEXI
 
-@item -virtfs local,path=@var{path},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag} ,security_model=@var{security_model}[,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly] [,fmode=@var{fmode}][,dmode=@var{dmode}]
+@item -virtfs local,path=@var{path},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag} ,security_model=@var{security_model}[,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly] [,fmode=@var{fmode}][,dmode=@var{dmode}][,multidevs=@var{multidevs}]
 @itemx -virtfs proxy,socket=@var{socket},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag} [,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly]
 @itemx -virtfs proxy,sock_fd=@var{sock_fd},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag} [,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly]
 @itemx -virtfs synth,mount_tag=@var{mount_tag}
@@ -1399,6 +1399,28 @@ Specifies the default mode for newly created directories on the host. Works
 only with security models "mapped-xattr" and "mapped-file".
 @item mount_tag=@var{mount_tag}
 Specifies the tag name to be used by the guest to mount this export point.
+@item multidevs=@var{multidevs}
+Specifies how to deal with multiple devices being shared with a 9p export.
+Supported behaviours are either "remap", "forbid" or "warn". The latter is
+the default behaviour on which virtfs 9p expects only one device to be
+shared with the same export, and if more than one device is shared and
+accessed via the same 9p export then only a warning message is logged
+(once) by qemu on host side. In order to avoid file ID collisions on guest
+you should either create a separate virtfs export for each device to be
+shared with guests (recommended way) or you might use "remap" instead which
+allows you to share multiple devices with only one export instead, which is
+achieved by remapping the original inode numbers from host to guest in a
+way that would prevent such collisions. Remapping inodes in such use cases
+is required because the original device IDs from host are never passed and
+exposed on guest. Instead all files of an export shared with virtfs always
+share the same device id on guest. So two files with identical inode
+numbers but from actually different devices on host would otherwise cause a
+file ID collision and hence potential misbehaviours on guest. "forbid" on
+the other hand assumes like "warn" that only one device is shared by the
+same export, however it will not only log a warning message but also
+deny access to additional devices on guest. Note though that "forbid" does
+currently not block all possible file access operations (e.g. readdir()
+would still return entries from other devices).
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 630f5c5e9c..1986332ee7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3335,7 +3335,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_virtfs: {
                 QemuOpts *fsdev;
                 QemuOpts *device;
-                const char *writeout, *sock_fd, *socket, *path, *security_model;
+                const char *writeout, *sock_fd, *socket, *path, *security_model,
+                           *multidevs;
 
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("virtfs");
                 if (!olist) {
@@ -3395,6 +3396,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 qemu_opt_set_bool(fsdev, "readonly",
                                   qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0),
                                   &error_abort);
+                multidevs = qemu_opt_get(opts, "multidevs");
+                if (multidevs) {
+                    qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "multidevs", multidevs, &error_abort);
+                }
                 device = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0,
                                           &error_abort);
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "driver", "virtio-9p-pci", &error_abort);
