diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index f2f8ae77c1..0d32442e26 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -5813,6 +5813,9 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     if (!quiet) {
         printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s", filename, fmt);
         qemu_opts_print(opts, " ");
+        if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SCSI, false)) {
+            printf(", SCSI");
+        }
         puts("");
     }
 
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 8410a158a2..2a34dd0375 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1848,9 +1848,12 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN, false)) {
         zeroed_grain = true;
     }
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SCSI, false)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_SCSI;
+    }
 
     if (!adapter_type) {
-        adapter_type = g_strdup("ide");
+        adapter_type = g_strdup(flags & BLOCK_FLAG_SCSI ? "lsilogic" : "ide");
     } else if (strcmp(adapter_type, "ide") &&
                strcmp(adapter_type, "buslogic") &&
                strcmp(adapter_type, "lsilogic") &&
@@ -2265,6 +2268,11 @@ static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
             .help = "Enable efficient zero writes "
                     "using the zeroed-grain GTE feature"
         },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SCSI,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "SCSI image"
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     }
 };
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index dccb092df7..decca628a7 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT          1
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6          4
 #define BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS   8
+#define BLOCK_FLAG_SCSI             16
 
 #define BLOCK_OPT_SIZE              "size"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT           "encryption"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6           "compat6"
+#define BLOCK_OPT_SCSI              "scsi"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE      "backing_file"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT       "backing_fmt"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE      "cluster_size"
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 9dddfbefce..cc8e9762ea 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,13 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SCSI, false)
+        && strcmp(drv->format_name, "vmdk")) {
+        error_report("SCSI devices not supported for this file format");
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     if (!skip_create) {
         /* Create the new image */
         ret = bdrv_create(drv, out_filename, opts, &local_err);