diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
index 8d260b573..654d7ebf7 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,8 @@ static int decode_conn_sched(const struct spdk_json_val *val, void *out)
 		*sched = CONNECT_SCHED_ROUND_ROBIN;
 	} else if (spdk_json_strequal(val, "hostip") == true) {
 		*sched = CONNECT_SCHED_HOST_IP;
+	} else if (spdk_json_strequal(val, "transport") == true) {
+		*sched = CONNECT_SCHED_TRANSPORT_OPTIMAL_GROUP;
 	} else {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("Invalid connection scheduling parameter\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
index f3964920e..3c52cfeda 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ get_conn_sched_string(enum spdk_nvmf_connect_sched sched)
 {
 	if (sched == CONNECT_SCHED_HOST_IP) {
 		return "hostip";
+	} else if (sched == CONNECT_SCHED_TRANSPORT_OPTIMAL_GROUP) {
+		return "transport";
 	} else {
 		return "roundrobin";
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 11412839c..990ca4d5d 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.add_argument('-s', '--conn-sched', help="""'roundrobin' - Schedule the incoming connections from any host
     on the cores in a round robin manner (Default). 'hostip' - Schedule all the incoming connections from a
     specific host IP on to the same core. Connections from different IP will be assigned to cores in a round
-    robin manner""")
+    robin manner. 'transport' - Schedule the connection according to the transport characteristics.""")
     p.set_defaults(func=set_nvmf_target_config)
 
     def nvmf_create_transport(args):