diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 4da4ddf8d..7c30f17f4 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ prchk_guard                | Optional | bool        | Enable checking of PI guar
 hdgst                      | Optional | bool        | Enable TCP header digest
 ddgst                      | Optional | bool        | Enable TCP data digest
 fabrics_connect_timeout_us | Optional | bool        | Timeout for fabrics connect (in microseconds)
-multipath                  | Optional | string      | Multipathing behavior: disable, failover. Default is failover.
+multipath                  | Optional | string      | Multipathing behavior: disable, failover, multipath. Default is failover.
 
 #### Example
 
diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
index 6837bcd83..b47a6e69f 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 	uint32_t prchk_flags = 0;
 	struct nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr = NULL;
 	size_t len, maxlen;
+	bool multipath = false;
 	int rc;
 
 	ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(*ctx));
@@ -416,8 +417,9 @@ rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 							     "A controller named %s already exists and multipath is disabled\n",
 							     ctx->req.name);
 			goto cleanup;
-		} else if (strcasecmp(ctx->req.multipath, "failover") == 0) {
-			/* The user wants to add this as a failover path. */
+		} else if (strcasecmp(ctx->req.multipath, "failover") == 0 ||
+			   strcasecmp(ctx->req.multipath, "multipath") == 0) {
+			/* The user wants to add this as a failover path or add this to create multipath. */
 
 			if (strncmp(trid.traddr, ctrlr_trid->traddr, sizeof(trid.traddr)) == 0 &&
 			    strncmp(trid.trsvcid, ctrlr_trid->trsvcid, sizeof(trid.trsvcid)) == 0 &&
@@ -473,11 +475,15 @@ rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		prchk_flags |= SPDK_NVME_IO_FLAGS_PRCHK_GUARD;
 	}
 
+	if (ctx->req.multipath != NULL && strcasecmp(ctx->req.multipath, "multipath") == 0) {
+		multipath = true;
+	}
+
 	ctx->request = request;
 	ctx->count = NVME_MAX_BDEVS_PER_RPC;
 	rc = bdev_nvme_create(&trid, ctx->req.name, ctx->names, ctx->count, prchk_flags,
 			      rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller_done, ctx, &ctx->req.opts,
-			      false);
+			      multipath);
 	if (rc) {
 		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, rc, spdk_strerror(-rc));
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index f9ed8a80d..caabe85e2 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     p.add_argument('-d', '--ddgst',
                    help='Enable TCP data digest.', action='store_true')
     p.add_argument('--fabrics-timeout', type=int, help='Fabrics connect timeout in microseconds')
-    p.add_argument('-x', '--multipath', help='Set multipath behavior (disable, failover)')
+    p.add_argument('-x', '--multipath', help='Set multipath behavior (disable, failover, multipath)')
     p.set_defaults(func=bdev_nvme_attach_controller)
 
     def bdev_nvme_get_controllers(args):
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
index d325b25ba..9e53ad68b 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def bdev_nvme_attach_controller(client, name, trtype, traddr, adrfam=None, trsvc
         hdgst: Enable TCP header digest (optional)
         ddgst: Enable TCP data digest (optional)
         fabrics_timeout: Fabrics connect timeout in us (optional)
-        multipath: The behavior when multiple paths are created ("disable", "failover"; failover if not specified)
+        multipath: The behavior when multiple paths are created ("disable", "failover", or "multipath"; failover if not specified)
 
     Returns:
         Names of created block devices.