diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74e762751..0a19bddc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 API `spdk_nvme_trtype_is_fabrics` was added to return existing transport type
 is fabric or not.
 
+### bdev_nvme
+
+Added `num_io_queues` to `bdev_nvme_attach_controller` RPC to allow specifying amount
+of requested IO queues.
+
 ### bdev
 
 The parameter `retry_count` of the RPC `bdev_nvme_set_options` was deprecated and will be
diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 8d203d0ce..26088886e 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -2898,6 +2898,7 @@ 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, multipath. Default is failover.
+num_io_queues              | Optional | uint32_t    | The number of IO queues to request during initialization. Range: (0, UINT16_MAX + 1], Default is 1024.
 
 #### Example
 
diff --git a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
index 7913b7493..08f05ebca 100644
--- a/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme_rpc.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller_dec
 	{"ddgst", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller, opts.data_digest), spdk_json_decode_bool, true},
 	{"fabrics_connect_timeout_us", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller, opts.fabrics_connect_timeout_us), spdk_json_decode_uint64, true},
 	{"multipath", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller, multipath), spdk_json_decode_string, true},
+	{"num_io_queues", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller, opts.num_io_queues), spdk_json_decode_uint32, true},
 };
 
 #define NVME_MAX_BDEVS_PER_RPC 128
@@ -479,6 +480,13 @@ rpc_bdev_nvme_attach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		multipath = true;
 	}
 
+	if (ctx->req.opts.num_io_queues == 0 || ctx->req.opts.num_io_queues > UINT16_MAX + 1) {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response_fmt(request, -EINVAL,
+						     "num_io_queues out of bounds, min: %u max: %u\n",
+						     1, UINT16_MAX + 1);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	ctx->request = request;
 	ctx->count = NVME_MAX_BDEVS_PER_RPC;
 	rc = bdev_nvme_create(&trid, ctx->req.name, ctx->names, ctx->count, prchk_flags,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 51cf79f84..5003d6644 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                                                          hdgst=args.hdgst,
                                                          ddgst=args.ddgst,
                                                          fabrics_timeout=args.fabrics_timeout,
-                                                         multipath=args.multipath))
+                                                         multipath=args.multipath,
+                                                         num_io_queues=args.num_io_queues))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('bdev_nvme_attach_controller', aliases=['construct_nvme_bdev'],
                               help='Add bdevs with nvme backend')
@@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                    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, multipath)')
+    p.add_argument('--num-io-queues', type=int, help='Set the number of IO queues to request during initialization.')
     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 a95dc6c84..786958954 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def bdev_nvme_set_hotplug(client, enable, period_us=None):
 def bdev_nvme_attach_controller(client, name, trtype, traddr, adrfam=None, trsvcid=None,
                                 priority=None, subnqn=None, hostnqn=None, hostaddr=None,
                                 hostsvcid=None, prchk_reftag=None, prchk_guard=None,
-                                hdgst=None, ddgst=None, fabrics_timeout=None, multipath=None):
+                                hdgst=None, ddgst=None, fabrics_timeout=None, multipath=None, num_io_queues=None):
     """Construct block device for each NVMe namespace in the attached controller.
 
     Args:
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ def bdev_nvme_attach_controller(client, name, trtype, traddr, adrfam=None, trsvc
         ddgst: Enable TCP data digest (optional)
         fabrics_timeout: Fabrics connect timeout in us (optional)
         multipath: The behavior when multiple paths are created ("disable", "failover", or "multipath"; failover if not specified)
+        num_io_queues: The number of IO queues to request during initialization. (optional)
 
     Returns:
         Names of created block devices.
@@ -590,6 +591,9 @@ def bdev_nvme_attach_controller(client, name, trtype, traddr, adrfam=None, trsvc
     if multipath:
         params['multipath'] = multipath
 
+    if num_io_queues:
+        params['num_io_queues'] = num_io_queues
+
     return client.call('bdev_nvme_attach_controller', params)