diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index a3c711b56d..403a693baf 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "monitor/qdev.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_device.h"
 #include "net_rx_pkt.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost.h"
@@ -1328,14 +1329,53 @@ static void virtio_net_detach_epbf_rss(VirtIONet *n)
     virtio_net_attach_ebpf_to_backend(n->nic, -1);
 }
 
-static bool virtio_net_load_ebpf(VirtIONet *n)
+static bool virtio_net_load_ebpf_fds(VirtIONet *n, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (!virtio_net_attach_ebpf_to_backend(n->nic, -1)) {
-        /* backend doesn't support steering ebpf */
-        return false;
+    int fds[EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS] = { [0 ... EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS - 1] = -1};
+    int ret = true;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    ERRP_GUARD();
+
+    if (n->nr_ebpf_rss_fds != EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                  "Expected %d file descriptors but got %d",
+                  EBPF_RSS_MAX_FDS, n->nr_ebpf_rss_fds);
+       return false;
+   }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n->nr_ebpf_rss_fds; i++) {
+        fds[i] = monitor_fd_param(monitor_cur(), n->ebpf_rss_fds[i], errp);
+        if (*errp) {
+            ret = false;
+            goto exit;
+        }
     }
 
-    return ebpf_rss_load(&n->ebpf_rss);
+    ret = ebpf_rss_load_fds(&n->ebpf_rss, fds[0], fds[1], fds[2], fds[3]);
+
+exit:
+    if (!ret || *errp) {
+        for (i = 0; i < n->nr_ebpf_rss_fds && fds[i] != -1; i++) {
+            close(fds[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static bool virtio_net_load_ebpf(VirtIONet *n, Error **errp)
+{
+    bool ret = false;
+
+    if (virtio_net_attach_ebpf_to_backend(n->nic, -1)) {
+        if (!(n->ebpf_rss_fds
+                && virtio_net_load_ebpf_fds(n, errp))) {
+            ret = ebpf_rss_load(&n->ebpf_rss);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void virtio_net_unload_ebpf(VirtIONet *n)
@@ -3768,7 +3808,7 @@ static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     net_rx_pkt_init(&n->rx_pkt);
 
     if (virtio_has_feature(n->host_features, VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS)) {
-        virtio_net_load_ebpf(n);
+        virtio_net_load_ebpf(n, errp);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3930,6 +3970,8 @@ static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
                     VIRTIO_NET_F_RSS, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("hash", VirtIONet, host_features,
                     VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY("ebpf-rss-fds", VirtIONet, nr_ebpf_rss_fds,
+                      ebpf_rss_fds, qdev_prop_string, char*),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("guest_rsc_ext", VirtIONet, host_features,
                     VIRTIO_NET_F_RSC_EXT, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("rsc_interval", VirtIONet, rsc_timeout,
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
index eaee8f4243..060c23c04d 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ struct VirtIONet {
     VirtioNetRssData rss_data;
     struct NetRxPkt *rx_pkt;
     struct EBPFRSSContext ebpf_rss;
+    uint32_t nr_ebpf_rss_fds;
+    char **ebpf_rss_fds;
 };
 
 size_t virtio_net_handle_ctrl_iov(VirtIODevice *vdev,