diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 7d2d98830e..631c12cf32 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "ram.h"
 #include "options.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 
 /* Maximum migrate downtime set to 2000 seconds */
 #define MAX_MIGRATE_DOWNTIME_SECONDS 2000
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ Property migration_properties[] = {
 #endif
     DEFINE_PROP_MIG_CAP("x-switchover-ack",
                         MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_SWITCHOVER_ACK),
+    DEFINE_PROP_MIG_CAP("x-dirty-limit",
+                        MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_DIRTY_LIMIT),
 
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
@@ -242,6 +245,13 @@ bool migrate_dirty_bitmaps(void)
     return s->capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_DIRTY_BITMAPS];
 }
 
+bool migrate_dirty_limit(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_DIRTY_LIMIT];
+}
+
 bool migrate_events(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
@@ -573,6 +583,20 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
+    if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_DIRTY_LIMIT]) {
+        if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_AUTO_CONVERGE]) {
+            error_setg(errp, "dirty-limit conflicts with auto-converge"
+                       " either of then available currently");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!kvm_enabled() || !kvm_dirty_ring_enabled()) {
+            error_setg(errp, "dirty-limit requires KVM with accelerator"
+                       " property 'dirty-ring-size' set");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/options.h b/migration/options.h
index 9aaf363322..b5a950d4e4 100644
--- a/migration/options.h
+++ b/migration/options.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern Property migration_properties[];
 /* capabilities */
 
 bool migrate_auto_converge(void);
+bool migrate_dirty_limit(void);
 bool migrate_background_snapshot(void);
 bool migrate_block(void);
 bool migrate_colo(void);
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 535fc27403..b4d9100ef3 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -497,6 +497,12 @@
 #     are present.  'return-path' capability must be enabled to use
 #     it.  (since 8.1)
 #
+# @dirty-limit: If enabled, migration will throttle vCPUs as needed to
+#     keep their dirty page rate within @vcpu-dirty-limit.  This can
+#     improve responsiveness of large guests during live migration,
+#     and can result in more stable read performance.  Requires KVM
+#     with accelerator property "dirty-ring-size" set.  (Since 8.2)
+#
 # Features:
 #
 # @unstable: Members @x-colo and @x-ignore-shared are experimental.
@@ -512,7 +518,8 @@
            'dirty-bitmaps', 'postcopy-blocktime', 'late-block-activate',
            { 'name': 'x-ignore-shared', 'features': [ 'unstable' ] },
            'validate-uuid', 'background-snapshot',
-           'zero-copy-send', 'postcopy-preempt', 'switchover-ack'] }
+           'zero-copy-send', 'postcopy-preempt', 'switchover-ack',
+           'dirty-limit'] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrationCapabilityStatus:
diff --git a/softmmu/dirtylimit.c b/softmmu/dirtylimit.c
index 5c12d26d49..953ef934bc 100644
--- a/softmmu/dirtylimit.c
+++ b/softmmu/dirtylimit.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "migration/misc.h"
+#include "migration/migration.h"
+#include "migration/options.h"
 
 /*
  * Dirtylimit stop working if dirty page rate error
@@ -75,11 +78,18 @@ static bool dirtylimit_quit;
 
 static void vcpu_dirty_rate_stat_collect(void)
 {
+    MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
     VcpuStat stat;
     int i = 0;
+    int64_t period = DIRTYLIMIT_CALC_TIME_MS;
+
+    if (migrate_dirty_limit() &&
+        migration_is_active(s)) {
+        period = s->parameters.x_vcpu_dirty_limit_period;
+    }
 
     /* calculate vcpu dirtyrate */
-    vcpu_calculate_dirtyrate(DIRTYLIMIT_CALC_TIME_MS,
+    vcpu_calculate_dirtyrate(period,
                              &stat,
                              GLOBAL_DIRTY_LIMIT,
                              false);
