diff --git a/hw/block/nvme-subsys.h b/hw/block/nvme-subsys.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc86d01ff32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/block/nvme-subsys.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU NVM Express Subsystem: nvme-subsys
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Minwoo Im <minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2.  Refer COPYING.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NVME_SUBSYS_H
+#define NVME_SUBSYS_H
+
+#define TYPE_NVME_SUBSYS "nvme-subsys"
+#define NVME_SUBSYS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(NvmeSubsystem, (obj), TYPE_NVME_SUBSYS)
+
+#define NVME_SUBSYS_MAX_CTRLS   32
+
+typedef struct NvmeCtrl NvmeCtrl;
+typedef struct NvmeNamespace NvmeNamespace;
+typedef struct NvmeSubsystem {
+    DeviceState parent_obj;
+    uint8_t     subnqn[256];
+
+    struct {
+        char *nqn;
+    } params;
+} NvmeSubsystem;
+
+#endif /* NVME_SUBSYS_H */
diff --git a/hw/block/nvme-subsys.c b/hw/block/nvme-subsys.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..840448bb13f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/block/nvme-subsys.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU NVM Express Subsystem: nvme-subsys
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Minwoo Im <minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2.  Refer COPYING.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/uuid.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "hw/block/block.h"
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "block/accounting.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "hw/pci/pci.h"
+#include "nvme.h"
+#include "nvme-subsys.h"
+
+static void nvme_subsys_setup(NvmeSubsystem *subsys)
+{
+    const char *nqn = subsys->params.nqn ?
+        subsys->params.nqn : subsys->parent_obj.id;
+
+    snprintf((char *)subsys->subnqn, sizeof(subsys->subnqn),
+             "nqn.2019-08.org.qemu:%s", nqn);
+}
+
+static void nvme_subsys_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    NvmeSubsystem *subsys = NVME_SUBSYS(dev);
+
+    nvme_subsys_setup(subsys);
+}
+
+static Property nvme_subsystem_props[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("nqn", NvmeSubsystem, params.nqn),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void nvme_subsys_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
+
+    dc->realize = nvme_subsys_realize;
+    dc->desc = "Virtual NVMe subsystem";
+
+    device_class_set_props(dc, nvme_subsystem_props);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo nvme_subsys_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_NVME_SUBSYS,
+    .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
+    .class_init = nvme_subsys_class_init,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(NvmeSubsystem),
+};
+
+static void nvme_subsys_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&nvme_subsys_info);
+}
+
+type_init(nvme_subsys_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index fb83636abdc1..98bd987abccf 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * Usage: add options:
  *      -drive file=<file>,if=none,id=<drive_id>
+ *      -device nvme-subsys,id=<subsys_id>,nqn=<nqn_id>
  *      -device nvme,serial=<serial>,id=<bus_name>, \
  *              cmb_size_mb=<cmb_size_mb[optional]>, \
  *              [pmrdev=<mem_backend_file_id>,] \
@@ -38,6 +39,17 @@
  *
  * The PMR will use BAR 4/5 exclusively.
  *
+ * To place controller(s) and namespace(s) to a subsystem, then provide
+ * nvme-subsys device as above.
+ *
+ * nvme subsystem device parameters
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * - `nqn`
+ *   This parameter provides the `<nqn_id>` part of the string
+ *   `nqn.2019-08.org.qemu:<nqn_id>` which will be reported in the SUBNQN field
+ *   of subsystem controllers. Note that `<nqn_id>` should be unique per
+ *   subsystem, but this is not enforced by QEMU. If not specified, it will
+ *   default to the value of the `id` parameter (`<subsys_id>`).
  *
  * nvme device parameters
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/hw/block/meson.build b/hw/block/meson.build
index 4bf994c64ff9..549282915521 100644
--- a/hw/block/meson.build
+++ b/hw/block/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SSI_M25P80', if_true: files('m25p80.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SWIM', if_true: files('swim.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XEN', if_true: files('xen-block.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TC58128', if_true: files('tc58128.c'))
-softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NVME_PCI', if_true: files('nvme.c', 'nvme-ns.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NVME_PCI', if_true: files('nvme.c', 'nvme-ns.c', 'nvme-subsys.c'))
 
 specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK', if_true: files('virtio-blk.c'))
 specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VHOST_USER_BLK', if_true: files('vhost-user-blk.c'))
