diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 9ac5d5389a..0e9d646b61 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-net.h"
 #include "audio/audio.h"
 
-GlobalProperty hw_compat_8_2[] = {};
+GlobalProperty hw_compat_8_2[] = {
+    { "migration", "zero-page-detection", "legacy"},
+};
 const size_t hw_compat_8_2_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_8_2);
 
 GlobalProperty hw_compat_8_1[] = {
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index 228e685f52..6e6f68ae1b 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_mig_mode = {
 const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_zero_page_detection = {
     .name = "ZeroPageDetection",
     .description = "zero_page_detection values, "
-                   "none,legacy",
+                   "none,legacy,multifd",
     .enum_table = &ZeroPageDetection_lookup,
     .get = qdev_propinfo_get_enum,
     .set = qdev_propinfo_set_enum,
diff --git a/migration/meson.build b/migration/meson.build
index 92b1cc4297..1eeb915ff6 100644
--- a/migration/meson.build
+++ b/migration/meson.build
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ system_ss.add(files(
   'migration.c',
   'multifd.c',
   'multifd-zlib.c',
+  'multifd-zero-page.c',
   'ram-compress.c',
   'options.c',
   'postcopy-ram.c',
diff --git a/migration/multifd-zero-page.c b/migration/multifd-zero-page.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e695f6ff7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/multifd-zero-page.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Multifd zero page detection implementation.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Bytedance Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Hao Xiang <hao.xiang@bytedance.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "exec/ramblock.h"
+#include "migration.h"
+#include "multifd.h"
+#include "options.h"
+#include "ram.h"
+
+static bool multifd_zero_page(void)
+{
+    return migrate_zero_page_detection() == ZERO_PAGE_DETECTION_MULTIFD;
+}
+
+static void swap_page_offset(ram_addr_t *pages_offset, int a, int b)
+{
+    ram_addr_t temp;
+
+    if (a == b) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    temp = pages_offset[a];
+    pages_offset[a] = pages_offset[b];
+    pages_offset[b] = temp;
+}
+
+/**
+ * multifd_send_zero_page_check: Perform zero page detection on all pages.
+ *
+ * Sorts normal pages before zero pages in p->pages->offset and updates
+ * p->pages->normal_num.
+ *
+ * @param p A pointer to the send params.
+ */
+void multifd_send_zero_page_check(MultiFDSendParams *p)
+{
+    MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
+    RAMBlock *rb = pages->block;
+    int i = 0;
+    int j = pages->num - 1;
+
+    /*
+     * QEMU older than 9.0 don't understand zero page
+     * on multifd channel. This switch is required to
+     * maintain backward compatibility.
+     */
+    if (multifd_zero_page()) {
+        pages->normal_num = pages->num;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Sort the page offset array by moving all normal pages to
+     * the left and all zero pages to the right of the array.
+     */
+    while (i <= j) {
+        uint64_t offset = pages->offset[i];
+
+        if (!buffer_is_zero(rb->host + offset, p->page_size)) {
+            i++;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        swap_page_offset(pages->offset, i, j);
+        ram_release_page(rb->idstr, offset);
+        j--;
+    }
+
+    pages->normal_num = i;
+}
+
+void multifd_recv_zero_page_check(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < p->zero_num; i++) {
+        void *page = p->host + p->zero[i];
+        if (!buffer_is_zero(page, p->page_size)) {
+            memset(page, 0, p->page_size);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/migration/multifd-zlib.c b/migration/multifd-zlib.c
index 012e3bdea1..f749e703a9 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-zlib.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-zlib.c
@@ -123,13 +123,15 @@ static int zlib_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     int ret;
     uint32_t i;
 
-    multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
+    if (!multifd_send_prepare_common(p)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < pages->num; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < pages->normal_num; i++) {
         uint32_t available = z->zbuff_len - out_size;
         int flush = Z_NO_FLUSH;
 
-        if (i == pages->num - 1) {
+        if (i == pages->normal_num - 1) {
             flush = Z_SYNC_FLUSH;
         }
 
@@ -172,10 +174,10 @@ static int zlib_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_len = out_size;
     p->iovs_num++;
     p->next_packet_size = out_size;
-    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_ZLIB;
 
+out:
+    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_ZLIB;
     multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -261,6 +263,14 @@ static int zlib_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
                    p->id, flags, MULTIFD_FLAG_ZLIB);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    multifd_recv_zero_page_check(p);
+
+    if (!p->normal_num) {
+        assert(in_size == 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     ret = qio_channel_read_all(p->c, (void *)z->zbuff, in_size, errp);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
@@ -310,6 +320,7 @@ static int zlib_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
                    p->id, out_size, expected_size);
         return -1;
     }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/migration/multifd-zstd.c b/migration/multifd-zstd.c
index dc8fe43e94..80635e19ef 100644
--- a/migration/multifd-zstd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd-zstd.c
@@ -118,16 +118,18 @@ static int zstd_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     int ret;
     uint32_t i;
 
-    multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
+    if (!multifd_send_prepare_common(p)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
     z->out.dst = z->zbuff;
     z->out.size = z->zbuff_len;
     z->out.pos = 0;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < pages->num; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < pages->normal_num; i++) {
         ZSTD_EndDirective flush = ZSTD_e_continue;
 
-        if (i == pages->num - 1) {
+        if (i == pages->normal_num - 1) {
             flush = ZSTD_e_flush;
         }
         z->in.src = p->pages->block->host + pages->offset[i];
@@ -161,10 +163,10 @@ static int zstd_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_len = z->out.pos;
     p->iovs_num++;
     p->next_packet_size = z->out.pos;
-    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_ZSTD;
 
+out:
+    p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_ZSTD;
     multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -257,6 +259,14 @@ static int zstd_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
                    p->id, flags, MULTIFD_FLAG_ZSTD);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    multifd_recv_zero_page_check(p);
+
+    if (!p->normal_num) {
+        assert(in_size == 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     ret = qio_channel_read_all(p->c, (void *)z->zbuff, in_size, errp);
 
     if (ret != 0) {
diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 6c07f19af1..a95c763df8 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
 #include "exec/target_page.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ static int nocomp_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
     int ret;
 
+    multifd_send_zero_page_check(p);
+
     if (!use_zero_copy_send) {
         /*
          * Only !zerocopy needs the header in IOV; zerocopy will
@@ -147,13 +150,13 @@ static int nocomp_send_prepare(MultiFDSendParams *p, Error **errp)
         multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
     }
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < pages->num; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < pages->normal_num; i++) {
         p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_base = pages->block->host + pages->offset[i];
         p->iov[p->iovs_num].iov_len = p->page_size;
         p->iovs_num++;
     }
 
-    p->next_packet_size = pages->num * p->page_size;
+    p->next_packet_size = pages->normal_num * p->page_size;
     p->flags |= MULTIFD_FLAG_NOCOMP;
 
     multifd_send_fill_packet(p);
@@ -215,6 +218,13 @@ static int nocomp_recv_pages(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
                    p->id, flags, MULTIFD_FLAG_NOCOMP);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    multifd_recv_zero_page_check(p);
+
+    if (!p->normal_num) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     for (int i = 0; i < p->normal_num; i++) {
         p->iov[i].iov_base = p->host + p->normal[i];
         p->iov[i].iov_len = p->page_size;
@@ -249,6 +259,7 @@ static void multifd_pages_reset(MultiFDPages_t *pages)
      * overwritten later when reused.
      */
     pages->num = 0;
+    pages->normal_num = 0;
     pages->block = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -340,11 +351,13 @@ void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
     MultiFDPacket_t *packet = p->packet;
     MultiFDPages_t *pages = p->pages;
     uint64_t packet_num;
+    uint32_t zero_num = pages->num - pages->normal_num;
     int i;
 
     packet->flags = cpu_to_be32(p->flags);
     packet->pages_alloc = cpu_to_be32(p->pages->allocated);
-    packet->normal_pages = cpu_to_be32(pages->num);
+    packet->normal_pages = cpu_to_be32(pages->normal_num);
+    packet->zero_pages = cpu_to_be32(zero_num);
     packet->next_packet_size = cpu_to_be32(p->next_packet_size);
 
     packet_num = qatomic_fetch_inc(&multifd_send_state->packet_num);
@@ -362,10 +375,11 @@ void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p)
     }
 
     p->packets_sent++;
-    p->total_normal_pages += pages->num;
+    p->total_normal_pages += pages->normal_num;
+    p->total_zero_pages += zero_num;
 
-    trace_multifd_send(p->id, packet_num, pages->num, p->flags,
-                       p->next_packet_size);
+    trace_multifd_send(p->id, packet_num, pages->normal_num, zero_num,
+                       p->flags, p->next_packet_size);
 }
 
 static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
@@ -406,20 +420,29 @@ static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
     p->normal_num = be32_to_cpu(packet->normal_pages);
     if (p->normal_num > packet->pages_alloc) {
         error_setg(errp, "multifd: received packet "
-                   "with %u pages and expected maximum pages are %u",
+                   "with %u normal pages and expected maximum pages are %u",
                    p->normal_num, packet->pages_alloc) ;
         return -1;
     }
 
+    p->zero_num = be32_to_cpu(packet->zero_pages);
+    if (p->zero_num > packet->pages_alloc - p->normal_num) {
+        error_setg(errp, "multifd: received packet "
+                   "with %u zero pages and expected maximum zero pages are %u",
+                   p->zero_num, packet->pages_alloc - p->normal_num) ;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     p->next_packet_size = be32_to_cpu(packet->next_packet_size);
     p->packet_num = be64_to_cpu(packet->packet_num);
     p->packets_recved++;
     p->total_normal_pages += p->normal_num;
+    p->total_zero_pages += p->zero_num;
 
-    trace_multifd_recv(p->id, p->packet_num, p->normal_num, p->flags,
-                       p->next_packet_size);
+    trace_multifd_recv(p->id, p->packet_num, p->normal_num, p->zero_num,
+                       p->flags, p->next_packet_size);
 
-    if (p->normal_num == 0) {
+    if (p->normal_num == 0 && p->zero_num == 0) {
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -445,6 +468,18 @@ static int multifd_recv_unfill_packet(MultiFDRecvParams *p, Error **errp)
         p->normal[i] = offset;
     }
 
+    for (i = 0; i < p->zero_num; i++) {
+        uint64_t offset = be64_to_cpu(packet->offset[p->normal_num + i]);
+
+        if (offset > (p->block->used_length - p->page_size)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "multifd: offset too long %" PRIu64
+                       " (max " RAM_ADDR_FMT ")",
+                       offset, p->block->used_length);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        p->zero[i] = offset;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -837,6 +872,8 @@ static void *multifd_send_thread(void *opaque)
 
             stat64_add(&mig_stats.multifd_bytes,
                        p->next_packet_size + p->packet_len);
+            stat64_add(&mig_stats.normal_pages, pages->normal_num);
+            stat64_add(&mig_stats.zero_pages, pages->num - pages->normal_num);
 
             multifd_pages_reset(p->pages);
             p->next_packet_size = 0;
@@ -880,7 +917,8 @@ out:
 
     rcu_unregister_thread();
     migration_threads_remove(thread);
-    trace_multifd_send_thread_end(p->id, p->packets_sent, p->total_normal_pages);
+    trace_multifd_send_thread_end(p->id, p->packets_sent, p->total_normal_pages,
+                                  p->total_zero_pages);
 
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -1147,6 +1185,8 @@ static void multifd_recv_cleanup_channel(MultiFDRecvParams *p)
     p->iov = NULL;
     g_free(p->normal);
     p->normal = NULL;
+    g_free(p->zero);
+    p->zero = NULL;
     multifd_recv_state->ops->recv_cleanup(p);
 }
 
@@ -1241,7 +1281,7 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
         p->flags &= ~MULTIFD_FLAG_SYNC;
         qemu_mutex_unlock(&p->mutex);
 
-        if (p->normal_num) {
+        if (p->normal_num + p->zero_num) {
             ret = multifd_recv_state->ops->recv_pages(p, &local_err);
             if (ret != 0) {
                 break;
@@ -1260,7 +1300,9 @@ static void *multifd_recv_thread(void *opaque)
     }
 
     rcu_unregister_thread();
-    trace_multifd_recv_thread_end(p->id, p->packets_recved, p->total_normal_pages);
+    trace_multifd_recv_thread_end(p->id, p->packets_recved,
+                                  p->total_normal_pages,
+                                  p->total_zero_pages);
 
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -1299,6 +1341,7 @@ int multifd_recv_setup(Error **errp)
         p->name = g_strdup_printf("multifdrecv_%d", i);
         p->iov = g_new0(struct iovec, page_count);
         p->normal = g_new0(ram_addr_t, page_count);
+        p->zero = g_new0(ram_addr_t, page_count);
         p->page_count = page_count;
         p->page_size = qemu_target_page_size();
     }
@@ -1368,3 +1411,17 @@ void multifd_recv_new_channel(QIOChannel *ioc, Error **errp)
                        QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
     qatomic_inc(&multifd_recv_state->count);
 }
+
+bool multifd_send_prepare_common(MultiFDSendParams *p)
+{
+    multifd_send_zero_page_check(p);
+
+    if (!p->pages->normal_num) {
+        p->next_packet_size = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    multifd_send_prepare_header(p);
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/migration/multifd.h b/migration/multifd.h
index b3fe27ae93..4b59d5569c 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.h
+++ b/migration/multifd.h
@@ -48,14 +48,24 @@ typedef struct {
     /* size of the next packet that contains pages */
     uint32_t next_packet_size;
     uint64_t packet_num;
-    uint64_t unused[4];    /* Reserved for future use */
+    /* zero pages */
+    uint32_t zero_pages;
+    uint32_t unused32[1];    /* Reserved for future use */
+    uint64_t unused64[3];    /* Reserved for future use */
     char ramblock[256];
+    /*
+     * This array contains the pointers to:
+     *  - normal pages (initial normal_pages entries)
+     *  - zero pages (following zero_pages entries)
+     */
     uint64_t offset[];
 } __attribute__((packed)) MultiFDPacket_t;
 
 typedef struct {
     /* number of used pages */
     uint32_t num;
+    /* number of normal pages */
+    uint32_t normal_num;
     /* number of allocated pages */
     uint32_t allocated;
     /* offset of each page */
@@ -122,6 +132,8 @@ typedef struct {
     uint64_t packets_sent;
     /* non zero pages sent through this channel */
     uint64_t total_normal_pages;
+    /* zero pages sent through this channel */
+    uint64_t total_zero_pages;
     /* buffers to send */
     struct iovec *iov;
     /* number of iovs used */
@@ -176,12 +188,18 @@ typedef struct {
     uint8_t *host;
     /* non zero pages recv through this channel */
     uint64_t total_normal_pages;
+    /* zero pages recv through this channel */
+    uint64_t total_zero_pages;
     /* buffers to recv */
     struct iovec *iov;
     /* Pages that are not zero */
     ram_addr_t *normal;
     /* num of non zero pages */
     uint32_t normal_num;
+    /* Pages that are zero */
+    ram_addr_t *zero;
+    /* num of zero pages */
+    uint32_t zero_num;
     /* used for de-compression methods */
     void *data;
 } MultiFDRecvParams;
@@ -203,6 +221,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void multifd_register_ops(int method, MultiFDMethods *ops);
 void multifd_send_fill_packet(MultiFDSendParams *p);
+bool multifd_send_prepare_common(MultiFDSendParams *p);
+void multifd_send_zero_page_check(MultiFDSendParams *p);
+void multifd_recv_zero_page_check(MultiFDRecvParams *p);
 
 static inline void multifd_send_prepare_header(MultiFDSendParams *p)
 {
@@ -211,5 +232,4 @@ static inline void multifd_send_prepare_header(MultiFDSendParams *p)
     p->iovs_num++;
 }
 
-
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 2581ee1e04..e1fa229acf 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,6 @@ static int ram_save_multifd_page(RAMBlock *block, ram_addr_t offset)
     if (!multifd_queue_page(block, offset)) {
         return -1;
     }
-    stat64_add(&mig_stats.normal_pages, 1);
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/migration/trace-events b/migration/trace-events
index 298ad2b0dd..9f1d7ae71a 100644
--- a/migration/trace-events
+++ b/migration/trace-events
@@ -128,21 +128,21 @@ postcopy_preempt_reset_channel(void) ""
 # multifd.c
 multifd_new_send_channel_async(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_new_send_channel_async_error(uint8_t id, void *err) "channel=%u err=%p"
-multifd_recv(uint8_t id, uint64_t packet_num, uint32_t used, uint32_t flags, uint32_t next_packet_size) "channel %u packet_num %" PRIu64 " pages %u flags 0x%x next packet size %u"
+multifd_recv(uint8_t id, uint64_t packet_num, uint32_t normal, uint32_t zero, uint32_t flags, uint32_t next_packet_size) "channel %u packet_num %" PRIu64 " normal pages %u zero pages %u flags 0x%x next packet size %u"
 multifd_recv_new_channel(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_recv_sync_main(long packet_num) "packet num %ld"
 multifd_recv_sync_main_signal(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_recv_sync_main_wait(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_recv_terminate_threads(bool error) "error %d"
-multifd_recv_thread_end(uint8_t id, uint64_t packets, uint64_t pages) "channel %u packets %" PRIu64 " pages %" PRIu64
+multifd_recv_thread_end(uint8_t id, uint64_t packets, uint64_t normal_pages, uint64_t zero_pages) "channel %u packets %" PRIu64 " normal pages %" PRIu64 " zero pages %" PRIu64
 multifd_recv_thread_start(uint8_t id) "%u"
-multifd_send(uint8_t id, uint64_t packet_num, uint32_t normal, uint32_t flags, uint32_t next_packet_size) "channel %u packet_num %" PRIu64 " normal pages %u flags 0x%x next packet size %u"
+multifd_send(uint8_t id, uint64_t packet_num, uint32_t normal_pages, uint32_t zero_pages, uint32_t flags, uint32_t next_packet_size) "channel %u packet_num %" PRIu64 " normal pages %u zero pages %u flags 0x%x next packet size %u"
 multifd_send_error(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_send_sync_main(long packet_num) "packet num %ld"
 multifd_send_sync_main_signal(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_send_sync_main_wait(uint8_t id) "channel %u"
 multifd_send_terminate_threads(void) ""
-multifd_send_thread_end(uint8_t id, uint64_t packets, uint64_t normal_pages) "channel %u packets %" PRIu64 " normal pages %"  PRIu64
+multifd_send_thread_end(uint8_t id, uint64_t packets, uint64_t normal_pages, uint64_t zero_pages) "channel %u packets %" PRIu64 " normal pages %"  PRIu64 " zero pages %"  PRIu64
 multifd_send_thread_start(uint8_t id) "%u"
 multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake_start(void *ioc, void *tioc, const char *hostname) "ioc=%p tioc=%p hostname=%s"
 multifd_tls_outgoing_handshake_error(void *ioc, const char *err) "ioc=%p err=%s"
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 8da05dba47..846d0411d5 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -671,10 +671,15 @@
 #
 # @legacy: Perform zero page checking in main migration thread.
 #
+# @multifd: Perform zero page checking in multifd sender thread.
+#     This option only takes effect if migration capability multifd
+#     is set.  Otherwise, it will have the same effect as legacy.
+#
 # Since: 9.0
+#
 ##
 { 'enum': 'ZeroPageDetection',
-  'data': [ 'none', 'legacy' ] }
+  'data': [ 'none', 'legacy', 'multifd' ] }
 
 ##
 # @BitmapMigrationBitmapAliasTransform:
