diff --git a/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh b/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
index a393f189d0..f86cfc45ba 100644
--- a/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
+++ b/src/mad/sh/scripts_common.sh
@@ -976,7 +976,8 @@ function get_disk_information {
                         $DISK_XPATH/WRITE_IOPS_SEC_MAX_LENGTH \
                         $DISK_XPATH/SIZE_IOPS_SEC \
                         $DISK_XPATH/VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES \
-                        $DISK_XPATH/IOTHREAD )
+                        $DISK_XPATH/IOTHREAD \
+                        $DISK_XPATH/SERIAL )
 
     VMID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     VCPU="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-1}"
@@ -1025,6 +1026,7 @@ function get_disk_information {
     SIZE_IOPS_SEC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
     IOTHREAD="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+    DISK_SERIAL="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
     TYPE=$(echo "$TYPE"|tr A-Z a-z)
     READONLY=$(echo "$READONLY"|tr A-Z a-z)
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
index 5c7a746e61..e0b491b7b1 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/attach_disk
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ if [ -z "${DISK_TARGET##sd*}" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [[ -n "${DISK_SERIAL}" ]]; then
+    XML+="<serial>${DISK_SERIAL//[^0-9a-zA-Z-._]/}</serial>"
+fi
+
 XML+="</disk>"
 
 # device attach