diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 5e24f576ef..233bfd927a 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_RUNNING      = 1 << 1, /* Favor running over paused (Since: 0.9.5) */
     VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PAUSED       = 1 << 2, /* Favor paused over running (Since: 0.9.5) */
     VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_RESET_NVRAM  = 1 << 3, /* Re-initialize NVRAM from template (Since: 8.1.0) */
+    VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARALLEL     = 1 << 4, /* Save and restore using parallel channels (Since: 10.6.0) */
 } virDomainSaveRestoreFlags;
 
 int                     virDomainSave           (virDomainPtr domain,
@@ -1712,6 +1713,16 @@ int                     virDomainRestoreParams  (virConnectPtr conn,
  */
 # define VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARAM_IMAGE_FORMAT     "image_format"
 
+/*
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARAM_PARALLEL_CHANNELS:
+ *
+ * an optional parameter used to specify the number of IO channels to use
+ * during parallel save. As VIR_TYPED_PARAM_INT.
+ *
+ * Since: 11.2.0
+ */
+# define VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARAM_PARALLEL_CHANNELS     "parallel.channels"
+
 
 /* See below for virDomainSaveImageXMLFlags */
 char *          virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc    (virConnectPtr conn,
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 854fa2b217..05e675f67a 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,9 @@ virDomainRestoreFlags(virConnectPtr conn, const char *from, const char *dxml,
  * now, VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARAM_FILE is required but this requirement may
  * be lifted in the future.
  *
+ * See VIR_DOMAIN_SAVE_PARAM_* for detailed description of accepted
+ * restore parameters.
+ *
  * Returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
  *
  * Since: 8.4.0