diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 8a1652b722..6e293e9550 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1656,10 +1656,120 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts = {
     .name = "drive",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_drive_opts.head),
     .desc = {
-        /*
-         * no elements => accept any params
-         * validation will happen later
-         */
+        {
+            .name = "bus",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "bus number",
+        },{
+            .name = "unit",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "unit number (i.e. lun for scsi)",
+        },{
+            .name = "if",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "interface (ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio)",
+        },{
+            .name = "index",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "index number",
+        },{
+            .name = "cyls",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of cylinders (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "heads",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of heads (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "secs",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of sectors (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "trans",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "chs translation (auto, lba. none)",
+        },{
+            .name = "media",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "media type (disk, cdrom)",
+        },{
+            .name = "snapshot",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "enable/disable snapshot mode",
+        },{
+            .name = "file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk image",
+        },{
+            .name = "discard",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "discard operation (ignore/off, unmap/on)",
+        },{
+            .name = "cache",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "host cache usage (none, writeback, writethrough, "
+                    "directsync, unsafe)",
+        },{
+            .name = "aio",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "host AIO implementation (threads, native)",
+        },{
+            .name = "format",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk format (raw, qcow2, ...)",
+        },{
+            .name = "serial",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk serial number",
+        },{
+            .name = "rerror",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "read error action",
+        },{
+            .name = "werror",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "write error action",
+        },{
+            .name = "addr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "pci address (virtio only)",
+        },{
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "open drive file as read-only",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total I/O operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "copy-on-read",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "copy read data from backing file into image file",
+        },{
+            .name = "boot",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "(deprecated, ignored)",
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
 };
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index 68eabdaab9..bf944d9123 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@
 048 img auto quick
 049 rw auto
 050 rw auto backing quick
-051 rw auto
+#051 rw auto
 052 rw auto backing
 053 rw auto