diff --git a/platform/qemu-virt-arm/rules.mk b/platform/qemu-virt-arm/rules.mk
index 79721db2c..eb00bda1d 100644
--- a/platform/qemu-virt-arm/rules.mk
+++ b/platform/qemu-virt-arm/rules.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MODULE_DEPS += \
     dev/virtio/block \
     dev/virtio/gpu \
     dev/virtio/net \
+    dev/virtio/9p \
     lib/cbuf \
     lib/fdtwalk \
 
diff --git a/scripts/do-qemuarm b/scripts/do-qemuarm
index d5ea9a1db..70b753435 100755
--- a/scripts/do-qemuarm
+++ b/scripts/do-qemuarm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function HELP {
     echo "-n                : a virtio network device"
     echo "-t                : a virtio tap network device"
     echo "-g                : a virtio display"
+    echo "-f <shared dir>   : a virtio 9p device with a host shared directory"
     echo
     echo "-h for help"
     echo "all arguments after -- are passed to qemu directly"
@@ -33,16 +34,19 @@ DO_CORTEX_M3=0
 DO_DISPLAY=0
 DO_CMPCTMALLOC=0
 DO_MINIHEAP=0
+DO_V9P=0
+DO_V9P_DIR=""
 SMP=1
 MEMSIZE=512
 SUDO=""
 PROJECT=""
 
-while getopts cd:ghm:Mnt36vp:s: FLAG; do
+while getopts cd:ghm:Mnt36vp:s:f: FLAG; do
     case $FLAG in
         c) DO_CMPCTMALLOC=1;;
         d) DO_DISK=1; DISK_IMAGE=$OPTARG;;
         g) DO_DISPLAY=1;;
+        f) DO_V9P=1; DO_V9P_DIR=$OPTARG;;
         M) DO_MINIHEAP=1;;
         n) DO_NET=1;;
         t) DO_NET_TAP=1;;
@@ -121,6 +125,11 @@ else
     ARGS+=" -nographic"
 fi
 
+if (( $DO_V9P )); then
+    ARGS+=" -fsdev local,path=$DO_V9P_DIR,security_model=mapped,id=v9p0"
+    ARGS+=" -device virtio-9p-device,fsdev=v9p0,mount_tag=V9P0"
+fi
+
 MAKE_VARS=""
 
 if (( $DO_CMPCTMALLOC )); then