diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 198c9f69bc..6a4b5e16be 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2873,6 +2873,8 @@ F: include/hw/proxy/memory-sync.h
 F: hw/proxy/memory-sync.c
 F: include/remote/iohub.h
 F: remote/iohub.c
+F: remote/remote-opts.h
+F: remote/remote-opts.c
 
 Build and test automation
 -------------------------
diff --git a/remote/Makefile.objs b/remote/Makefile.objs
index ed3e5bd8c4..74c3396786 100644
--- a/remote/Makefile.objs
+++ b/remote/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 remote-pci-obj-$(CONFIG_MPQEMU) += remote-main.o
+remote-pci-obj-$(CONFIG_MPQEMU) += remote-opts.o
 remote-pci-obj-$(CONFIG_MPQEMU) += pcihost.o
 remote-pci-obj-$(CONFIG_MPQEMU) += machine.o
 remote-pci-obj-$(CONFIG_MPQEMU) += ../util/machine-notify.o
diff --git a/remote/remote-main.c b/remote/remote-main.c
index f5a479e9b2..b37802151a 100644
--- a/remote/remote-main.c
+++ b/remote/remote-main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "io/mpqemu-link.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "exec/memattrs.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "remote/iohub.h"
+#include "remote-opts.h"
 
 static void process_msg(GIOCondition cond, MPQemuLinkState *link,
                         MPQemuChannel *chan);
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ finalize_loop:
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     Error *err = NULL;
+    int fd = -1;
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
 
@@ -307,6 +310,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     current_machine = MACHINE(REMOTE_MACHINE(object_new(TYPE_REMOTE_MACHINE)));
 
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_device_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_legacy_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_common_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_drive_opts(&qemu_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_drive_opts(&bdrv_runtime_opts);
+
     mpqemu_link = mpqemu_link_create();
     if (!mpqemu_link) {
         printf("Could not create MPQemu link pid %d, exec_name %s",
@@ -314,7 +324,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return -1;
     }
 
-    mpqemu_init_channel(mpqemu_link, &mpqemu_link->com, STDIN_FILENO);
+    fd = qemu_parse_fd(argv[1]);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        printf("Failed to parse fd for remote process pid %d, exec_name %s\n",
+               getpid(), __progname);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    parse_cmdline(argc - 2, argv + 2, NULL);
+
+    mpqemu_init_channel(mpqemu_link, &mpqemu_link->com, fd);
 
     mpqemu_link_set_callback(mpqemu_link, process_msg);
 
diff --git a/remote/remote-opts.c b/remote/remote-opts.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb7837bf13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote/remote-opts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * 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-common.h"
+
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu-options.h"
+#include "qemu-parse.h"
+#include "remote-opts.h"
+
+/*
+ * In remote process, we parse only subset of options. The code
+ * taken from vl.c to re-use in remote command line parser.
+ */
+void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+    int optind;
+    const char *optarg;
+    MachineClass *mc;
+
+    /* from vl.c */
+    optind = 0;
+
+    /* second pass of option parsing */
+
+    for (;;) {
+        if (optind >= argc) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (argv[optind][0] != '-') {
+            loc_set_cmdline(argv, optind, 1);
+            drive_add(IF_DEFAULT, 0, argv[optind++], HD_OPTS);
+        } else {
+            const QEMUOption *popt;
+
+            popt = lookup_opt(argc, argv, &optarg, &optind);
+            #ifndef REMOTE_PROCESS
+            if (!(popt->arch_mask & arch_type)) {
+                error_report("Option not supported for this target,"
+                             " %x arch_mask, %x arch_type",
+                             popt->arch_mask, arch_type);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            #endif
+            switch (popt->index) {
+            case QEMU_OPTION_drive:
+                if (drive_def(optarg) == NULL) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Could not init drive\n");
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine);
+
+    mc->block_default_type = IF_IDE;
+    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("drive"), drive_init_func,
+                          &mc->block_default_type, &error_fatal)) {
+        /* We printed help */
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
diff --git a/remote/remote-opts.h b/remote/remote-opts.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..263d428060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote/remote-opts.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef REMOTE_OPTS_H
+#define REMOTE_OPTS_H
+
+void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
+
+#endif
+
