diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
index fca194f8bb4..5485919b5c5 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ config DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_CONSOLE
 	---help---
 		This enables using first virtio serial device as console.
 
+config DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_NAME
+	string "Virtio serial driver name"
+	default ""
+	---help---
+		Using this config to custom the virtio serial registered device name,
+		using ";" to split the names.
+		For example, if DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_NAME = "ttyBT;ttyTEL" and pass
+		three virtio-serial devices to the qemu, we will get three uart devices
+		with names: "/dev/ttyBT", "/dev/ttyTEL", "/dev/ttyV2"
 endif
 
 config DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SOUND
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio-serial.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio-serial.c
index a7123ca8eeb..fa9cb6a7446 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio-serial.c
@@ -527,6 +527,61 @@ static void virtio_serial_uninit(FAR struct virtio_serial_priv_s *priv)
   virtio_free_buf(vdev, priv->udev.recv.buffer);
 }
 
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: virtio_serial_uart_register
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+static int virtio_serial_uart_register(FAR struct virtio_serial_priv_s *priv)
+{
+  FAR const char *name = CONFIG_DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_NAME;
+  bool found = false;
+  int start = 0;
+  int ret;
+  int i;
+  int j;
+
+  for (i = 0, j = 0; name[start] != '\0'; i++)
+    {
+      if (name[i] == ';' || name[i] == '\0')
+        {
+          if (j++ == g_virtio_serial_idx)
+            {
+              found = true;
+              break;
+            }
+
+          start = i + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+  if (found)
+    {
+      snprintf(priv->name, NAME_MAX, "/dev/%.*s", i - start, &name[start]);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      snprintf(priv->name, NAME_MAX, "/dev/ttyV%d", g_virtio_serial_idx);
+    }
+
+  ret = uart_register(priv->name, &priv->udev);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      return ret;
+    }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_CONSOLE
+  if (g_virtio_console == NULL)
+    {
+      DEBUGVERIFY(uart_register("/dev/console", &priv->udev));
+      g_virtio_console = &priv->udev;
+      g_virtio_console->isconsole = true;
+    }
+#endif
+
+  g_virtio_serial_idx++;
+  return ret;
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Name: virtio_serial_probe
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -554,25 +609,13 @@ static int virtio_serial_probe(FAR struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
   /* Uart driver register */
 
-  snprintf(priv->name, NAME_MAX, "/dev/ttyV%d", g_virtio_serial_idx);
-  ret = uart_register(priv->name, &priv->udev);
+  ret = virtio_serial_uart_register(priv);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
       vrterr("uart_register failed, ret=%d\n", ret);
       goto err_with_init;
     }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVERS_VIRTIO_SERIAL_CONSOLE
-  if (g_virtio_console == NULL)
-    {
-      DEBUGVERIFY(uart_register("/dev/console", &priv->udev));
-      g_virtio_console = &priv->udev;
-      g_virtio_console->isconsole = true;
-    }
-
-#endif
-
-  g_virtio_serial_idx++;
   return ret;
 
 err_with_init: