diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6866cf..3a2b9af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ You can also pass optional parameters
   --keyboard_layout <layout>        : Set keyboard layout.
   --mouse <type>                    : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'
   --usb-controller <type>           : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'
-  --extra_args <arguments>          : Pass additional arguments to qemu
+  --extra_args|--xa <arguments>     : Pass additional arguments to qemu. 1 per element eg --xa '-device' --xa 'tpm-tis,tpmdev=tpm0'
   --version                         : Print version
 
 ```
diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index a25ede8..7242014 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ function usage() {
   echo "  --keyboard_layout <layout>        : Set keyboard layout."
   echo "  --mouse <type>                    : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'"
   echo "  --usb-controller <type>           : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'"
-  echo "  --extra_args <arguments>          : Pass additional arguments to qemu"
+  echo "  --extra_args|--xa <arguments>     : Pass additional arguments to qemu. 1 per element eg --xa '-device' --xa 'tpm-tis,tpmdev=tpm0'"
   echo "  --version                         : Print version"
   exit 1
 }
@@ -1634,10 +1634,11 @@ else
             USB_CONTROLLER="${2}"
             shift;
             shift;;
-          -extra_args|--extra_args)
-            EXTRA_ARGS="${2}"
-            shift;
-            shift;;
+          -extra_args|--extra_args|--xa)
+            shift
+            if [[ ! $EXTRA_ARGS ]]; then EXTRA_ARGS="$1" 
+            else EXTRA_ARGS+=" $1" ; fi
+            shift ;;
           -version|--version)
             echo "${VERSION}"
             exit;;