diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index f7e6f17f054e..a4d9fcbcd279 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -4941,6 +4941,20 @@
      }
     }
    },
+   "v1.MigrationConfig": {
+    "properties": {
+     "completionTimeoutPerGiB": {
+      "description": "The time for GiB of data to wait for the migration to be completed before aborting it",
+      "type": "integer",
+      "format": "int64"
+     },
+     "progressTimeout": {
+      "description": "The time to wait for live migration to make progress in transferring data.",
+      "type": "integer",
+      "format": "int64"
+     }
+    }
+   },
    "v1.Network": {
     "description": "Network represents a network type and a resource that should be connected to the vm.",
     "required": [
@@ -5870,6 +5884,9 @@
    },
    "v1.VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationSpec": {
     "properties": {
+     "configuration": {
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.MigrationConfig"
+     },
      "vmiName": {
       "description": "The name of the VMI to perform the migration on. VMI must exist in the migration objects namespace",
       "type": "string"
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/deepcopy_generated.go b/pkg/api/v1/deepcopy_generated.go
index 7ec64873e707..106d9ba62b15 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/deepcopy_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/deepcopy_generated.go
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ func (in *VirtualMachineInstanceMigration) DeepCopyInto(out *VirtualMachineInsta
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
-	out.Spec = in.Spec
+	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
 	out.Status = in.Status
 	return
 }
@@ -2040,6 +2040,15 @@ func (in *VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationSpec) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.Config != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Config, &out.Config
+		if *in == nil {
+			*out = nil
+		} else {
+			*out = new(MigrationConfig)
+			**out = **in
+		}
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/openapi_generated.go b/pkg/api/v1/openapi_generated.go
index 4fececaebcc8..eecbe0626ed6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/openapi_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/openapi_generated.go
@@ -2476,10 +2476,16 @@ func schema_kubevirt_pkg_api_v1_VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationSpec(ref common.R
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
+					"configuration": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Ref: ref("kubevirt.io/kubevirt/pkg/api/v1.MigrationConfig"),
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		Dependencies: []string{},
+		Dependencies: []string{
+			"kubevirt.io/kubevirt/pkg/api/v1.MigrationConfig"},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
index f62b8e3b98de..0d124be6f621 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
@@ -743,7 +743,8 @@ func (vl *VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationList) GetListMeta() meta.List {
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 type VirtualMachineInstanceMigrationSpec struct {
 	// The name of the VMI to perform the migration on. VMI must exist in the migration objects namespace
-	VMIName string `json:"vmiName,omitempty" valid:"required"`
+	VMIName string           `json:"vmiName,omitempty" valid:"required"`
+	Config  *MigrationConfig `json:"configuration,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // VirtualMachineInstanceMigration reprents information pertaining to a VMI's migration.