diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 19c587c..dce6614 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ static void coroutine_fn backup_run(void *opaque)
     block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&job->common, backup_complete, data);
 }
 
-void backup_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *target,
-                  int64_t speed, MirrorSyncMode sync_mode,
-                  BdrvDirtyBitmap *sync_bitmap,
+void backup_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
+                  BlockDriverState *target, int64_t speed,
+                  MirrorSyncMode sync_mode, BdrvDirtyBitmap *sync_bitmap,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque,
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ void backup_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *target,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    job = block_job_create(NULL, &backup_job_driver, bs, speed,
+    job = block_job_create(job_id, &backup_job_driver, bs, speed,
                            cb, opaque, errp);
     if (!job) {
         goto error;
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 2008690..920d987 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1836,9 +1836,9 @@ typedef struct DriveBackupState {
     BlockJob *job;
 } DriveBackupState;
 
-static void do_drive_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
-                            bool has_format, const char *format,
-                            enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
+static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
+                            const char *target, bool has_format,
+                            const char *format, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                             bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
                             bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                             bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap,
@@ -1876,7 +1876,8 @@ static void drive_backup_prepare(BlkActionState *common, Error **errp)
     bdrv_drained_begin(blk_bs(blk));
     state->bs = blk_bs(blk);
 
-    do_drive_backup(backup->device, backup->target,
+    do_drive_backup(backup->has_job_id ? backup->job_id : NULL,
+                    backup->device, backup->target,
                     backup->has_format, backup->format,
                     backup->sync,
                     backup->has_mode, backup->mode,
@@ -1921,8 +1922,8 @@ typedef struct BlockdevBackupState {
     AioContext *aio_context;
 } BlockdevBackupState;
 
-static void do_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
-                               enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
+static void do_blockdev_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
+                               const char *target, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                                bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                                bool has_on_source_error,
                                BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
@@ -1968,8 +1969,8 @@ static void blockdev_backup_prepare(BlkActionState *common, Error **errp)
     state->bs = blk_bs(blk);
     bdrv_drained_begin(state->bs);
 
-    do_blockdev_backup(backup->device, backup->target,
-                       backup->sync,
+    do_blockdev_backup(backup->has_job_id ? backup->job_id : NULL,
+                       backup->device, backup->target, backup->sync,
                        backup->has_speed, backup->speed,
                        backup->has_on_source_error, backup->on_source_error,
                        backup->has_on_target_error, backup->on_target_error,
@@ -3182,9 +3183,9 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-static void do_drive_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
-                            bool has_format, const char *format,
-                            enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
+static void do_drive_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
+                            const char *target, bool has_format,
+                            const char *format, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                             bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
                             bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                             bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap,
@@ -3303,7 +3304,7 @@ static void do_drive_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
         }
     }
 
-    backup_start(bs, target_bs, speed, sync, bmap,
+    backup_start(job_id, bs, target_bs, speed, sync, bmap,
                  on_source_error, on_target_error,
                  block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
     bdrv_unref(target_bs);
@@ -3316,7 +3317,8 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-void qmp_drive_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
+void qmp_drive_backup(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id,
+                      const char *device, const char *target,
                       bool has_format, const char *format,
                       enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                       bool has_mode, enum NewImageMode mode,
@@ -3326,7 +3328,8 @@ void qmp_drive_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
                       bool has_on_target_error, BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
                       Error **errp)
 {
-    return do_drive_backup(device, target, has_format, format, sync,
+    return do_drive_backup(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, device, target,
+                           has_format, format, sync,
                            has_mode, mode, has_speed, speed,
                            has_bitmap, bitmap,
                            has_on_source_error, on_source_error,
@@ -3339,8 +3342,8 @@ BlockDeviceInfoList *qmp_query_named_block_nodes(Error **errp)
     return bdrv_named_nodes_list(errp);
 }
 
-void do_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
-                         enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
+void do_blockdev_backup(const char *job_id, const char *device,
+                        const char *target, enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                          bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                          bool has_on_source_error,
                          BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
@@ -3395,7 +3398,7 @@ void do_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
             goto out;
         }
     }
-    backup_start(bs, target_bs, speed, sync, NULL, on_source_error,
+    backup_start(job_id, bs, target_bs, speed, sync, NULL, on_source_error,
                  on_target_error, block_job_cb, bs, txn, &local_err);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
@@ -3404,7 +3407,8 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
-void qmp_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
+void qmp_blockdev_backup(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id,
+                         const char *device, const char *target,
                          enum MirrorSyncMode sync,
                          bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                          bool has_on_source_error,
@@ -3413,7 +3417,8 @@ void qmp_blockdev_backup(const char *device, const char *target,
                          BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
                          Error **errp)
 {
-    do_blockdev_backup(device, target, sync, has_speed, speed,
+    do_blockdev_backup(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, device, target,
+                       sync, has_speed, speed,
                        has_on_source_error, on_source_error,
                        has_on_target_error, on_target_error,
                        NULL, errp);
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index edf9c7d..62eca70 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ void hmp_drive_backup(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
     }
 
-    qmp_drive_backup(device, filename, !!format, format,
+    qmp_drive_backup(false, NULL, device, filename, !!format, format,
                      full ? MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL : MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP,
                      true, mode, false, 0, false, NULL,
                      false, 0, false, 0, &err);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index ad44fb9..a0b9f92 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
 
 /*
  * backup_start:
+ * @job_id: The id of the newly-created job, or %NULL to use the
+ * device name of @bs.
  * @bs: Block device to operate on.
  * @target: Block device to write to.
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
@@ -746,9 +748,9 @@ void mirror_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
  * Start a backup operation on @bs.  Clusters in @bs are written to @target
  * until the job is cancelled or manually completed.
  */
-void backup_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *target,
-                  int64_t speed, MirrorSyncMode sync_mode,
-                  BdrvDirtyBitmap *sync_bitmap,
+void backup_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
+                  BlockDriverState *target, int64_t speed,
+                  MirrorSyncMode sync_mode, BdrvDirtyBitmap *sync_bitmap,
                   BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
                   BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque,
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 18cdd5b..ee44ce4 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -866,6 +866,9 @@
 ##
 # @DriveBackup
 #
+# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+#          omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
+#
 # @device: the name of the device which should be copied.
 #
 # @target: the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it
@@ -903,8 +906,8 @@
 # Since: 1.6
 ##
 { 'struct': 'DriveBackup',
-  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str', '*format': 'str',
-            'sync': 'MirrorSyncMode', '*mode': 'NewImageMode',
+  'data': { '*job-id': 'str', 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str',
+            '*format': 'str', 'sync': 'MirrorSyncMode', '*mode': 'NewImageMode',
             '*speed': 'int', '*bitmap': 'str',
             '*on-source-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
             '*on-target-error': 'BlockdevOnError' } }
@@ -912,6 +915,9 @@
 ##
 # @BlockdevBackup
 #
+# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+#          omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
+#
 # @device: the name of the device which should be copied.
 #
 # @target: the name of the backup target device.
@@ -938,7 +944,7 @@
 # Since: 2.3
 ##
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevBackup',
-  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str',
+  'data': { '*job-id': 'str', 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str',
             'sync': 'MirrorSyncMode',
             '*speed': 'int',
             '*on-source-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 6a2ec8f..a032089 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -1212,8 +1212,8 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "drive-backup",
-        .args_type  = "sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,format:s?,"
-                      "bitmap:s?,on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
+        .args_type  = "job-id:s?,sync:s,device:B,target:s,speed:i?,mode:s?,"
+                      "format:s?,bitmap:s?,on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_drive_backup,
     },
 
@@ -1229,6 +1229,8 @@ block-job-cancel command.
 
 Arguments:
 
+- "job-id": Identifier for the newly-created block job. If omitted,
+            the device name will be used. (json-string, optional)
 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
             (json-string)
 - "target": the target of the new image. If the file exists, or if it is a
@@ -1266,7 +1268,7 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "blockdev-backup",
-        .args_type  = "sync:s,device:B,target:B,speed:i?,"
+        .args_type  = "job-id:s?,sync:s,device:B,target:B,speed:i?,"
                       "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_backup,
     },
@@ -1280,6 +1282,8 @@ as backup target.
 
 Arguments:
 
+- "job-id": Identifier for the newly-created block job. If omitted,
+            the device name will be used. (json-string, optional)
 - "device": the name of the device which should be copied.
             (json-string)
 - "target": the name of the backup target device. (json-string)
