diff --git a/qemu-img-cmds.hx b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
index 933ce3c..6315c64 100644
--- a/qemu-img-cmds.hx
+++ b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ STEXI
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("dd", img_dd,
-    "dd [--image-opts] [-f fmt] [-O output_fmt] [bs=block_size] [count=blocks] [skip=blocks] [seek=blocks] [conv=convs] [iflag=flags] [oflag=flags] if=input of=output")
+    "dd [--image-opts] [-f fmt] [-O output_fmt] [bs=block_size] [count=blocks] [skip=blocks] [seek=blocks] [conv=convs] [iflag=flags] [oflag=flags] [status=level] if=input of=output")
 STEXI
-    @item dd [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] [seek=@var{blocks}] [conv=@var{convs}] [iflag=@var{flags}] [oflag=@var{flags}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output}
+    @item dd [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] [seek=@var{blocks}] [conv=@var{convs}] [iflag=@var{flags}] [oflag=@var{flags}] [status=@var{level}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output}
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("info", img_info,
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index cf78dfe..00b15c5 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN help(void)
            "  'seek=N' seek N bs-sized blocks at the start of output\n"
            "  'conv=CONVS' do not truncate the output file\n"
            "  'iflags=FLAGS' read using the comma-separated flags list\n"
-           "  'oflags=FLAGS' read using the comma-separated flags list\n\n"
+           "  'oflags=FLAGS' read using the comma-separated flags list\n"
+           "  'status=LEVEL' the LEVEL of information to print to stderr\n\n"
+           "List of LEVELS for dd:\n"
+           "  'none'   surpresses everything but error messages\n"
+           "  'noxfer' surpresses the final transfer statistics\n\n"
            "List of CONVS for dd:\n"
            "  'notrunc'   do not truncate the output file\n"
            "  'noerror'   continue in the event of read errors\n"
@@ -3832,11 +3836,13 @@ out:
 #define C_CONV    0100
 #define C_IFLAG   0200
 #define C_OFLAG   0400
+#define C_STATUS  01000
 
 struct DdInfo {
     unsigned int flags;
     int64_t count;
     unsigned int conv;
+    unsigned status;
 };
 
 struct DdIo {
@@ -4077,6 +4083,31 @@ static int img_dd_oflag(const char *arg,
     return ret;
 }
 
+#define C_STATUS_DEFAULT  00
+#define C_STATUS_NONE     01
+#define C_STATUS_NOXFER   02
+
+static int img_dd_status(const char *arg,
+                         struct DdIo *in, struct DdIo *out,
+                         struct DdInfo *dd)
+{
+    const struct DdSymbols dd_status[] = {
+        { "none", C_STATUS_NONE },
+        { "noxfer", C_STATUS_NOXFER },
+        { NULL, 0 }
+    };
+
+    for (int j = 0; dd_status[j].name != NULL; j++) {
+        if (!strcmp(arg, dd_status[j].name)) {
+            dd->status = dd_status[j].value;
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    error_report("invalid status level: '%s'", arg);
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -4094,13 +4125,16 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
     const char *fmt = NULL;
     int64_t size = 0, out_size = 0;
     int64_t out_pos, in_pos, sparse_count = 0;
+    int64_t in_read = 0, out_wrt = 0; /* Read/write count for status= */
     bool writethrough = false;
     int flags = 0;
     int ibsz = 0, obsz = 0, bsz;
+    struct timeval starttv, endtv;
     struct DdInfo dd = {
         .flags = 0,
         .count = 0,
-        .conv = 0
+        .conv = 0,
+        .status = C_STATUS_DEFAULT
     };
     struct DdIo in = {
         .bsz = 512, /* Block size is by default 512 bytes */
@@ -4127,6 +4161,7 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
         { "conv", img_dd_conv, C_CONV },
         { "iflag", img_dd_iflag, C_IFLAG },
         { "oflag", img_dd_oflag, C_OFLAG },
+        { "status", img_dd_status, C_STATUS },
         { NULL, NULL, 0 }
     };
     const struct option long_options[] = {
@@ -4374,16 +4409,21 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (in.offset > INT64_MAX / ibsz || size < in.offset * ibsz) {
-        /* We give a warning if the skip option is bigger than the input
-         * size and create an empty output disk image (i.e. like dd(1)).
-         */
-        error_report("%s: cannot skip to specified offset", in.filename);
-        in_pos = size;
+        if (!(dd.status & C_STATUS_NONE)) {
+            /* We give a warning if the skip option is bigger than the input
+             * size and create an empty output disk image (i.e. like dd(1)).
+             */
+            error_report("%s: cannot skip to specified offset", in.filename);
+            in_pos = size;
+        }
     } else {
         in_pos = in.offset * ibsz;
     }
 
     in.buf = g_new(uint8_t, in.bsz);
+    if (dd.status & C_STATUS_DEFAULT) {
+        gettimeofday(&starttv, NULL);
+    }
 
     for (out_pos = out.offset * obsz; in_pos < size;) {
         int in_ret, out_ret;
@@ -4412,10 +4452,12 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
             in_ret = bsz;
         }
         in_pos += in_ret;
+        in_read += in_ret;
 
         if (dd.conv & C_SPARSE) {
             if (buffer_is_zero(in.buf, bsz)) {
                 sparse_count++;
+                out_wrt += bsz;
                 continue;
             }
             if (sparse_count > 0) {
@@ -4433,12 +4475,46 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
             goto out;
         }
         out_pos += out_ret;
+        out_wrt += out_ret;
     }
 
     if (dd.conv & C_FDATASYNC || dd.conv & C_FSYNC) {
         blk_flush(blk2);
     }
 
+    if (dd.status & C_STATUS_NOXFER || dd.status & C_STATUS_DEFAULT) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%" PRId64 "+%" PRId64 " records in\n",
+                in_read / in.bsz, in_read % in.bsz);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%" PRId64 "+%" PRId64 " records out\n",
+                out_wrt / out.bsz, out_wrt % out.bsz);
+    }
+    if (dd.status & C_STATUS_DEFAULT) {
+        gchar *hsize;
+        double nb_microsec;
+
+        gettimeofday(&endtv, NULL);
+        timersub(&endtv, &starttv, &endtv);
+
+        if (out_wrt >= 1024) {
+            /* human-readable size in IEC format (base 1024) */
+            gchar *iecsize = g_format_size_full(out_wrt,
+                                                G_FORMAT_SIZE_IEC_UNITS);
+            /* Standard base (e.g. KB = 1000 bytes) */
+            hsize = g_format_size(out_wrt);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%" PRId64 " bytes (%s, %s) copied, ", out_wrt,
+                    hsize, iecsize);
+            g_free(hsize);
+            g_free(iecsize);
+        } else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%" PRId64 " copied, ", out_wrt);
+        }
+        nb_microsec = (double)endtv.tv_sec * 1000000 + endtv.tv_usec;
+        hsize = g_format_size((double)out_wrt * 1000000 / nb_microsec);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%ld.%08ld s, %s/s\n", (long)endtv.tv_sec,
+                (long)endtv.tv_usec, hsize);
+        g_free(hsize);
+    }
+
 out:
     g_free(arg);
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index 85c3cd3..c8905c6 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ interpret 'skip=blocks' as a byte count. Only iflag.
 @item seek_bytes
 interpret 'seek=blocks' as a byte count. Only oflag.
 
+@item status=@var{level}
+Define the level of information to print to stderr.
+@item none
+Only error messages are printed.
+@item noxfer
+Do not print the final transfer rate.
+
 @end table
 
 Command description:
@@ -375,7 +382,7 @@ skipped. This is useful for formats such as @code{rbd} if the target
 volume has already been created with site specific options that cannot
 be supplied through qemu-img.
 
-@item dd [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] [seek=@var{blocks}] [conv=@var{convs}] [iflag=@var{flags}] [oflag=@var{flags}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output}
+@item dd [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] [seek=@var{blocks}] [conv=@var{convs}] [iflag=@var{flags}] [oflag=@var{flags}] [status=@var{level}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output}
 
 Dd copies from @var{input} file to @var{output} file converting it from
 @var{fmt} format to @var{output_fmt} format.
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/159 b/tests/qemu-iotests/159
index d68a19f..55f5242 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/159
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/159
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for bs in $TEST_SIZES; do
     echo "== Converting the image with dd with a block size of $bs =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" bs=$bs conv=notrunc \
-        -O "$IMGFMT"
+        -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
 
     echo
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/160 b/tests/qemu-iotests/160
index 53b3c30..d59228c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/160
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/160
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for skip in $TEST_SKIP_BLOCKS; do
     echo "== Converting the image with dd with skip=$skip =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" skip="$skip" conv=notrunc  \
-        -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+        -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
     dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" skip="$skip" conv=notrunc \
         status=none
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/161 b/tests/qemu-iotests/161
index bc99102..27376d3 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/161
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/161
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for seek in $TEST_SEEK_BLOCKS; do
     echo "== Converting the image with dd with seek=$seek =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" seek="$seek" conv=notrunc \
-        -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+        -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
     dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" seek="$seek" conv=notrunc \
         status=none
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/163 b/tests/qemu-iotests/163
index e236ea4..00ebcfa 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/163
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/163
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ for skip in $TEST_SKIP_BLOCKS; do
     echo "== Converting the image with dd with skip=$skip iflag=skip_bytes =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" skip="$skip" \
-        iflag=skip_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+        iflag=skip_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
     dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" skip="$skip" iflag=skip_bytes \
         conv=notrunc status=none
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ for count in $TEST_COUNT_BLOCKS; do
 	 "iflag=count_bytes =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" count="$skip" \
-        iflag=count_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+        iflag=count_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
     dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" count="$skip" iflag=count_bytes \
         conv=notrunc status=none
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/164 b/tests/qemu-iotests/164
index 4cc69c2..62ee766 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/164
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/164
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ for seek in $TEST_SEEK_BLOCKS; do
     echo "== Converting the image with dd with seek=$seek oflag=seek_bytes =="
 
     $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" seek="$seek" \
-        oflag=seek_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+        oflag=seek_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
     TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
     dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" seek="$seek" \
         oflag=seek_bytes status=none
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ echo "== Converting the image with dd with seek=$seek" \
      "oflag=seek_bytes,direct =="
 
 $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" seek="$seek" \
-    oflag=seek_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" 2> /dev/null
+    oflag=seek_bytes conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
 dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" seek="$seek" \
     oflag=seek_bytes,direct conv=notrunc status=none
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/165 b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
index 749920d..b077322 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/165
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0xa 215k 212k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 echo
 echo "== Converting the image with dd with conv=excl =="
 
-$QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=excl,notrunc -O "$IMGFMT"
+$QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=excl,notrunc \
+          -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
 
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ $QEMU_IMG compare "$TEST_IMG.out.dd" "$TEST_IMG.out"
 echo
 echo "== Converting the image with dd with conv=excl =="
 
-$QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=excl,notrunc \
+$QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=excl,notrunc status=none \
           -O "$IMGFMT" 2>&1 | sed -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
                                   -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g"
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ echo
 echo "== Converting the image with dd with conv=nocreat =="
 
 $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=nocreat,notrunc \
-          -O "$IMGFMT"
+          -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
 
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
 
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ echo
 echo "== Converting the image with dd with conv=nocreat =="
 
 $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=nocreat,notrunc \
-          -O "$IMGFMT" 2>&1 | sed -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
-                                  -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g"
+          -O "$IMGFMT" 2>&1 status=none | sed -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
+                                              -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g"
 
 echo
 echo "*** done"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/166 b/tests/qemu-iotests/166
index 409ffa8..4e434f2 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/166
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/166
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ echo
 echo "== Converting the image with dd with conv=sparse =="
 
 $QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=sparse,notrunc \
-          -O "$IMGFMT"
+          -O "$IMGFMT" status=none
 
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/167 b/tests/qemu-iotests/167
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ccfd441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/167
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+#
+# qemu-img dd test for the status option
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Reda Sallahi
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+owner=fullmanet@gmail.com
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+here="$PWD"
+status=1
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+    _cleanup_test_img
+    rm -f "$TEST_IMG.out" "$TEST_IMG.out.stat" "$TEST_IMG.out.dd" \
+          "$TEST_IMG.out.dd.stat"
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+. ./common.pattern
+
+_supported_fmt raw
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+
+echo
+echo "== Creating image =="
+
+size=1M
+_make_test_img $size
+_check_test_img
+
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0xa 149k 512k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+echo
+echo "== Converting the image with dd status=noxfer =="
+
+$QEMU_IMG dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out" conv=notrunc -O "$IMGFMT" \
+	  status=noxfer 2> "$TEST_IMG.out.stat"
+TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.out" _check_test_img
+
+dd if="$TEST_IMG" of="$TEST_IMG.out.dd" conv=notrunc status=noxfer \
+   2> "$TEST_IMG.out.dd.stat"
+
+echo
+echo "== Compare the images with qemu-img compare =="
+
+$QEMU_IMG compare "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG.out"
+
+echo
+echo "== Compare the stat output =="
+
+diff "$TEST_IMG.out.dd.stat" "$TEST_IMG.out.stat"
+
+echo
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f "$seq.full"
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/167.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/167.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39aad10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/167.out
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+QA output created by 167
+
+== Creating image ==
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576
+No errors were found on the image.
+wrote 524288/524288 bytes at offset 152576
+512 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+== Converting the image with dd status=noxfer ==
+No errors were found on the image.
+
+== Compare the images with qemu-img compare ==
+Images are identical.
+
+== Compare the stat output ==
+
+*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index 9ba23e5..fbe0ffe 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -166,3 +166,4 @@
 164 rw auto quick
 165 rw auto quick
 166 rw auto quick
+167 rw auto quick
