diff --git a/block/trace-events b/block/trace-events
index 3fe89f7ea6..266afd9e99 100644
--- a/block/trace-events
+++ b/block/trace-events
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ qmp_block_job_cancel(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_pause(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_resume(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_job_complete(void *job) "job %p"
+qmp_block_job_dismiss(void *job) "job %p"
 qmp_block_stream(void *bs, void *job) "bs %p job %p"
 
 # block/file-win32.c
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index f70a783803..9900cbc7dd 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3853,6 +3853,20 @@ void qmp_block_job_complete(const char *device, Error **errp)
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
+void qmp_block_job_dismiss(const char *id, Error **errp)
+{
+    AioContext *aio_context;
+    BlockJob *job = find_block_job(id, &aio_context, errp);
+
+    if (!job) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    trace_qmp_block_job_dismiss(job);
+    block_job_dismiss(&job, errp);
+    aio_context_release(aio_context);
+}
+
 void qmp_change_backing_file(const char *device,
                              const char *image_node_name,
                              const char *backing_file,
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 2ef48075b0..59ac4a13c7 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ bool BlockJobVerbTable[BLOCK_JOB_VERB__MAX][BLOCK_JOB_STATUS__MAX] = {
     [BLOCK_JOB_VERB_RESUME]               = {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0},
     [BLOCK_JOB_VERB_SET_SPEED]            = {0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0},
     [BLOCK_JOB_VERB_COMPLETE]             = {0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+    [BLOCK_JOB_VERB_DISMISS]              = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0},
 };
 
 static void block_job_state_transition(BlockJob *job, BlockJobStatus s1)
@@ -391,9 +392,17 @@ static void block_job_decommission(BlockJob *job)
     block_job_unref(job);
 }
 
+static void block_job_do_dismiss(BlockJob *job)
+{
+    block_job_decommission(job);
+}
+
 static void block_job_conclude(BlockJob *job)
 {
     block_job_state_transition(job, BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED);
+    if (job->auto_dismiss || !block_job_started(job)) {
+        block_job_do_dismiss(job);
+    }
 }
 
 static void block_job_completed_single(BlockJob *job)
@@ -437,7 +446,6 @@ static void block_job_completed_single(BlockJob *job)
     QLIST_REMOVE(job, txn_list);
     block_job_txn_unref(job->txn);
     block_job_conclude(job);
-    block_job_decommission(job);
 }
 
 static void block_job_cancel_async(BlockJob *job)
@@ -602,6 +610,19 @@ void block_job_complete(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
     job->driver->complete(job, errp);
 }
 
+void block_job_dismiss(BlockJob **jobptr, Error **errp)
+{
+    BlockJob *job = *jobptr;
+    /* similarly to _complete, this is QMP-interface only. */
+    assert(job->id);
+    if (block_job_apply_verb(job, BLOCK_JOB_VERB_DISMISS, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    block_job_do_dismiss(job);
+    *jobptr = NULL;
+}
+
 void block_job_user_pause(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
 {
     if (block_job_apply_verb(job, BLOCK_JOB_VERB_PAUSE, errp)) {
@@ -638,7 +659,7 @@ void block_job_user_resume(BlockJob *job, Error **errp)
 void block_job_cancel(BlockJob *job)
 {
     if (job->status == BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED) {
-        return;
+        block_job_do_dismiss(job);
     } else if (block_job_started(job)) {
         block_job_cancel_async(job);
         block_job_enter(job);
@@ -807,6 +828,7 @@ void *block_job_create(const char *job_id, const BlockJobDriver *driver,
     job->paused        = true;
     job->pause_count   = 1;
     job->refcnt        = 1;
+    job->auto_dismiss  = !(flags & BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS);
     block_job_state_transition(job, BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
     aio_timer_init(qemu_get_aio_context(), &job->sleep_timer,
                    QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, SCALE_NS,
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index df0a9773d1..c535829b46 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ typedef struct BlockJob {
     /** Current state; See @BlockJobStatus for details. */
     BlockJobStatus status;
 
+    /** True if this job should automatically dismiss itself */
+    bool auto_dismiss;
+
     BlockJobTxn *txn;
     QLIST_ENTRY(BlockJob) txn_list;
 } BlockJob;
@@ -151,6 +154,8 @@ typedef enum BlockJobCreateFlags {
     BLOCK_JOB_DEFAULT = 0x00,
     /* BlockJob is not QMP-created and should not send QMP events */
     BLOCK_JOB_INTERNAL = 0x01,
+    /* BlockJob requires manual dismiss step */
+    BLOCK_JOB_MANUAL_DISMISS = 0x04,
 } BlockJobCreateFlags;
 
 /**
@@ -234,6 +239,15 @@ void block_job_cancel(BlockJob *job);
  */
 void block_job_complete(BlockJob *job, Error **errp);
 
+/**
+ * block_job_dismiss:
+ * @job: The job to be dismissed.
+ * @errp: Error object.
+ *
+ * Remove a concluded job from the query list.
+ */
+void block_job_dismiss(BlockJob **job, Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * block_job_query:
  * @job: The job to get information about.
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index dc25d1d306..e815d7d255 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -970,10 +970,12 @@
 #
 # @complete: see @block-job-complete
 #
+# @dismiss: see @block-job-dismiss
+#
 # Since: 2.12
 ##
 { 'enum': 'BlockJobVerb',
-  'data': ['cancel', 'pause', 'resume', 'set-speed', 'complete' ] }
+  'data': ['cancel', 'pause', 'resume', 'set-speed', 'complete', 'dismiss' ] }
 
 ##
 # @BlockJobStatus:
@@ -2243,6 +2245,26 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'block-job-complete', 'data': { 'device': 'str' } }
 
+##
+# @block-job-dismiss:
+#
+# For jobs that have already concluded, remove them from the block-job-query
+# list. This command only needs to be run for jobs which were started with
+# QEMU 2.12+ job lifetime management semantics.
+#
+# This command will refuse to operate on any job that has not yet reached
+# its terminal state, BLOCK_JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED. For jobs that make use of
+# BLOCK_JOB_READY event, block-job-cancel or block-job-complete will still need
+# to be used as appropriate.
+#
+# @id: The job identifier.
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success
+#
+# Since: 2.12
+##
+{ 'command': 'block-job-dismiss', 'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
+
 ##
 # @BlockdevDiscardOptions:
 #
