diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 00cdaaa2d41..defbc04c8e7 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #if defined(__APPLE__) && (__MACH__)
 #include <paths.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
 #include <IOKit/IOBSD.h>
 #include <IOKit/storage/IOMediaBSDClient.h>
@@ -1274,6 +1275,8 @@ static int hdev_probe_blocksizes(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockSizes *bsz)
     if (check_for_dasd(s->fd) < 0) {
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
+    bsz->opt_io = 0;
+    bsz->discard_granularity = -1;
     ret = probe_logical_blocksize(s->fd, &bsz->log);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -1568,6 +1571,7 @@ out:
     }
 }
 
+G_GNUC_UNUSED
 static int translate_err(int err)
 {
     if (err == -ENODEV || err == -ENOSYS || err == -EOPNOTSUPP ||
@@ -1777,16 +1781,27 @@ static int handle_aiocb_discard(void *opaque)
             }
         } while (errno == EINTR);
 
-        ret = -errno;
+        ret = translate_err(-errno);
 #endif
     } else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FALLOCATE_PUNCH_HOLE
         ret = do_fallocate(s->fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
                            aiocb->aio_offset, aiocb->aio_nbytes);
+        ret = translate_err(-errno);
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) && (__MACH__)
+        fpunchhole_t fpunchhole;
+        fpunchhole.fp_flags = 0;
+        fpunchhole.reserved = 0;
+        fpunchhole.fp_offset = aiocb->aio_offset;
+        fpunchhole.fp_length = aiocb->aio_nbytes;
+        if (fcntl(s->fd, F_PUNCHHOLE, &fpunchhole) == -1) {
+            ret = errno == ENODEV ? -ENOTSUP : -errno;
+        } else {
+            ret = 0;
+        }
 #endif
     }
 
-    ret = translate_err(ret);
     if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
         s->has_discard = false;
     }
@@ -2095,6 +2110,26 @@ static int raw_co_flush_to_disk(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return raw_thread_pool_submit(bs, handle_aiocb_flush, &acb);
 }
 
+static int raw_probe_blocksizes(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockSizes *bsz)
+{
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && (__MACH__)
+    BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
+    struct statfs buf;
+
+    if (!fstatfs(s->fd, &buf)) {
+        bsz->phys = 0;
+        bsz->log = 0;
+        bsz->opt_io = buf.f_iosize;
+        bsz->discard_granularity = buf.f_bsize;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return -errno;
+#else
+    return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+
 static void raw_aio_attach_aio_context(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                        AioContext *new_context)
 {
@@ -3229,6 +3264,7 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_refresh_limits = raw_refresh_limits,
     .bdrv_io_plug = raw_aio_plug,
     .bdrv_io_unplug = raw_aio_unplug,
+    .bdrv_probe_blocksizes = raw_probe_blocksizes,
     .bdrv_attach_aio_context = raw_aio_attach_aio_context,
 
     .bdrv_co_truncate = raw_co_truncate,
diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 5a6fbacf4a5..6d84bbdb632 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ static int nvme_probe_blocksizes(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockSizes *bsz)
     uint32_t blocksize = nvme_get_blocksize(bs);
     bsz->phys = blocksize;
     bsz->log = blocksize;
+    bsz->opt_io = 0;
+    bsz->discard_granularity = -1;
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/block/block.c b/hw/block/block.c
index 1e34573da71..c907e5a7722 100644
--- a/hw/block/block.c
+++ b/hw/block/block.c
@@ -70,19 +70,27 @@ bool blkconf_blocksizes(BlockConf *conf, Error **errp)
     backend_ret = blk_probe_blocksizes(blk, &blocksizes);
     /* fill in detected values if they are not defined via qemu command line */
     if (!conf->physical_block_size) {
-        if (!backend_ret) {
+        if (!backend_ret && blocksizes.phys) {
            conf->physical_block_size = blocksizes.phys;
         } else {
             conf->physical_block_size = BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
         }
     }
     if (!conf->logical_block_size) {
-        if (!backend_ret) {
+        if (!backend_ret && blocksizes.log) {
             conf->logical_block_size = blocksizes.log;
         } else {
             conf->logical_block_size = BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
         }
     }
+    if (!backend_ret) {
+        if (!conf->opt_io_size) {
+            conf->opt_io_size = blocksizes.opt_io;
+        }
+        if (conf->discard_granularity == -1) {
+            conf->discard_granularity = blocksizes.discard_granularity;
+        }
+    }
 
     if (conf->logical_block_size > conf->physical_block_size) {
         error_setg(errp,
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index a193545b6ab..31bf3acacad 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ typedef enum {
 typedef struct BlockSizes {
     uint32_t phys;
     uint32_t log;
+    uint32_t discard_granularity;
+    uint32_t opt_io;
 } BlockSizes;
 
 typedef struct HDGeometry {
