diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
index c8da4806e0..0218a6d3d2 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-base.c
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ virtio_gpu_base_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
     if (virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(g->conf)) {
         features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB);
     }
+    if (virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(g->conf)) {
+        features |= (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_F_RELEASE_FENCE);
+    }
 
     return features;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
index c6f7f58784..adb3fd4e0c 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_fini_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
     }
 }
 
-static void virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g, VGPUDMABuf *dmabuf)
+void virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g, VGPUDMABuf *dmabuf)
 {
     struct virtio_gpu_scanout *scanout;
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_update_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
                         new_primary->buf.height);
     dpy_gl_scanout_dmabuf(scanout->con, &new_primary->buf);
 
-    if (old_primary) {
+    if (old_primary && !virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
         virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(g, old_primary);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 182e0868b0..115c7033aa 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ static void virtio_gpu_set_scanout_blob(VirtIOGPU *g,
 
     virtio_gpu_do_set_scanout(g, ss.scanout_id,
                               &fb, res, &ss.r, &cmd->error);
+
+    if (virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+        cmd->finished = true;
+        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_NODATA;
+    }
 }
 
 int virtio_gpu_create_mapping_iov(VirtIOGPU *g,
@@ -1038,12 +1043,43 @@ void virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(VirtIOGPU *g)
                 fprintf(stderr, "inflight: %3d (+)\r", g->inflight);
             }
         } else {
-            g_free(cmd);
+            if (cmd->cmd_hdr.type == VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT_BLOB &&
+                cmd->error == VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_NODATA) {
+                QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g->rel_fenceq, cmd, next);
+            } else {
+                g_free(cmd);
+            }
         }
     }
     g->processing_cmdq = false;
 }
 
+static void virtio_gpu_process_rel_fenceq(VirtIOGPU *g)
+{
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res;
+    struct virtio_gpu_set_scanout_blob ss;
+    struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd, *tmp;
+    VGPUDMABuf *dmabuf, *temp;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(dmabuf, &g->dmabuf.bufs, next, temp) {
+        if (dmabuf->buf.fence_fd < 0) {
+            QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(cmd, &g->rel_fenceq, next, tmp) {
+                VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(ss);
+                virtio_gpu_bswap_32(&ss, sizeof(ss));
+                res = virtio_gpu_find_check_resource(g, ss.resource_id, true,
+                                                     __func__, &cmd->error);
+                if (res && dmabuf->buf.fd == res->dmabuf_fd) {
+                    virtio_gpu_ctrl_response_nodata(g, cmd,
+                                                    VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_OK_NODATA);
+                    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&g->rel_fenceq, cmd, next);
+                    g_free(cmd);
+                }
+            }
+            virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(g, dmabuf);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void virtio_gpu_process_fenceq(VirtIOGPU *g)
 {
     struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd, *tmp;
@@ -1064,6 +1100,12 @@ static void virtio_gpu_handle_gl_flushed(VirtIOGPUBase *b)
 {
     VirtIOGPU *g = container_of(b, VirtIOGPU, parent_obj);
 
+    if (virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+        virtio_gpu_process_rel_fenceq(g);
+    }
+    if (g->parent_obj.renderer_blocked) {
+        return;
+    }
     virtio_gpu_process_fenceq(g);
     virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(g);
 }
@@ -1323,6 +1365,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
+    if (virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+        if (!virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(g->parent_obj.conf)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "cannot enable relfence without blob resources");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!virtio_gpu_base_device_realize(qdev,
                                         virtio_gpu_handle_ctrl_cb,
                                         virtio_gpu_handle_cursor_cb,
@@ -1337,6 +1386,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->cmdq);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
+    QTAILQ_INIT(&g->rel_fenceq);
 }
 
 void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
@@ -1418,6 +1468,8 @@ static Property virtio_gpu_properties[] = {
                      256 * MiB),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("blob", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
                     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("relfence", VirtIOGPU, parent_obj.conf.flags,
+                    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_RELFENCE_ENABLED, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index 24c6628944..60dd2b8985 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_EDID_ENABLED,
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DMABUF_ENABLED,
     VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED,
+    VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_RELFENCE_ENABLED,
 };
 
 #define virtio_gpu_virgl_enabled(_cfg) \
@@ -102,6 +103,8 @@ enum virtio_gpu_base_conf_flags {
     (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_DMABUF_ENABLED))
 #define virtio_gpu_blob_enabled(_cfg) \
     (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_BLOB_ENABLED))
+#define virtio_gpu_relfence_enabled(_cfg) \
+    (_cfg.flags & (1 << VIRTIO_GPU_FLAG_RELFENCE_ENABLED))
 
 struct virtio_gpu_base_conf {
     uint32_t max_outputs;
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ struct VirtIOGPU {
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_simple_resource) reslist;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) cmdq;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) fenceq;
+    QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) rel_fenceq;
 
     uint64_t hostmem;
 
@@ -274,6 +278,8 @@ int virtio_gpu_update_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
                              uint32_t scanout_id,
                              struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
                              struct virtio_gpu_framebuffer *fb);
+void virtio_gpu_free_dmabuf(VirtIOGPU *g,
+                            VGPUDMABuf *dmabuf);
 
 /* virtio-gpu-3d.c */
 void virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_gpu.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_gpu.h
index 1357e4774e..4331f999c4 100644
--- a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_gpu.h
+++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_gpu.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
  */
 #define VIRTIO_GPU_F_RESOURCE_BLOB       3
 
+#define VIRTIO_GPU_F_RELEASE_FENCE       4
+
 enum virtio_gpu_ctrl_type {
 	VIRTIO_GPU_UNDEFINED = 0,
 
