diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
index b74540bafb..329977d9b9 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: true
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
index 7ecbd4dea8..139fc68177 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: foo
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file raw: false
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
index 077ed0f2c7..d0dd333117 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 4096
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 8192
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 4096
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 8192
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ virtual size: 130 MiB (136314880 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ virtual size: 132 MiB (138412032 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
index 3952708444..805494916f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ image: json:{ /* filtered */ }
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 16 MiB (16777216 bytes)
 Format specific information:
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     encrypt:
         ivgen alg: plain64
         hash alg: sha256
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ virtual size: 16 MiB (16777216 bytes)
 backing file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     encrypt:
         ivgen alg: plain64
         hash alg: sha256
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/287 b/tests/qemu-iotests/287
index 6716419da4..aab03fb973 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/287
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/287
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ echo
 echo "=== Testing compression type incompatible bit setting for zlib ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zlib 64M
-_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing compression type incompatible bit setting for zstd ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zstd 64M
-_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing zlib with incompatible bit set ==="
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zlib 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit incompatible 3
 # to make sure the bit was actually set
-_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 if $QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     echo "Error: The image opened successfully. The image must not be opened."
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zstd 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-header incompatible_features 0
 # to make sure the bit was actually unset
-_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 if $QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     echo "Error: The image opened successfully. The image must not be opened."
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 2b2b53946c..75cc241580 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ _filter_img_info()
         -e "/block_state_zero: \\(on\\|off\\)/d" \
         -e "/log_size: [0-9]\\+/d" \
         -e "s/iters: [0-9]\\+/iters: 1024/" \
+        -e 's/\(compression type: \)\(zlib\|zstd\)/\1COMPRESSION_TYPE/' \
         -e "s/uuid: [-a-f0-9]\\+/uuid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/" | \
     while IFS='' read -r line; do
         if [[ $format_specific == 1 ]]; then
@@ -337,5 +338,12 @@ _filter_authz_check_tls()
     $SED -e 's/TLS x509 authz check for .* is denied/TLS x509 authz check for DISTINGUISHED-NAME is denied/'
 }
 
+_filter_qcow2_compression_type_bit()
+{
+    $SED -e 's/\(incompatible_features\s\+\)\[3\(, \)\?/\1[/' \
+         -e 's/\(incompatible_features.*\), 3\]/\1]/' \
+         -e 's/\(incompatible_features.*\), 3\(,.*\)/\1\2/'
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 true
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
index 5dea310ea0..9885030b43 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ _img_info()
             -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
             -e "s#$SOCK_DIR/fuse-#TEST_DIR/#g" \
             -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g" \
+            -e 's/\(compression type: \)\(zlib\|zstd\)/\1COMPRESSION_TYPE/' \
             -e "/^disk size:/ D" \
             -e "/actual-size/ D" | \
         while IFS='' read -r line; do
@@ -998,12 +999,23 @@ _require_one_device_of()
 
 _qcow2_dump_header()
 {
+    if [[ "$1" == "--no-filter-compression" ]]; then
+        local filter_compression=0
+        shift
+    else
+        local filter_compression=1
+    fi
+
     img="$1"
     if [ -z "$img" ]; then
         img="$TEST_IMG"
     fi
 
-    $PYTHON qcow2.py "$img" dump-header
+    if [[ $filter_compression == 0 ]]; then
+        $PYTHON qcow2.py "$img" dump-header
+    else
+        $PYTHON qcow2.py "$img" dump-header | _filter_qcow2_compression_type_bit
+    fi
 }
 
 # make sure this script returns success
