diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
index 9b022d9363..b2333d7b04 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
@@ -500,10 +500,11 @@ Command description:
   it doesn't need to be specified separately in this case.
 
 
-.. option:: dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f FMT] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-n] [bs=BLOCK_SIZE] [count=BLOCKS] [skip=BLOCKS] [isize=INPUT_SIZE] [osize=OUTPUT_SIZE] [if=INPUT] [of=OUTPUT]
+.. option:: dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f FMT] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-n] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [bs=BLOCK_SIZE] [count=BLOCKS] [skip=BLOCKS] [isize=INPUT_SIZE] [osize=OUTPUT_SIZE] [if=INPUT] [of=OUTPUT]
 
-  dd copies from *INPUT* file (default: STDIN) to *OUTPUT* file (default:
-  STDOUT) converting it from *FMT* format to *OUTPUT_FMT* format.
+  dd copies from *INPUT* file (default: STDIN) or snapshot *SNAPSHOT_PARAM* to
+  *OUTPUT* file (default: STDOUT) converting it from *FMT* format to
+  *OUTPUT_FMT* format.
 
   The data is by default read and written using blocks of 512 bytes but can be
   modified by specifying *BLOCK_SIZE*. If count=\ *BLOCKS* is specified
diff --git a/qemu-img-cmds.hx b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
index 97e750623f..2f527306b0 100644
--- a/qemu-img-cmds.hx
+++ b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ SRST
 ERST
 
 DEF("dd", img_dd,
-    "dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f fmt] [-O output_fmt] [-n] [bs=block_size] [count=blocks] [skip=blocks] [isize=input_size] [osize=output_size] [if=input] [of=output]")
+    "dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f fmt] [-O output_fmt] [-n] [-l snapshot_param] [bs=block_size] [count=blocks] [skip=blocks] [isize=input_size] [osize=output_size] [if=input] [of=output]")
 SRST
-.. option:: dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f FMT] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-n] [bs=BLOCK_SIZE] [count=BLOCKS] [skip=BLOCKS] [isize=INPUT_SIZE] [osize=OUTPUT_SIZE] [if=INPUT] [of=OUTPUT]
+.. option:: dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f FMT] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-n] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [bs=BLOCK_SIZE] [count=BLOCKS] [skip=BLOCKS] [isize=INPUT_SIZE] [osize=OUTPUT_SIZE] [if=INPUT] [of=OUTPUT]
 ERST
 
 DEF("info", img_info,
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 89bf6fd087..28b6430800 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -4936,6 +4936,7 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
     BlockDriver *drv = NULL, *proto_drv = NULL;
     BlockBackend *blk1 = NULL, *blk2 = NULL;
     QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    QemuOpts *sn_opts = NULL;
     QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool image_opts = false;
@@ -4945,6 +4946,7 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
     int64_t size = 0, readsize = 0;
     int64_t block_count = 0, out_pos, in_pos;
     bool force_share = false, skip_create = false;
+    const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
     struct DdInfo dd = {
         .flags = 0,
         .count = 0,
@@ -4982,7 +4984,7 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
         { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
     };
 
-    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":hf:O:Un", long_options, NULL))) {
+    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":hf:O:l:Un", long_options, NULL))) {
         if (c == EOF) {
             break;
         }
@@ -5005,6 +5007,19 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
         case 'n':
             skip_create = true;
             break;
+        case 'l':
+            if (strstart(optarg, SNAPSHOT_OPT_BASE, NULL)) {
+                sn_opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&internal_snapshot_opts,
+                                                  optarg, false);
+                if (!sn_opts) {
+                    error_report("Failed in parsing snapshot param '%s'",
+                                 optarg);
+                    goto out;
+                }
+            } else {
+                snapshot_name = optarg;
+            }
+            break;
         case 'U':
             force_share = true;
             break;
@@ -5074,11 +5089,24 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
     if (dd.flags & C_IF) {
         blk1 = img_open(image_opts, in.filename, fmt, 0, false, false,
                         force_share);
-
         if (!blk1) {
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
+        if (sn_opts) {
+            bdrv_snapshot_load_tmp(blk_bs(blk1),
+                                   qemu_opt_get(sn_opts, SNAPSHOT_OPT_ID),
+                                   qemu_opt_get(sn_opts, SNAPSHOT_OPT_NAME),
+                                   &local_err);
+        } else if (snapshot_name != NULL) {
+            bdrv_snapshot_load_tmp_by_id_or_name(blk_bs(blk1), snapshot_name,
+                                                 &local_err);
+        }
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_reportf_err(local_err, "Failed to load snapshot: ");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto out;
+        }
     }
 
     if (dd.flags & C_ISIZE && dd.isize > 0) {
@@ -5233,6 +5261,7 @@ static int img_dd(int argc, char **argv)
 out:
     g_free(arg);
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    qemu_opts_del(sn_opts);
     qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     blk_unref(blk1);
     blk_unref(blk2);
