diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index e9ba752f6b..1c2535bfeb 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h"
 #include "dataplane/virtio-blk.h"
 #include "scsi/constants.h"
+#if defined(CONFIG_BLKZONED)
+#include <linux/blkzoned.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <scsi/sg.h>
 #endif
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ static const VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
      .end = endof(struct virtio_blk_config, discard_sector_alignment)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES,
      .end = endof(struct virtio_blk_config, write_zeroes_may_unmap)},
+    {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_BLK_F_ZONED,
+     .end = endof(struct virtio_blk_config, zoned)},
     {}
 };
 
@@ -614,6 +619,340 @@ err:
     return err_status;
 }
 
+typedef struct ZoneCmdData {
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req;
+    union {
+        struct {
+            unsigned int nr_zones;
+            BlockZoneDescriptor *zones;
+        } zone_report_data;
+        struct {
+            int64_t append_sector;
+        } zone_append_data;
+    };
+} ZoneCmdData;
+
+/*
+ * check zoned_request: error checking before issuing requests. If all checks
+ * passed, return true.
+ * append: true if only zone append requests issued.
+ */
+static bool check_zoned_request(VirtIOBlock *s, int64_t offset, int64_t len,
+                             bool append, uint8_t *status) {
+    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(s->blk);
+    int index = offset / bs->bl.zone_size;
+
+    if (offset < 0 || offset + len > bs->bl.capacity) {
+        *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_ZONED)) {
+        *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (append) {
+        if ((offset % bs->bl.write_granularity) != 0) {
+            *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_UNALIGNED_WP;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!BDRV_ZT_IS_SWR(bs->bl.wps->wp[index])) {
+            *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (len / 512 > bs->bl.max_append_sectors) {
+            if (bs->bl.max_append_sectors == 0) {
+                *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+            } else {
+                *status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void virtio_blk_zone_report_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
+{
+    ZoneCmdData *data = opaque;
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = data->req;
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(req->dev);
+    struct iovec *in_iov = req->elem.in_sg;
+    unsigned in_num = req->elem.in_num;
+    int64_t zrp_size, nz, n, j = 0;
+    int8_t err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+    if (ret) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    nz = data->zone_report_data.nr_zones;
+    struct virtio_blk_zone_report zrp_hdr = (struct virtio_blk_zone_report) {
+            .nr_zones = cpu_to_le64(nz),
+    };
+
+    zrp_size = sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_report)
+               + sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor) * nz;
+    n = iov_from_buf(in_iov, in_num, 0, &zrp_hdr, sizeof(zrp_hdr));
+    if (n != sizeof(zrp_hdr)) {
+        virtio_error(vdev, "Driver provided intput buffer that is too small!");
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = sizeof(zrp_hdr); i < zrp_size; i += sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor), ++j) {
+        struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor desc =
+                (struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor) {
+                        .z_start = cpu_to_le64(data->zone_report_data.zones[j].start) >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                        .z_cap = cpu_to_le64(data->zone_report_data.zones[j].cap) >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                        .z_wp = cpu_to_le64(data->zone_report_data.zones[j].wp) >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                };
+
+        switch (data->zone_report_data.zones[j].type) {
+        case BLK_ZT_CONV:
+            desc.z_type = BLK_ZONE_TYPE_CONVENTIONAL;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZT_SWR:
+            desc.z_type = BLK_ZONE_TYPE_SEQWRITE_REQ;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZT_SWP:
+            desc.z_type = BLK_ZONE_TYPE_SEQWRITE_PREF;
+            break;
+        default:
+            g_assert_not_reached();
+        }
+
+        switch (data->zone_report_data.zones[j].cond) {
+        case BLK_ZS_RDONLY:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_READONLY;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_OFFLINE:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_OFFLINE;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_EMPTY:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_EMPTY;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_CLOSED:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_CLOSED;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_FULL:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_FULL;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_EOPEN:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_EXP_OPEN;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_IOPEN:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_IMP_OPEN;
+            break;
+        case BLK_ZS_NOT_WP:
+            desc.z_state = BLK_ZONE_COND_NOT_WP;
+            break;
+        default:
+            g_assert_not_reached();
+            break;
+        }
+
+        /* TODO: it takes O(n^2) time complexity. Optimizations required here. */
+        n = iov_from_buf(in_iov, in_num, i, &desc, sizeof(desc));
+        if (n != sizeof(desc)) {
+            virtio_error(vdev, "Driver provided input buffer "
+                               "for descriptors that is too small!");
+            err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+            goto out;
+        }
+    }
+    goto out;
+
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    g_free(data->zone_report_data.zones);
+    g_free(data);
+}
+
+static int virtio_blk_handle_zone_report(VirtIOBlockReq *req) {
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+    unsigned int nr_zones;
+    ZoneCmdData *data;
+    int64_t zone_size, offset;
+    uint8_t err_status;
+
+    if (req->in_len < sizeof(struct virtio_blk_inhdr) +
+            sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_report) +
+            sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor)) {
+        virtio_error(vdev, "in buffer too small for zone report");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* start byte offset of the zone report */
+    offset = virtio_ldq_p(vdev, &req->out.sector) * 512;
+    if (!check_zoned_request(s, offset, 0, false, &err_status)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    nr_zones = (req->in_len - sizeof(struct virtio_blk_inhdr) -
+                sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_report)) /
+               sizeof(struct virtio_blk_zone_descriptor);
+
+    zone_size = sizeof(BlockZoneDescriptor) * nr_zones;
+    data = g_malloc(sizeof(ZoneCmdData));
+    data->req = req;
+    data->zone_report_data.nr_zones = nr_zones;
+    data->zone_report_data.zones = g_malloc(zone_size),
+
+    blk_aio_zone_report(s->blk, offset, &data->zone_report_data.nr_zones,
+                        data->zone_report_data.zones,
+                        virtio_blk_zone_report_complete, data);
+    return 0;
+
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    return err_status;
+}
+
+static void virtio_blk_zone_mgmt_complete(void *opaque, int ret) {
+    ZoneCmdData *data = opaque;
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = data->req;
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    int8_t err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+    if (ret) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    goto out;
+
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    g_free(data);
+}
+
+static int virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(VirtIOBlockReq *req, BlockZoneOp op) {
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(s->blk);
+    int64_t offset = virtio_ldq_p(vdev, &req->out.sector) * 512;
+    uint64_t len;
+    uint32_t type;
+    uint8_t err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+    if (!check_zoned_request(s, offset, 0, false, &err_status)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ZoneCmdData *data = g_malloc(sizeof(ZoneCmdData));
+    data->req = req;
+
+    type = virtio_ldl_p(vdev, &req->out.type);
+    if (type == VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_RESET_ALL) {
+        /* Entire drive capacity */
+        offset = 0;
+        len = bs->bl.capacity;
+    } else {
+        if (bs->bl.zone_size * bs->bl.nr_zones == bs->bl.capacity) {
+            len = bs->bl.zone_size;
+        } else {
+            /* when the SWR drive has one last small zone, calculate its len */
+            len = bs->bl.capacity - bs->bl.zone_size * (bs->bl.nr_zones - 1);
+        }
+        if (offset + len > bs->bl.capacity) {
+            err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+            goto out;
+        }
+    }
+
+    blk_aio_zone_mgmt(s->blk, op, offset, len,
+                      virtio_blk_zone_mgmt_complete, data);
+
+    return 0;
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    return err_status;
+}
+
+static void virtio_blk_zone_append_complete(void *opaque, int ret) {
+    ZoneCmdData *data = opaque;
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = data->req;
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(req->dev);
+    int64_t append_sector, n;
+    struct iovec *out_iov = req->elem.out_sg;
+    unsigned out_num = req->elem.out_num;
+    uint8_t err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+    if (ret) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    virtio_stl_p(vdev, &append_sector, data->zone_append_data.append_sector);
+    n = iov_to_buf(out_iov, out_num, 0, &append_sector, sizeof(append_sector));
+    if (n != sizeof(append_sector)) {
+        virtio_error(vdev, "Driver provided input buffer less than size of "
+                     "append_sector");
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_ZONE_INVALID_CMD;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    goto out;
+
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    g_free(data);
+}
+
+static int virtio_blk_handle_zone_append(VirtIOBlockReq *req) {
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+    uint64_t niov = req->elem.out_num;
+    struct iovec *out_iov = req->elem.out_sg;
+    uint8_t err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+    int64_t offset = virtio_ldq_p(vdev, &req->out.sector) * 512;
+    int64_t len = 0;
+    for (int i = 1; i < niov; ++i) {
+        len += out_iov[i].iov_len;
+    }
+
+    if (!check_zoned_request(s, offset, len, true, &err_status)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ZoneCmdData *data = g_malloc(sizeof(ZoneCmdData));
+    data->req = req;
+    data->zone_append_data.append_sector = offset;
+    qemu_iovec_init_external(&req->qiov, &out_iov[1], niov-1);
+    blk_aio_zone_append(s->blk, &data->zone_append_data.append_sector, &req->qiov, 0,
+                        virtio_blk_zone_append_complete, data);
+    return 0;
+
+out:
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    return err_status;
+}
+
 static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
 {
     uint32_t type;
@@ -700,6 +1039,24 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
     case VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH:
         virtio_blk_handle_flush(req, mrb);
         break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_REPORT:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_report(req);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_OPEN:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(req, BLK_ZO_OPEN);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_CLOSE:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(req, BLK_ZO_CLOSE);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_FINISH:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(req, BLK_ZO_FINISH);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_RESET:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(req, BLK_ZO_RESET);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_RESET_ALL:
+        virtio_blk_handle_zone_mgmt(req, BLK_ZO_RESET_ALL);
+        break;
     case VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD:
         virtio_blk_handle_scsi(req);
         break;
@@ -718,6 +1075,9 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
         break;
     }
+   case VIRTIO_BLK_T_ZONE_APPEND & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+       virtio_blk_handle_zone_append(req);
+       break;
     /*
      * VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD and VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES are defined with
      * VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT flag set. We masked this flag in the switch statement,
@@ -917,6 +1277,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_update_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
 {
     VirtIOBlock *s = VIRTIO_BLK(vdev);
     BlockConf *conf = &s->conf.conf;
+    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(s->blk);
     struct virtio_blk_config blkcfg;
     uint64_t capacity;
     int64_t length;
@@ -976,6 +1337,30 @@ static void virtio_blk_update_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
         blkcfg.write_zeroes_may_unmap = 1;
         virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_write_zeroes_seg, 1);
     }
+    if (bs->bl.zoned != BLK_Z_NONE) {
+        switch (bs->bl.zoned) {
+        case BLK_Z_HM:
+            blkcfg.zoned.model = VIRTIO_BLK_Z_HM;
+            break;
+        case BLK_Z_HA:
+            blkcfg.zoned.model = VIRTIO_BLK_Z_HA;
+            break;
+        default:
+            g_assert_not_reached();
+        }
+
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.zoned.zone_sectors,
+                     bs->bl.zone_size / 512);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.zoned.max_active_zones,
+                     bs->bl.max_active_zones);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.zoned.max_open_zones,
+                     bs->bl.max_open_zones);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.zoned.write_granularity, blk_size);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.zoned.max_append_sectors,
+                     bs->bl.max_append_sectors);
+    } else {
+        blkcfg.zoned.model = VIRTIO_BLK_Z_NONE;
+    }
     memcpy(config, &blkcfg, s->config_size);
 }
 
@@ -1140,6 +1525,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(dev);
     VirtIOBlock *s = VIRTIO_BLK(dev);
     VirtIOBlkConf *conf = &s->conf;
+    BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(conf->conf.blk);
     Error *err = NULL;
     unsigned i;
 
@@ -1185,6 +1571,13 @@ static void virtio_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (bs->bl.zoned != BLK_Z_NONE) {
+        virtio_add_feature(&s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_ZONED);
+        if (bs->bl.zoned == BLK_Z_HM) {
+            virtio_clear_feature(&s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD) &&
         (!conf->max_discard_sectors ||
          conf->max_discard_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS)) {
