diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index db28585b82..5098edf656 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ qcow2_refresh_zonedmeta(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     int ret;
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
-    uint64_t wps_size = s->zoned_header.zonedmeta_size;
+    uint64_t wps_size = s->zoned_header.zonedmeta_size -
+        s->zded_size;
     g_autofree uint64_t *temp;
-
     temp = g_new(uint64_t, wps_size);
     ret = bdrv_pread(bs->file, s->zoned_header.zonedmeta_offset,
                      wps_size, temp, 0);
@@ -459,7 +459,17 @@ qcow2_refresh_zonedmeta(BlockDriverState *bs)
         return ret;
     }
 
+    g_autofree uint8_t *zded = NULL;
+    zded = g_try_malloc0(s->zded_size);
+    ret = bdrv_pread(bs->file, s->zoned_header.zonedmeta_offset + wps_size,
+                     s->zded_size, zded, 0);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Can not read zded");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     memcpy(bs->wps->wp, temp, wps_size);
+    memcpy(bs->zd_extensions, zded, s->zded_size);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -520,6 +530,19 @@ qcow2_check_zone_options(Qcow2ZonedHeaderExtension *zone_opt)
             zone_opt->max_open_zones = sequential_zones;
         }
 
+        if (zone_opt->zd_extension_size) {
+            if (zone_opt->zd_extension_size & 0x3f) {
+               error_report("zone descriptor extension size must be a "
+                            "multiple of 64B");
+               return false;
+            }
+
+            if ((zone_opt->zd_extension_size >> 6) > 0xff) {
+                error_report("Zone descriptor extension size is too large");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -784,6 +807,8 @@ qcow2_read_extensions(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t start_offset,
             zoned_ext.conventional_zones =
                 be32_to_cpu(zoned_ext.conventional_zones);
             zoned_ext.nr_zones = be32_to_cpu(zoned_ext.nr_zones);
+            zoned_ext.zd_extension_size =
+                be32_to_cpu(zoned_ext.zd_extension_size);
             zoned_ext.max_open_zones = be32_to_cpu(zoned_ext.max_open_zones);
             zoned_ext.max_active_zones =
                 be32_to_cpu(zoned_ext.max_active_zones);
@@ -794,7 +819,8 @@ qcow2_read_extensions(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t start_offset,
             zoned_ext.zonedmeta_size = be64_to_cpu(zoned_ext.zonedmeta_size);
             s->zoned_header = zoned_ext;
             bs->wps = g_malloc(sizeof(BlockZoneWps)
-                + s->zoned_header.zonedmeta_size);
+                + zoned_ext.zonedmeta_size - s->zded_size);
+            bs->zd_extensions = g_malloc0(s->zded_size);
             ret = qcow2_refresh_zonedmeta(bs);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 return ret;
@@ -2370,6 +2396,7 @@ static void qcow2_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     bs->bl.zone_size = s->zoned_header.zone_size;
     bs->bl.zone_capacity = s->zoned_header.zone_capacity;
     bs->bl.write_granularity = BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    bs->bl.zd_extension_size = s->zoned_header.zd_extension_size;
 }
 
 static int GRAPH_UNLOCKED
@@ -3621,6 +3648,8 @@ int qcow2_update_header(BlockDriverState *bs)
             .conventional_zones =
                 cpu_to_be32(s->zoned_header.conventional_zones),
             .nr_zones           = cpu_to_be32(s->zoned_header.nr_zones),
+            .zd_extension_size  =
+                cpu_to_be32(s->zoned_header.zd_extension_size),
             .max_open_zones     = cpu_to_be32(s->zoned_header.max_open_zones),
             .max_active_zones   =
                 cpu_to_be32(s->zoned_header.max_active_zones),
@@ -4373,6 +4402,15 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
         }
         s->zoned_header.max_append_bytes = zone_host_managed->max_append_bytes;
 
+        uint64_t zded_size = 0;
+        if (zone_host_managed->has_descriptor_extension_size) {
+            s->zoned_header.zd_extension_size =
+                zone_host_managed->descriptor_extension_size;
+            zded_size = s->zoned_header.zd_extension_size *
+                bs->bl.nr_zones;
+        }
+        s->zded_size = zded_size;
+
         if (!qcow2_check_zone_options(&s->zoned_header)) {
             s->zoned_header.zoned = BLK_Z_NONE;
             ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -4380,7 +4418,7 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
         }
 
         uint32_t nrz = s->zoned_header.nr_zones;
-        zoned_meta_size =  sizeof(uint64_t) * nrz;
+        zoned_meta_size =  sizeof(uint64_t) * nrz + zded_size;
         g_autofree uint64_t *meta = NULL;
         meta = g_new0(uint64_t, nrz);
 
@@ -4412,12 +4450,25 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
             error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not zero fill zoned metadata");
             goto unlock;
         }
-        ret = bdrv_pwrite(blk_bs(blk)->file, offset, zoned_meta_size, meta, 0);
+
+        ret = bdrv_pwrite(blk_bs(blk)->file, offset,
+                          zoned_meta_size - zded_size, meta, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
             error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not write zoned metadata "
                                          "to disk");
             goto unlock;
         }
+
+        if (zone_host_managed->has_descriptor_extension_size) {
+            /* Initialize zone descriptor extensions */
+            ret = bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes(blk_bs(blk)->file, offset + zded_size,
+                                        zded_size, 0);
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not write zone descriptor"
+                                             "extensions to disk");
+                goto unlock;
+            }
+        }
     } else {
         s->zoned_header.zoned = BLK_Z_NONE;
     }
@@ -4562,6 +4613,7 @@ qcow2_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv, const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts,
         { BLOCK_OPT_MAX_OPEN_ZONES,     "zone.max-open-zones" },
         { BLOCK_OPT_MAX_ACTIVE_ZONES,   "zone.max-active-zones" },
         { BLOCK_OPT_MAX_APPEND_BYTES,   "zone.max-append-bytes" },
+        { BLOCK_OPT_ZD_EXT_SIZE,        "zone.descriptor-extension-size" },
         { NULL, NULL },
     };
 
@@ -7126,7 +7178,13 @@ static QemuOptsList qcow2_create_opts = {
             .name = BLOCK_OPT_MAX_OPEN_ZONES,                           \
             .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,                                    \
             .help = "max open zones",                                   \
-        },
+        },                                                              \
+            {                                                           \
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ZD_EXT_SIZE,                              \
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,                                      \
+            .help = "zone descriptor extension size (defaults "         \
+                    "to 0, must be a multiple of 64 bytes)",            \
+        },                                                              \
         QCOW_COMMON_OPTIONS,
         { /* end of list */ }
     }
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index 7f37bb4034..b7a8f4f4b6 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ typedef struct Qcow2ZonedHeaderExtension {
     uint32_t max_append_bytes;
     uint64_t zonedmeta_size;
     uint64_t zonedmeta_offset;
+    uint32_t zd_extension_size; /* must be multiple of 64 B */
 } QEMU_PACKED Qcow2ZonedHeaderExtension;
 
 typedef struct Qcow2ZoneListEntry {
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVQcow2State {
     uint32_t nr_zones_exp_open;
     uint32_t nr_zones_imp_open;
     uint32_t nr_zones_closed;
+    uint64_t zded_size;
 } BDRVQcow2State;
 
 typedef struct Qcow2COWRegion {
diff --git a/include/block/block_int-common.h b/include/block/block_int-common.h
index d48486f344..825b8dac55 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int-common.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int-common.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define BLOCK_OPT_MAX_APPEND_BYTES      "zone.max_append_bytes"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_MAX_ACTIVE_ZONES      "zone.max_active_zones"
 #define BLOCK_OPT_MAX_OPEN_ZONES        "zone.max_open_zones"
+#define BLOCK_OPT_ZD_EXT_SIZE        "zd_extension_size"
 
 #define BLOCK_PROBE_BUF_SIZE        512
 
@@ -912,6 +913,9 @@ typedef struct BlockLimits {
     uint32_t max_active_zones;
 
     uint32_t write_granularity;
+
+    /* size of data that is associated with a zone in bytes */
+    uint32_t zd_extension_size;
 } BlockLimits;
 
 typedef struct BdrvOpBlocker BdrvOpBlocker;
@@ -1268,6 +1272,8 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
 
     /* array of write pointers' location of each zone in the zoned device. */
     BlockZoneWps *wps;
+
+    uint8_t *zd_extensions;
 };
 
 struct BlockBackendRootState {
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index e2e0ec21a5..485533546a 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -5077,12 +5077,16 @@
 #     append request that can be issued to the device.  It must be
 #     512-byte aligned and less than the zone capacity.
 #
+# @descriptor-extension-size: The size of zone descriptor extension
+#     data.  Must be a multiple of 64 bytes (default 0)
+#
 # Since 8.2
 ##
 { 'struct': 'Qcow2ZoneHostManaged',
   'data': { '*size':          'size',
             '*capacity':      'size',
             '*conventional-zones': 'uint32',
+            '*descriptor-extension-size':  'size',
             '*max-open-zones':     'uint32',
             '*max-active-zones':   'uint32',
             '*max-append-bytes':   'size' } }
