diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2 b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da5b8944c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Test zone management operations for qcow2 file.
+#
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+status=1 # failure is the default!
+
+file_name="zbc.qcow2"
+_cleanup()
+{
+  _cleanup_test_img
+  _rm_test_img "$file_name"
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ../common.rc
+. ../common.filter
+. ../common.qemu
+
+# This test only runs on Linux hosts with qcow2 image files.
+_supported_fmt qcow2
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+
+echo
+echo "=== Initial image setup ==="
+echo
+
+$QEMU_IMG create -f qcow2 $file_name -o size=768M -o zone.size=64M -o \
+zone.capacity=64M -o zone.conventional_zones=0 -o zone.max_append_bytes=32M \
+-o zone.max_open_zones=6 -o zone.max_active_zones=8 -o zone.mode=host-managed
+
+IMG="--image-opts -n driver=qcow2,file.driver=file,file.filename=$file_name"
+QEMU_IO_OPTIONS=$QEMU_IO_OPTIONS_NO_FMT
+
+echo
+echo "=== Testing a qcow2 img with zoned format ==="
+echo
+echo "case 1: test zone operations one by one"
+
+echo "(1) report zones[0]:"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 1"
+echo
+echo "report zones[0~9]:"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 10"
+echo
+echo "report zones[-1]:"  # zones[-1] dictates the last zone
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0x2C000000 2" # 0x2C000000 / 512 = 0x160000
+echo
+echo
+echo "(2) open zones[0], zones[1], zones[-1] then close, finish, reset:"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zo 0 0x4000000
+zrp 0 1
+zo 0x4000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x4000000 1
+zo 0x2C000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x2C000000 2
+zc 0 0x4000000
+zrp 0 1
+zc 0x4000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x4000000 1
+zc 0x2C000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x2C000000 2
+zf 0 0x4000000
+zrp 0 1
+zf 64M 64M
+zrp 0x4000000 2
+zf 0x2C000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x2C000000 2
+zrs 0 0x4000000
+zrp 0 1
+zrs 0x4000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x4000000 1
+zrs 0x2C000000 0x4000000
+zrp 0x2C000000 2
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "(3) append write with (4k, 8k) data"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 12" # the physical block size of the device is 4096
+echo "Append write zones[0], zones[1] twice"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x2000
+zrp 0 1
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x2000
+zrp 0 1
+zap -p 0x4000000 0x1000 0x2000
+zrp 0x4000000 1
+zap -p 0x4000000 0x1000 0x2000
+zrp 0x4000000 1
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "Reset all:"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 12" -c "zrs 0 768M" -c "zrp 0 12"
+echo
+echo
+
+echo "case 2: test a sets of ops that works or not"
+echo "(1) append write (4k, 4k) and then write to full"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x1000
+zrp 0 1
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x1ffd000
+zap -p 0 0x1000000 0x1000000
+zrp 0 1
+EOF
+
+echo "Reset zones[0]:"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrs 0 64M" -c "zrp 0 1"
+
+echo "(2) write in zones[0], zones[3], zones[8], and then reset all"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x1000
+zap -p 0xc000000 0x1000 0x1000
+zap -p 0x20000000 0x1000 0x1000
+zrp 0 12
+zrs 0 768M
+zrp 0 12
+EOF
+
+echo "case 3: test zone resource management"
+echo "(1) write in zones[0], zones[1], zones[2] and then close it"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zap -p 0 0x1000 0x1000
+zap -p 0x4000000 0x1000 0x1000
+zap -p 0x8000000 0x1000 0x1000
+zrp 0 12
+zc 0 64M
+zc 0x4000000 64M
+zc 0x8000000 64M
+zrp 0 12
+EOF
+
+echo "(2) reset all after 3(1)"
+$QEMU_IO $IMG << EOF
+zrs 0 768M
+zrp 0 12
+EOF
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b62865a487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/zoned-qcow2.out
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+QA output created by zoned-qcow2
+
+=== Initial image setup ===
+
+Formatting 'zbc.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib zone.mode=host-managed zone.size=67108864 zone.capacity=67108864 zone.conventional_zones=0 zone.max_append_bytes=33554432 zone.max_active_zones=8 zone.max_open_zones=6 size=805306368 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
+
+=== Testing a qcow2 img with zoned format ===
+
+case 1: test zone operations one by one
+(1) report zones[0]:
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+report zones[0~9]:
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+report zones[-1]:
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+
+(2) open zones[0], zones[1], zones[-1] then close, finish, reset:
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:14, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:14, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x180000, zcond:14, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> 
+(3) append write with (4k, 8k) data
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+Append write zones[0], zones[1] twice
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x0
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x18, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x18
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x30, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x20000
+qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20018, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x20018
+qemu-io> start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20030, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> 
+Reset all:
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x30, zcond:4, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20030, zcond:4, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+
+case 2: test a sets of ops that works or not
+(1) append write (4k, 4k) and then write to full
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x0
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x10, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x10
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x10000
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:14, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> Reset zones[0]:
+start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+(2) write in zones[0], zones[3], zones[8], and then reset all
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x0
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x60000
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x100000
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x10, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60010, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100010, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> case 3: test zone resource management
+(1) write in zones[0], zones[1], zones[2] and then close it
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x0
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x20000
+qemu-io> After zap done, the append sector is 0x40000
+qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x10, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20010, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40010, zcond:2, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> qemu-io> qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x10, zcond:4, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20010, zcond:4, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40010, zcond:4, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> (2) reset all after 3(1)
+qemu-io> qemu-io> start: 0x0, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x20000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x20000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x40000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x40000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x60000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x60000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xa0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xa0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xc0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xc0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0xe0000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0xe0000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x120000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x120000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x140000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x140000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x160000, len 0x20000, cap 0x20000, wptr 0x160000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+qemu-io> *** done
