diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/229 b/tests/qemu-iotests/229
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2af04c8028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/229
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Test for force canceling a running blockjob that is paused in
+# an error state.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# creator
+owner=jcody@redhat.com
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+here="$PWD"
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+    _cleanup_qemu
+    _cleanup_test_img
+    rm -f "$TEST_IMG" "$DEST_IMG"
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+. ./common.qemu
+
+# Needs backing file and backing format support
+_supported_fmt qcow2 qed
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+
+
+DEST_IMG="$TEST_DIR/d.$IMGFMT"
+TEST_IMG="$TEST_DIR/b.$IMGFMT"
+
+_make_test_img 2M
+
+# destination for mirror will be too small, causing error
+TEST_IMG=$DEST_IMG _make_test_img 1M
+
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 0 2M' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+_launch_qemu -drive id=testdisk,file="$TEST_IMG",format="$IMGFMT"
+
+_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
+    "{'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}" \
+    'return'
+
+echo
+echo '=== Starting drive-mirror, causing error & stop  ==='
+echo
+
+_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
+    "{'execute': 'drive-mirror',
+                 'arguments': {'device': 'testdisk',
+                               'mode':   'absolute-paths',
+                               'format': 'qcow2',
+                               'target': '$DEST_IMG',
+                               'sync':   'full',
+                               'mode':   'existing',
+                               'on-source-error': 'stop',
+                               'on-target-error': 'stop' }}"    \
+     "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR"
+
+echo
+echo '=== Force cancel job paused in error state  ==='
+echo
+
+success_or_failure="y" _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
+    "{'execute': 'block-job-cancel',
+                 'arguments': { 'device': 'testdisk',
+                                'force': true}}" \
+     "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED" "Assertion"
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5dea5cdd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/229.out
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+QA output created by 229
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/b.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=2097152
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/d.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1048576
+wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
+2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+{"return": {}}
+
+=== Starting drive-mirror, causing error & stop  ===
+
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "created", "id": "testdisk"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "testdisk"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR", "data": {"device": "testdisk", "operation": "write", "action": "stop"}}
+
+=== Force cancel job paused in error state  ===
+
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "paused", "id": "testdisk"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "running", "id": "testdisk"}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR", "data": {"device": "testdisk", "operation": "write", "action": "stop"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "JOB_STATUS_CHANGE", "data": {"status": "aborting", "id": "testdisk"}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED", "data": {"device": "testdisk", "len": 2097152, "offset": 1048576, "speed": 0, "type": "mirror"}}
+*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index b973dc842d..743790745b 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -225,3 +225,4 @@
 225 rw auto quick
 226 auto quick
 227 auto quick
+229 auto quick
