diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
index 7145a2a99de07ffb7d4dca619577394bc4bcc0bd..e47bc2d8f0f5b2badf9a47d470f0c3e4251f384d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
@@ -1886,6 +1886,21 @@ qemuBlockSnapshotAddLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuBlockSnapshotAddBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                             virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
+                             virStorageSourcePtr newsrc)
+{
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONTransactionAdd(actions, "blockdev-snapshot",
+                                      "s:node", disk->src->nodeformat,
+                                      "s:overlay", newsrc->nodeformat,
+                                      NULL) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * qemuBlockStorageGetCopyOnReadProps:
  * @disk: disk with copy-on-read enabled
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
index a5f6a3c75b8335619eb2cf842982f849e61a0236..5fe5319ab931e592a23aa54b82ee174f157d0776 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.h
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ qemuBlockSnapshotAddLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                            virStorageSourcePtr newsrc,
                            bool reuse);
 
+int
+qemuBlockSnapshotAddBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                             virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
+                             virStorageSourcePtr newsrc);
+
 int
 qemuBlockStorageSourceCreateGetFormatProps(virStorageSourcePtr src,
                                            virStorageSourcePtr backing,