diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
index 2f29e8209c14f847a372171b22a6eaba2384797b..9e55382f154508a82ce78700c02a57bafe20d564 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.h
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ struct _qemuBlockJobData {
     virStorageSourcePtr chain; /* Reference to the chain the job operates on. */
     virStorageSourcePtr mirrorChain; /* reference to 'mirror' part of the job */
 
+    unsigned int jobflags; /* per job flags */
+    bool jobflagsmissing; /* job flags were not stored */
+
     union {
         qemuBlockJobPullData pull;
         qemuBlockJobCommitData commit;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index cb691ca0484a882b5e6dd7df930bd66c81761587..f29c47ad6b8378104f554ef325a4a4ce970f250f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2546,6 +2546,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatBlockjobIterator(void *payload,
     virBufferEscapeString(&attrBuf, " newstate='%s'", newstate);
     if (job->brokentype != QEMU_BLOCKJOB_TYPE_NONE)
         virBufferEscapeString(&attrBuf, " brokentype='%s'", qemuBlockjobTypeToString(job->brokentype));
+    if (!job->jobflagsmissing)
+        virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " jobflags='0x%x'", job->jobflags);
     virBufferEscapeString(&childBuf, "<errmsg>%s</errmsg>", job->errmsg);
 
     if (job->disk) {
@@ -3244,6 +3246,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     int newstate = -1;
     bool invalidData = false;
     xmlNodePtr tmp;
+    unsigned long jobflags = 0;
 
     ctxt->node = node;
 
@@ -3283,6 +3286,9 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         STRNEQ(mirror, "yes"))
         invalidData = true;
 
+    if (virXPathULongHex("string(./@jobflags)", ctxt, &jobflags) != 0)
+        job->jobflagsmissing = true;
+
     if (!disk && !invalidData) {
         if ((tmp = virXPathNode("./chains/disk", ctxt)) &&
             !(job->chain = qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobChain(tmp, ctxt, xmlopt)))
@@ -3302,6 +3308,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobData(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 
     job->state = state;
     job->newstate = newstate;
+    job->jobflags = jobflags;
     job->errmsg = virXPathString("string(./errmsg)", ctxt);
     job->invalidData = invalidData;
     job->disk = disk;
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/backup-pull-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/backup-pull-in.xml
index 3c69c418403fd20336aa2bf33642356b92dcbb93..1db978a3acc339ef02a8b2c5e833fe1cdd34cc73 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/backup-pull-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/backup-pull-in.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
   <allowReboot value='yes'/>
   <nodename index='0'/>
   <blockjobs active='yes'>
-    <blockjob name='backup-vda-libvirt-3-format' type='backup' state='running'>
+    <blockjob name='backup-vda-libvirt-3-format' type='backup' state='running' jobflags='0x0'>
       <disk dst='vda'/>
       <bitmap name='bitmapname'/>
       <store type='file' format='qcow2'>
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-blockdev-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-blockdev-in.xml
index b5d62fd4aba8b537e0c8a18ef581306f4636a016..ca6d1101797eb15679b5426ac9a5063c88cf07f9 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-blockdev-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/blockjob-blockdev-in.xml
@@ -261,19 +261,19 @@
         </source>
       </src>
     </blockjob>
-    <blockjob name='copy-vdd-libvirt-4321-format' type='copy' state='ready' shallownew='yes'>
+    <blockjob name='copy-vdd-libvirt-4321-format' type='copy' state='ready' jobflags='0x0' shallownew='yes'>
       <disk dst='vdd'/>
     </blockjob>
-    <blockjob name='commit-vdc-libvirt-9-format' type='commit' state='running'>
+    <blockjob name='commit-vdc-libvirt-9-format' type='commit' state='running' jobflags='0x0'>
       <disk dst='vdc'/>
       <base node='libvirt-11-format'/>
       <top node='libvirt-9-format'/>
       <topparent node='libvirt-2-format'/>
     </blockjob>
-    <blockjob name='drive-virtio-disk0' type='copy' state='ready'>
+    <blockjob name='drive-virtio-disk0' type='copy' state='ready' jobflags='0x0'>
       <disk dst='vda' mirror='yes'/>
     </blockjob>
-    <blockjob name='create-libvirt-1338-format' type='create' state='running'>
+    <blockjob name='create-libvirt-1338-format' type='create' state='running' jobflags='0xabcd'>
       <chains>
         <disk type='file' format='qcow2'>
           <source file='/create/src1.qcow2' index='1339'>