diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index f21bf7000d770802c3f0d215377acbd2ce24e9c0..fb9583e4056b19f13d7fbb737b271fcee5712fa6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -4412,3 +4412,40 @@ qemuMonitorSetWatchdogAction(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     return qemuMonitorJSONSetWatchdogAction(mon, action);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuMonitorBlockdevAdd:
+ * @mon: monitor object
+ * @props: JSON object describing the blockdev to add
+ *
+ * Adds a new block device (BDS) to qemu. Note that @props is always consumed
+ * by this function and should not be accessed after calling this function.
+ */
+int
+qemuMonitorBlockdevAdd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                       virJSONValuePtr props)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("props=%p (node-name=%s)", props,
+              NULLSTR(virJSONValueObjectGetString(props, "node-name")));
+
+    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON_GOTO(mon, error);
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevAdd(mon, props);
+
+ error:
+    virJSONValueFree(props);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorBlockdevDel(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                       const char *nodename)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("nodename=%s", nodename);
+
+    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevDel(mon, nodename);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 6cba37c2816cc556f98e8b6f45754e6e99271213..52ad843029938d4230a94f09a96afbba513c0a12 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1142,4 +1142,11 @@ virJSONValuePtr qemuMonitorQueryNamedBlockNodes(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
 int qemuMonitorSetWatchdogAction(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                  const char *action);
+
+int qemuMonitorBlockdevAdd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                           virJSONValuePtr props);
+
+int qemuMonitorBlockdevDel(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                           const char *nodename);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_MONITOR_H */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 0b0fb7feba39ecb8b4a03c996fbc80ac9b5ce08a..61554a7ebc0ba31f0be61bffc21115fd60b52d1f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -7889,3 +7889,58 @@ qemuMonitorJSONSetWatchdogAction(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValueFree(reply);
     return ret;
 }
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevAdd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                           virJSONValuePtr props)
+{
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommandInternal("blockdev-add",
+                                                   props, false)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+ cleanup:
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevDel(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                           const char *nodename)
+{
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("blockdev-del",
+                                           "s:node-name", nodename,
+                                           NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+ cleanup:
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 8461932cac52e17c002fd60168577a0225e1fcc8..22bcc1e8ef4839a893fff00acaa62e42ca6e419f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -537,4 +537,13 @@ virJSONValuePtr qemuMonitorJSONQueryNamedBlockNodes(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 int qemuMonitorJSONSetWatchdogAction(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                      const char *action)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+
+int qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevAdd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                               virJSONValuePtr props)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
+
+int qemuMonitorJSONBlockdevDel(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                               const char *nodename)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_MONITOR_JSON_H */