diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 46acca75f0c054d58e864a53c1a86222cf22c9c9..a517e3dad93cb2508cc9a09b2074cf9a09142d47 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -354,6 +354,52 @@ static QemuOptsList qcow2_runtime_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
             .help = "Generate discard requests when other clusters are freed",
         },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Selects which overlap checks to perform from a range of "
+                    "templates (none, constant, cached, all)",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_MAIN_HEADER,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into the main qcow2 header",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_ACTIVE_L1,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into the active L1 table",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_ACTIVE_L2,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into an active L2 table",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_REFCOUNT_TABLE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into the refcount table",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_REFCOUNT_BLOCK,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into a refcount block",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_SNAPSHOT_TABLE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into the snapshot table",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_INACTIVE_L1,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into an inactive L1 table",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_INACTIVE_L2,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Check for unintended writes into an inactive L2 table",
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
 };
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index 6c85bb939599eb1c3447de17dd53660b2d570f72..28ccc4aa5f8b6a303b96c5279283aff8f817a6af 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@
 #define QCOW2_OPT_DISCARD_REQUEST "pass-discard-request"
 #define QCOW2_OPT_DISCARD_SNAPSHOT "pass-discard-snapshot"
 #define QCOW2_OPT_DISCARD_OTHER "pass-discard-other"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP "overlap-check"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_MAIN_HEADER "overlap-check.main-header"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_ACTIVE_L1 "overlap-check.active-l1"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_ACTIVE_L2 "overlap-check.active-l2"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_REFCOUNT_TABLE "overlap-check.refcount-table"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_REFCOUNT_BLOCK "overlap-check.refcount-block"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_SNAPSHOT_TABLE "overlap-check.snapshot-table"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_INACTIVE_L1 "overlap-check.inactive-l1"
+#define QCOW2_OPT_OVERLAP_INACTIVE_L2 "overlap-check.inactive-l2"
 
 typedef struct QCowHeader {
     uint32_t magic;