diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index c28e2402c707db0f18021befca42515d182b4c31..7dc985c070f24860059041dc510ae6057aff3d4a 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ void blk_get_geometry(BlockBackend *blk, uint64_t *nb_sectors_ptr)
     bdrv_get_geometry(blk->bs, nb_sectors_ptr);
 }
 
+int64_t blk_nb_sectors(BlockBackend *blk)
+{
+    return bdrv_nb_sectors(blk->bs);
+}
+
 BlockAIOCB *blk_aio_readv(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
                           QEMUIOVector *iov, int nb_sectors,
                           BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
@@ -668,3 +673,36 @@ void *blk_aio_get(const AIOCBInfo *aiocb_info, BlockBackend *blk,
 {
     return qemu_aio_get(aiocb_info, blk_bs(blk), cb, opaque);
 }
+
+int coroutine_fn blk_co_write_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
+                                     int nb_sectors, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
+{
+    return bdrv_co_write_zeroes(blk->bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, flags);
+}
+
+int blk_write_compressed(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
+                         const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors)
+{
+    return bdrv_write_compressed(blk->bs, sector_num, buf, nb_sectors);
+}
+
+int blk_truncate(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset)
+{
+    return bdrv_truncate(blk->bs, offset);
+}
+
+int blk_discard(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors)
+{
+    return bdrv_discard(blk->bs, sector_num, nb_sectors);
+}
+
+int blk_save_vmstate(BlockBackend *blk, const uint8_t *buf,
+                     int64_t pos, int size)
+{
+    return bdrv_save_vmstate(blk->bs, buf, pos, size);
+}
+
+int blk_load_vmstate(BlockBackend *blk, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
+{
+    return bdrv_load_vmstate(blk->bs, buf, pos, size);
+}
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index aab12b982c28d8b2631c9de510df38d8e8367304..4ef04075367e675824ce0630ad3b2ff3040a8af9 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ int blk_pread(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, void *buf, int count);
 int blk_pwrite(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, const void *buf, int count);
 int64_t blk_getlength(BlockBackend *blk);
 void blk_get_geometry(BlockBackend *blk, uint64_t *nb_sectors_ptr);
+int64_t blk_nb_sectors(BlockBackend *blk);
 BlockAIOCB *blk_aio_readv(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
                           QEMUIOVector *iov, int nb_sectors,
                           BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
@@ -151,5 +152,14 @@ BlockAcctStats *blk_get_stats(BlockBackend *blk);
 
 void *blk_aio_get(const AIOCBInfo *aiocb_info, BlockBackend *blk,
                   BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+int coroutine_fn blk_co_write_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
+                                     int nb_sectors, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
+int blk_write_compressed(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num,
+                         const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
+int blk_truncate(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset);
+int blk_discard(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors);
+int blk_save_vmstate(BlockBackend *blk, const uint8_t *buf,
+                     int64_t pos, int size);
+int blk_load_vmstate(BlockBackend *blk, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size);
 
 #endif