diff --git a/block/nbd-client.c b/block/nbd-client.c
index 6a9b4c73d7993c6a3dc2cf383910457c12e202a4..021a88b0507437add29eb79a8b43e1969d9fc312 100644
--- a/block/nbd-client.c
+++ b/block/nbd-client.c
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ static int nbd_co_readv_1(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
 
 static int nbd_co_writev_1(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                            int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov,
-                           int offset)
+                           int offset, int *flags)
 {
     NbdClientSession *client = nbd_get_client_session(bs);
     struct nbd_request request = { .type = NBD_CMD_WRITE };
     struct nbd_reply reply;
     ssize_t ret;
 
-    if (!bdrv_enable_write_cache(bs) &&
-        (client->nbdflags & NBD_FLAG_SEND_FUA)) {
+    if ((*flags & BDRV_REQ_FUA) && (client->nbdflags & NBD_FLAG_SEND_FUA)) {
+        *flags &= ~BDRV_REQ_FUA;
         request.type |= NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA;
     }
 
@@ -291,12 +291,13 @@ int nbd_client_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
 }
 
 int nbd_client_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                         int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+                         int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int *flags)
 {
     int offset = 0;
     int ret;
     while (nb_sectors > NBD_MAX_SECTORS) {
-        ret = nbd_co_writev_1(bs, sector_num, NBD_MAX_SECTORS, qiov, offset);
+        ret = nbd_co_writev_1(bs, sector_num, NBD_MAX_SECTORS, qiov, offset,
+                              flags);
         if (ret < 0) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ int nbd_client_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
         sector_num += NBD_MAX_SECTORS;
         nb_sectors -= NBD_MAX_SECTORS;
     }
-    return nbd_co_writev_1(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, offset);
+    return nbd_co_writev_1(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, offset, flags);
 }
 
 int nbd_client_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
diff --git a/block/nbd-client.h b/block/nbd-client.h
index 53f116d017fc008d30b980b560ec0fca0db6139d..bc7aec079507f323286587ec3d8137da663918fd 100644
--- a/block/nbd-client.h
+++ b/block/nbd-client.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int nbd_client_co_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                           int nb_sectors);
 int nbd_client_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int nbd_client_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
-                         int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+                         int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int *flags);
 int nbd_client_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                         int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 
diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 896064a131b198d6376a4631267c4d025df708d9..f7ea3b36081b2d820e07cb3142c3567c53db6937 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -355,10 +355,29 @@ static int nbd_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     return nbd_client_co_readv(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov);
 }
 
+static int nbd_co_writev_flags(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
+                               int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int flags)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = nbd_client_co_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, &flags);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /* The flag wasn't sent to the server, so we need to emulate it with an
+     * explicit flush */
+    if (flags & BDRV_REQ_FUA) {
+        ret = nbd_client_co_flush(bs);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int nbd_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                          int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 {
-    return nbd_client_co_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov);
+    return nbd_co_writev_flags(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov, 0);
 }
 
 static int nbd_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -458,6 +477,8 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_nbd = {
     .bdrv_file_open             = nbd_open,
     .bdrv_co_readv              = nbd_co_readv,
     .bdrv_co_writev             = nbd_co_writev,
+    .bdrv_co_writev_flags       = nbd_co_writev_flags,
+    .supported_write_flags      = BDRV_REQ_FUA,
     .bdrv_close                 = nbd_close,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_os        = nbd_co_flush,
     .bdrv_co_discard            = nbd_co_discard,
@@ -476,6 +497,8 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_nbd_tcp = {
     .bdrv_file_open             = nbd_open,
     .bdrv_co_readv              = nbd_co_readv,
     .bdrv_co_writev             = nbd_co_writev,
+    .bdrv_co_writev_flags       = nbd_co_writev_flags,
+    .supported_write_flags      = BDRV_REQ_FUA,
     .bdrv_close                 = nbd_close,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_os        = nbd_co_flush,
     .bdrv_co_discard            = nbd_co_discard,
@@ -494,6 +517,8 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_nbd_unix = {
     .bdrv_file_open             = nbd_open,
     .bdrv_co_readv              = nbd_co_readv,
     .bdrv_co_writev             = nbd_co_writev,
+    .bdrv_co_writev_flags       = nbd_co_writev_flags,
+    .supported_write_flags      = BDRV_REQ_FUA,
     .bdrv_close                 = nbd_close,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_os        = nbd_co_flush,
     .bdrv_co_discard            = nbd_co_discard,