diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 8b9ffc4cc043194bcf88692511b017acb6745261..cbc327b1b43a2790d8d5aaabb833acd3917aa206 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@ static QemuOptsList qcow2_create_opts = {
     }
 };
 
-static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
+BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
     .format_name        = "qcow2",
     .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVQcowState),
     .bdrv_probe         = qcow2_probe,
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 02e107f4b592fb2a8c3df812356cde6476666b68..2e6a919e72078f2c59d901e08407bf6fe7d8e745 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
     }
 };
 
-static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
+BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .format_name = "file",
     .protocol_name = "file",
     .instance_size = sizeof(BDRVRawState),
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index 7b588815b933ab4b7962dc203714dba742dc6693..06243d76df61d3dff9a134a4c32b05fd49955cbc 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
     }
 };
 
-static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
+BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .format_name	= "file",
     .protocol_name	= "file",
     .instance_size	= sizeof(BDRVRawState),
diff --git a/block/raw_bsd.c b/block/raw_bsd.c
index 2ce5409044689222924612235623b2909b1eb17c..05b02c76d49aaaf325c6c13e8dabbbd975745fb2 100644
--- a/block/raw_bsd.c
+++ b/block/raw_bsd.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int raw_probe(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size, const char *filename)
     return 1;
 }
 
-static BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
+BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .format_name          = "raw",
     .bdrv_probe           = &raw_probe,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare  = &raw_reopen_prepare,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 192fce87606057b329412dd088dc8fd6bafc2c38..06a21dd13db5b77e4555cdebb8f0867d23ff29e3 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -414,6 +414,14 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     Error *backing_blocker;
 };
 
+
+/* Essential block drivers which must always be statically linked into qemu, and
+ * which therefore can be accessed without using bdrv_find_format() */
+extern BlockDriver bdrv_file;
+extern BlockDriver bdrv_raw;
+extern BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2;
+
+
 int get_tmp_filename(char *filename, int size);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_probe_all(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
                             const char *filename);