diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index 410eb68145af2c20be5715e14b2b3c6838c31431..3b29317349bd5e16a15b0dc9b640c6c6f139d3e5 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void blk_attach_dev_nofail(BlockBackend *blk, void *dev);
 void blk_detach_dev(BlockBackend *blk, void *dev);
 void *blk_get_attached_dev(BlockBackend *blk);
 BlockBackend *blk_by_dev(void *dev);
+BlockBackend *blk_by_qdev_id(const char *id, Error **errp);
 void blk_set_dev_ops(BlockBackend *blk, const BlockDevOps *ops, void *opaque);
 int blk_pread_unthrottled(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, uint8_t *buf,
                           int count);
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index bc0213f5e38c364cd2bf69b3a360c24d40021670..4f78ecb091c51ccbecfe5e5fe9b716b7766aa74c 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
+#include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 
 /*
  * Aliases were a bad idea from the start.  Let's keep them
@@ -838,6 +839,23 @@ void qmp_device_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
+BlockBackend *blk_by_qdev_id(const char *id, Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+    BlockBackend *blk;
+
+    dev = find_device_state(id, errp);
+    if (dev == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    blk = blk_by_dev(dev);
+    if (!blk) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Device does not have a block device backend");
+    }
+    return blk;
+}
+
 void qdev_machine_init(void)
 {
     qdev_get_peripheral_anon();