diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 2f7320110e..105fd5e753 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2437,6 +2437,9 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow2_co_write_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int head = sector_num % s->cluster_sectors;
     int tail = (sector_num + nb_sectors) % s->cluster_sectors;
 
+    trace_qcow2_write_zeroes_start_req(qemu_coroutine_self(), sector_num,
+                                       nb_sectors);
+
     if (head != 0 || tail != 0) {
         int64_t cl_start = sector_num - head;
 
@@ -2459,6 +2462,8 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow2_co_write_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
         qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
     }
 
+    trace_qcow2_write_zeroes(qemu_coroutine_self(), sector_num, nb_sectors);
+
     /* Whatever is left can use real zero clusters */
     ret = qcow2_zero_clusters(bs, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, nb_sectors);
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index c55d7084fb..5f720d0ddb 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ qcow2_writev_done_req(void *co, int ret) "co %p ret %d"
 qcow2_writev_start_part(void *co) "co %p"
 qcow2_writev_done_part(void *co, int cur_nr_sectors) "co %p cur_nr_sectors %d"
 qcow2_writev_data(void *co, uint64_t offset) "co %p offset %" PRIx64
+qcow2_write_zeroes_start_req(void *co, int64_t sector, int nb_sectors) "co %p sector %" PRIx64 " nb_sectors %d"
+qcow2_write_zeroes(void *co, int64_t sector, int nb_sectors) "co %p sector %" PRIx64 " nb_sectors %d"
 
 # block/qcow2-cluster.c
 qcow2_alloc_clusters_offset(void *co, uint64_t offset, int num) "co %p offset %" PRIx64 " num %d"