diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 0f77447a25..9bc3838b2a 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -2445,6 +2445,28 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_create_opts(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts,
     return raw_co_create(&options, errp);
 }
 
+static int coroutine_fn raw_co_delete_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                           Error **errp)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (!(stat(bs->filename, &st) == 0) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, ENOENT, "%s is not a regular file",
+                         bs->filename);
+        return -ENOENT;
+    }
+
+    ret = unlink(bs->filename);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Error when deleting file %s",
+                         bs->filename);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Find allocation range in @bs around offset @start.
  * May change underlying file descriptor's file offset.
@@ -3075,6 +3097,7 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_co_block_status = raw_co_block_status,
     .bdrv_co_invalidate_cache = raw_co_invalidate_cache,
     .bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes = raw_co_pwrite_zeroes,
+    .bdrv_co_delete_file = raw_co_delete_file,
 
     .bdrv_co_preadv         = raw_co_preadv,
     .bdrv_co_pwritev        = raw_co_pwritev,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index d8d13700a9..ae9c4da4d0 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ struct BlockDriver {
      */
     int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_flush)(BlockDriverState *bs);
 
+    /* Delete a created file. */
+    int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_delete_file)(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                            Error **errp);
+
     /*
      * Flushes all data that was already written to the OS all the way down to
      * the disk (for example file-posix.c calls fsync()).