diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index f42e1713e9..2df0c6d366 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3345,6 +3345,10 @@ static void blockdev_mirror_common(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (bdrv_op_is_blocked(target, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_MIRROR_TARGET, errp)) {
         return;
     }
+    if (target->blk) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot mirror to an attached block device");
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (!bs->backing && sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_TOP) {
         sync = MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_FULL;
@@ -3518,6 +3522,64 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);
 }
 
+void qmp_blockdev_mirror(const char *device, const char *target,
+                         bool has_replaces, const char *replaces,
+                         MirrorSyncMode sync,
+                         bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
+                         bool has_granularity, uint32_t granularity,
+                         bool has_buf_size, int64_t buf_size,
+                         bool has_on_source_error,
+                         BlockdevOnError on_source_error,
+                         bool has_on_target_error,
+                         BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
+                         Error **errp)
+{
+    BlockDriverState *bs;
+    BlockBackend *blk;
+    BlockDriverState *target_bs;
+    AioContext *aio_context;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    blk = blk_by_name(device);
+    if (!blk) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Device '%s' not found", device);
+        return;
+    }
+    bs = blk_bs(blk);
+
+    if (!bs) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Device '%s' has no media", device);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    target_bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(target, target, errp);
+    if (!target_bs) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
+    aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
+
+    bdrv_ref(target_bs);
+    bdrv_set_aio_context(target_bs, aio_context);
+
+    blockdev_mirror_common(bs, target_bs,
+                           has_replaces, replaces, sync,
+                           has_speed, speed,
+                           has_granularity, granularity,
+                           has_buf_size, buf_size,
+                           has_on_source_error, on_source_error,
+                           has_on_target_error, on_target_error,
+                           true, true,
+                           &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        bdrv_unref(target_bs);
+    }
+
+    aio_context_release(aio_context);
+}
+
 /* Get the block job for a given device name and acquire its AioContext */
 static BlockJob *find_block_job(const char *device, AioContext **aio_context,
                                 Error **errp)
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 1a5d9ce9bb..0a915eda59 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -1183,6 +1183,54 @@
 { 'command': 'block-dirty-bitmap-clear',
   'data': 'BlockDirtyBitmap' }
 
+##
+# @blockdev-mirror
+#
+# Start mirroring a block device's writes to a new destination.
+#
+# @device: the name of the device whose writes should be mirrored.
+#
+# @target: the id or node-name of the block device to mirror to. This mustn't be
+#          attached to guest.
+#
+# @replaces: #optional with sync=full graph node name to be replaced by the new
+#            image when a whole image copy is done. This can be used to repair
+#            broken Quorum files.
+#
+# @speed:  #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+#
+# @sync: what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination
+#        (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, or
+#        only new I/O).
+#
+# @granularity: #optional granularity of the dirty bitmap, default is 64K
+#               if the image format doesn't have clusters, 4K if the clusters
+#               are smaller than that, else the cluster size.  Must be a
+#               power of 2 between 512 and 64M
+#
+# @buf-size: #optional maximum amount of data in flight from source to
+#            target
+#
+# @on-source-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the source,
+#                   default 'report'.  'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
+#                   if the block device supports io-status (see BlockInfo).
+#
+# @on-target-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the target,
+#                   default 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
+#                   a different block device than @device).
+#
+# Returns: nothing on success.
+#
+# Since 2.6
+##
+{ 'command': 'blockdev-mirror',
+  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str',
+            '*replaces': 'str',
+            'sync': 'MirrorSyncMode',
+            '*speed': 'int', '*granularity': 'uint32',
+            '*buf-size': 'int', '*on-source-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
+            '*on-target-error': 'BlockdevOnError' } }
+
 ##
 # @block_set_io_throttle:
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 7b235eeff7..db072a6e4c 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ Arguments:
 - "speed": maximum speed of the streaming job, in bytes per second
   (json-int)
 - "granularity": granularity of the dirty bitmap, in bytes (json-int, optional)
-- "buf_size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
+- "buf-size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
   (json-int, default 10M)
 - "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
   possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
@@ -1664,6 +1664,54 @@ Example:
 
 EQMP
 
+    {
+        .name       = "blockdev-mirror",
+        .args_type  = "sync:s,device:B,target:B,replaces:s?,speed:i?,"
+                      "on-source-error:s?,on-target-error:s?,"
+                      "granularity:i?,buf-size:i?",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_mirror,
+    },
+
+SQMP
+blockdev-mirror
+------------
+
+Start mirroring a block device's writes to another block device. target
+specifies the target of mirror operation.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "device": device name to operate on (json-string)
+- "target": device name to mirror to (json-string)
+- "replaces": the block driver node name to replace when finished
+              (json-string, optional)
+- "speed": maximum speed of the streaming job, in bytes per second
+  (json-int)
+- "granularity": granularity of the dirty bitmap, in bytes (json-int, optional)
+- "buf_size": maximum amount of data in flight from source to target, in bytes
+  (json-int, default 10M)
+- "sync": what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination;
+  possibilities include "full" for all the disk, "top" for only the sectors
+  allocated in the topmost image, or "none" to only replicate new I/O
+  (MirrorSyncMode).
+- "on-source-error": the action to take on an error on the source
+  (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
+- "on-target-error": the action to take on an error on the target
+  (BlockdevOnError, default 'report')
+
+The default value of the granularity is the image cluster size clamped
+between 4096 and 65536, if the image format defines one.  If the format
+does not define a cluster size, the default value of the granularity
+is 65536.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "blockdev-mirror", "arguments": { "device": "ide-hd0",
+                                                  "target": "target0",
+                                                  "sync": "full" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
     {
         .name       = "change-backing-file",
         .args_type  = "device:s,image-node-name:s,backing-file:s",