diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 5562ccb..51cc49e 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -36,15 +36,21 @@ typedef struct StreamBlockJob {
     char *backing_file_str;
     bool bs_read_only;
     bool chain_frozen;
+    bool compress;
 } StreamBlockJob;
 
-static int coroutine_fn stream_populate(BlockBackend *blk,
-                                        int64_t offset, uint64_t bytes)
+static int coroutine_fn stream_populate(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
+                                        uint64_t bytes, bool compress)
 {
+    int flags = BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ | BDRV_REQ_PREFETCH;
+
+    if (compress) {
+        flags |= BDRV_REQ_WRITE_COMPRESSED;
+    }
+
     assert(bytes < SIZE_MAX);
 
-    return blk_co_preadv(blk, offset, bytes, NULL,
-                         BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ | BDRV_REQ_PREFETCH);
+    return blk_co_preadv(blk, offset, bytes, NULL, flags);
 }
 
 static void stream_abort(Job *job)
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn stream_run(Job *job, Error **errp)
         }
         trace_stream_one_iteration(s, offset, n, ret);
         if (copy) {
-            ret = stream_populate(blk, offset, n);
+            ret = stream_populate(blk, offset, n, s->compress);
         }
         if (ret < 0) {
             BlockErrorAction action =
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ static const BlockJobDriver stream_job_driver = {
 
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
-                  int creation_flags, int64_t speed,
+                  int creation_flags, int64_t speed, bool compress,
                   BlockdevOnError on_error, Error **errp)
 {
     StreamBlockJob *s;
@@ -267,6 +273,7 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     s->backing_file_str = g_strdup(backing_file_str);
     s->bs_read_only = bs_read_only;
     s->chain_frozen = true;
+    s->compress = compress;
 
     s->on_error = on_error;
     trace_stream_start(bs, base, s);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index fbef684..290ee4b 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3238,6 +3238,7 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
                       bool has_base_node, const char *base_node,
                       bool has_backing_file, const char *backing_file,
                       bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
+                      bool has_compress, bool compress,
                       bool has_on_error, BlockdevOnError on_error,
                       bool has_auto_finalize, bool auto_finalize,
                       bool has_auto_dismiss, bool auto_dismiss,
@@ -3254,6 +3255,10 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
         on_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
     }
 
+    if (!has_compress) {
+        compress = false;
+    }
+
     bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(device, device, errp);
     if (!bs) {
         return;
@@ -3308,6 +3313,12 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if (compress && bs->drv->bdrv_co_pwritev_compressed_part == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Compression is not supported for this drive %s",
+                   bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     /* backing_file string overrides base bs filename */
     base_name = has_backing_file ? backing_file : base_name;
 
@@ -3319,7 +3330,8 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
     }
 
     stream_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs, base_name,
-                 job_flags, has_speed ? speed : 0, on_error, &local_err);
+                 job_flags, has_speed ? speed : 0, compress, on_error,
+                 &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         goto out;
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index cfcc044..3a347fd 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "block_stream",
-        .args_type  = "device:B,speed:o?,base:s?",
-        .params     = "device [speed [base]]",
+        .args_type  = "device:B,speed:o?,base:s?,compress:o?",
+        .params     = "device [speed [base]] [compress]",
         .help       = "copy data from a backing file into a block device",
         .cmd        = hmp_block_stream,
     },
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 0422acd..5e7fce8 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
  * @creation_flags: Flags that control the behavior of the Job lifetime.
  *                  See @BlockJobCreateFlags
  * @speed: The maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
+ * @compress: True to compress data.
  * @on_error: The action to take upon error.
  * @errp: Error object.
  *
@@ -1077,7 +1078,7 @@ int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
  */
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
-                  int creation_flags, int64_t speed,
+                  int creation_flags, int64_t speed, bool compress,
                   BlockdevOnError on_error, Error **errp);
 
 /**
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index b2551c1..91201fe 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -2025,11 +2025,12 @@ void hmp_block_stream(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     const char *device = qdict_get_str(qdict, "device");
     const char *base = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "base");
     int64_t speed = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "speed", 0);
+    bool compress = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "compress", false);
 
     qmp_block_stream(true, device, device, base != NULL, base, false, NULL,
                      false, NULL, qdict_haskey(qdict, "speed"), speed, true,
-                     BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, false, false, false, false,
-                     &error);
+                     compress, true, BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT,
+                     false, false, false, false, &error);
 
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &error);
 }
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index e6edd64..f41513f 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2544,6 +2544,9 @@
 #
 # @speed:  the maximum speed, in bytes per second
 #
+# @compress: true to compress data, if the target format supports it.
+#            (default: false). Since 4.1.
+#
 # @on-error: the action to take on an error (default report).
 #            'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used if the block device
 #            supports io-status (see BlockInfo).  Since 1.3.
@@ -2576,7 +2579,7 @@
 { 'command': 'block-stream',
   'data': { '*job-id': 'str', 'device': 'str', '*base': 'str',
             '*base-node': 'str', '*backing-file': 'str', '*speed': 'int',
-            '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
+            '*compress': 'bool', '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
             '*auto-finalize': 'bool', '*auto-dismiss': 'bool' } }
 
 ##
