diff --git a/block/blkreplay.c b/block/blkreplay.c
index 30f9d5f..62ae861 100644
--- a/block/blkreplay.c
+++ b/block/blkreplay.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "sysemu/replay.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 
 typedef struct Request {
     Coroutine *co;
@@ -25,11 +26,82 @@ typedef struct Request {
    block devices should not get overlapping ids. */
 static uint64_t request_id;
 
+static BlockDriverState *blkreplay_append_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                                   int flags,
+                                                   QDict *snapshot_options,
+                                                   Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+    BlockDriverState *bs_snapshot;
+
+    /* Create temporary file, if needed */
+    if ((flags & BDRV_O_TEMPORARY) || replay_mode == REPLAY_MODE_RECORD) {
+        int64_t total_size;
+        QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+        const char *tmp_filename = qdict_get_str(snapshot_options,
+                                                 "file.filename");
+
+        /* Get the required size from the image */
+        total_size = bdrv_getlength(bs);
+        if (total_size < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -total_size, "Could not get image size");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        opts = qemu_opts_create(bdrv_qcow2.create_opts, NULL, 0,
+                                &error_abort);
+        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size, &error_abort);
+        ret = bdrv_create(&bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts, errp);
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_prepend(errp, "Could not create temporary overlay '%s': ",
+                          tmp_filename);
+            goto out;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bs_snapshot = bdrv_open(NULL, NULL, snapshot_options, flags, errp);
+    snapshot_options = NULL;
+    if (!bs_snapshot) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* bdrv_append() consumes a strong reference to bs_snapshot (i.e. it will
+     * call bdrv_unref() on it), so in order to be able to return one, we have
+     * to increase bs_snapshot's refcount here */
+    bdrv_ref(bs_snapshot);
+    bdrv_append(bs_snapshot, bs);
+
+    return bs_snapshot;
+
+out:
+    QDECREF(snapshot_options);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static QemuOptsList blkreplay_runtime_opts = {
+    .name = "quorum",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(blkreplay_runtime_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "overlay",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Optional overlay file for snapshots",
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 static int blkreplay_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
                           Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret;
+    QDict *snapshot_options = qdict_new();
+    int snapshot_flags = BDRV_O_RDWR;
+    const char *snapshot;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
 
     /* Open the image file */
     bs->file = bdrv_open_child(NULL, options, "image",
@@ -40,6 +112,43 @@ static int blkreplay_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&blkreplay_runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* Prepare options QDict for the overlay file */
+    qdict_put(snapshot_options, "file.driver",
+              qstring_from_str("file"));
+    qdict_put(snapshot_options, "driver",
+              qstring_from_str("qcow2"));
+
+    snapshot = qemu_opt_get(opts, "overlay");
+    if (snapshot) {
+        qdict_put(snapshot_options, "file.filename",
+                  qstring_from_str(snapshot));
+    } else {
+        char tmp_filename[PATH_MAX + 1];
+        ret = get_tmp_filename(tmp_filename, PATH_MAX + 1);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not get temporary filename");
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        qdict_put(snapshot_options, "file.filename",
+                  qstring_from_str(tmp_filename));
+        snapshot_flags |= BDRV_O_TEMPORARY;
+    }
+
+    /* Add temporary snapshot to preserve the image */
+    if (!blkreplay_append_snapshot(bs->file->bs, snapshot_flags,
+                      snapshot_options, &local_err)) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
     ret = 0;
 fail:
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -50,6 +159,7 @@ fail:
 
 static void blkreplay_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
+    bdrv_unref(bs->file->bs);
 }
 
 static int64_t blkreplay_getlength(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -135,6 +245,12 @@ static int coroutine_fn blkreplay_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static bool blkreplay_recurse_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                                  BlockDriverState *candidate)
+{
+    return bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(bs->file->bs, candidate);
+}
+
 static BlockDriver bdrv_blkreplay = {
     .format_name            = "blkreplay",
     .protocol_name          = "blkreplay",
@@ -150,6 +266,9 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_blkreplay = {
     .bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes  = blkreplay_co_pwrite_zeroes,
     .bdrv_co_pdiscard       = blkreplay_co_pdiscard,
     .bdrv_co_flush          = blkreplay_co_flush,
+
+    .is_filter              = true,
+    .bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter = blkreplay_recurse_is_first_non_filter,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_blkreplay_init(void)
diff --git a/docs/replay.txt b/docs/replay.txt
index 347b2ff..5be8f25 100644
--- a/docs/replay.txt
+++ b/docs/replay.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ is recorded to the log. In replay phase the queue is matched with
 events read from the log. Therefore block devices requests are processed
 deterministically.
 
+blkdriver also supports overlay option, which allows creating persistent
+overlay file for saving and reloading VM snapshots in record/replay modes.
+Replay mechanism automatically creates one snapshot named 'replay_init' to
+allow rewinding execution while replaying.
+Overlay file may be specified as follows:
+ -drive driver=blkreplay,if=none,image=img-direct,
+        overlay=overlay.qcow2,id=img-blkreplay
+
 Network devices
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index cb0fedc..1c68779 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4409,7 +4409,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     }
 
     /* open the virtual block devices */
-    if (snapshot || replay_mode != REPLAY_MODE_NONE) {
+    if (snapshot) {
         qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("drive"), drive_enable_snapshot,
                           NULL, NULL);
     }
