diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index 6f2e86264d..c9ab9b3a52 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -147,6 +147,30 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
 }
 
+static void virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
+{
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = opaque;
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    bool is_write_zeroes = (virtio_ldl_p(VIRTIO_DEVICE(s), &req->out.type) &
+                            ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER) == VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
+
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    if (ret) {
+        if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, false, is_write_zeroes)) {
+            goto out;
+        }
+    }
+
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK);
+    if (is_write_zeroes) {
+        block_acct_done(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct);
+    }
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+
+out:
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+}
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -480,6 +504,84 @@ static bool virtio_blk_sect_range_ok(VirtIOBlock *dev,
     return true;
 }
 
+static uint8_t virtio_blk_handle_discard_write_zeroes(VirtIOBlockReq *req,
+    struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes *dwz_hdr, bool is_write_zeroes)
+{
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+    uint64_t sector;
+    uint32_t num_sectors, flags, max_sectors;
+    uint8_t err_status;
+    int bytes;
+
+    sector = virtio_ldq_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->sector);
+    num_sectors = virtio_ldl_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->num_sectors);
+    flags = virtio_ldl_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->flags);
+    max_sectors = is_write_zeroes ? s->conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors :
+                  s->conf.max_discard_sectors;
+
+    /*
+     * max_sectors is at most BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS, this check
+     * make us sure that "num_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS" can fit in
+     * the integer variable.
+     */
+    if (unlikely(num_sectors > max_sectors)) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    bytes = num_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
+
+    if (unlikely(!virtio_blk_sect_range_ok(s, sector, bytes))) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The device MUST set the status byte to VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP for discard
+     * and write zeroes commands if any unknown flag is set.
+     */
+    if (unlikely(flags & ~VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP)) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (is_write_zeroes) { /* VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES */
+        int blk_aio_flags = 0;
+
+        if (flags & VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP) {
+            blk_aio_flags |= BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP;
+        }
+
+        block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct, bytes,
+                         BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
+
+        blk_aio_pwrite_zeroes(s->blk, sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                              bytes, blk_aio_flags,
+                              virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete, req);
+    } else { /* VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD */
+        /*
+         * The device MUST set the status byte to VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP for
+         * discard commands if the unmap flag is set.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(flags & VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP)) {
+            err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        blk_aio_pdiscard(s->blk, sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, bytes,
+                         virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete, req);
+    }
+
+    return VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+err:
+    if (is_write_zeroes) {
+        block_acct_invalid(blk_get_stats(s->blk), BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
+    }
+    return err_status;
+}
+
 static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
 {
     uint32_t type;
@@ -584,6 +686,47 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
         break;
     }
+    /*
+     * VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD and VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES are defined with
+     * VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT flag set. We masked this flag in the switch statement,
+     * so we must mask it for these requests, then we will check if it is set.
+     */
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+    {
+        struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes dwz_hdr;
+        size_t out_len = iov_size(out_iov, out_num);
+        bool is_write_zeroes = (type & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER) ==
+                               VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
+        uint8_t err_status;
+
+        /*
+         * Unsupported if VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT is not set or the request contains
+         * more than one segment.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(!(type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT) ||
+                     out_len > sizeof(dwz_hdr))) {
+            virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP);
+            virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (unlikely(iov_to_buf(out_iov, out_num, 0, &dwz_hdr,
+                                sizeof(dwz_hdr)) != sizeof(dwz_hdr))) {
+            virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-blk discard/write_zeroes header"
+                         " too short");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        err_status = virtio_blk_handle_discard_write_zeroes(req, &dwz_hdr,
+                                                            is_write_zeroes);
+        if (err_status != VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK) {
+            virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+            virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
     default:
         virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP);
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
@@ -763,6 +906,24 @@ static void virtio_blk_update_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
     blkcfg.alignment_offset = 0;
     blkcfg.wce = blk_enable_write_cache(s->blk);
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &blkcfg.num_queues, s->conf.num_queues);
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD)) {
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_discard_sectors,
+                     s->conf.max_discard_sectors);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.discard_sector_alignment,
+                     blk_size >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
+        /*
+         * We support only one segment per request since multiple segments
+         * are not widely used and there are no userspace APIs that allow
+         * applications to submit multiple segments in a single call.
+         */
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_discard_seg, 1);
+    }
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_write_zeroes_sectors,
+                     s->conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors);
+        blkcfg.write_zeroes_may_unmap = 1;
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_write_zeroes_seg, 1);
+    }
     memcpy(config, &blkcfg, sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
 }
 
@@ -954,6 +1115,24 @@ static void virtio_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD) &&
+        (!conf->max_discard_sectors ||
+         conf->max_discard_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "invalid max-discard-sectors property (%" PRIu32 ")"
+                   ", must be between 1 and %lu",
+                   conf->max_discard_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES) &&
+        (!conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors ||
+         conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "invalid max-write-zeroes-sectors property (%" PRIu32
+                   "), must be between 1 and %lu",
+                   conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+        return;
+    }
+
     virtio_init(vdev, "virtio-blk", VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK,
                 sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
 
@@ -1030,6 +1209,10 @@ static Property virtio_blk_properties[] = {
                       VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("write-zeroes", VirtIOBlock, host_features,
                       VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max-discard-sectors", VirtIOBlock,
+                       conf.max_discard_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max-write-zeroes-sectors", VirtIOBlock,
+                       conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
index f7345b0511..015b523fe0 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct VirtIOBlkConf
     uint32_t request_merging;
     uint16_t num_queues;
     uint16_t queue_size;
+    uint32_t max_discard_sectors;
+    uint32_t max_write_zeroes_sectors;
 };
 
 struct VirtIOBlockDataPlane;
