diff --git a/include/block/nbd.h b/include/block/nbd.h
index 1330dbc18b..e357452a57 100644
--- a/include/block/nbd.h
+++ b/include/block/nbd.h
@@ -52,17 +52,16 @@ typedef struct NBDOptionReplyMetaContext {

 /* Transmission phase structs
  *
- * Note: these are _NOT_ the same as the network representation of an NBD
- * request and reply!
+ * Note: NBDRequest is _NOT_ the same as the network representation of an NBD
+ * request!
  */
-struct NBDRequest {
+typedef struct NBDRequest {
     uint64_t handle;
-    uint64_t from;
-    uint32_t len;
+    uint64_t from;  /* Offset touched by the command */
+    uint64_t len;   /* Effect length; 32 bit limit without extended headers */
     uint16_t flags; /* NBD_CMD_FLAG_* */
-    uint16_t type; /* NBD_CMD_* */
-};
-typedef struct NBDRequest NBDRequest;
+    uint16_t type;  /* NBD_CMD_* */
+} NBDRequest;

 typedef struct NBDSimpleReply {
     uint32_t magic;  /* NBD_SIMPLE_REPLY_MAGIC */
@@ -235,6 +234,9 @@ enum {
  */
 #define NBD_MAX_STRING_SIZE 4096

+/* Transmission request structure */
+#define NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC           0x25609513
+
 /* Two types of reply structures */
 #define NBD_SIMPLE_REPLY_MAGIC      0x67446698
 #define NBD_STRUCTURED_REPLY_MAGIC  0x668e33ef
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ struct NBDExportInfo {
     /* In-out fields, set by client before nbd_receive_negotiate() and
      * updated by server results during nbd_receive_negotiate() */
     bool structured_reply;
+    bool extended_headers;
     bool base_allocation; /* base:allocation context for NBD_CMD_BLOCK_STATUS */

     /* Set by server results during nbd_receive_negotiate() and
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ int nbd_receive_export_list(QIOChannel *ioc, QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds,
                             Error **errp);
 int nbd_init(int fd, QIOChannelSocket *sioc, NBDExportInfo *info,
              Error **errp);
-int nbd_send_request(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDRequest *request);
+int nbd_send_request(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDRequest *request, bool ext_hdr);
 int coroutine_fn nbd_receive_reply(BlockDriverState *bs, QIOChannel *ioc,
                                    NBDReply *reply, Error **errp);
 int nbd_client(int fd);
diff --git a/nbd/nbd-internal.h b/nbd/nbd-internal.h
index 1b2141ab4b..0016793ff4 100644
--- a/nbd/nbd-internal.h
+++ b/nbd/nbd-internal.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * NBD Internal Declarations
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define NBD_OLDSTYLE_NEGOTIATE_SIZE (8 + 8 + 8 + 4 + 124)

 #define NBD_INIT_MAGIC              0x4e42444d41474943LL /* ASCII "NBDMAGIC" */
-#define NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC           0x25609513
 #define NBD_OPTS_MAGIC              0x49484156454F5054LL /* ASCII "IHAVEOPT" */
 #define NBD_CLIENT_MAGIC            0x0000420281861253LL
 #define NBD_REP_MAGIC               0x0003e889045565a9LL
diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 7d485c86d2..32681d2867 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * QEMU Block driver for  NBD
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Virtuozzo International GmbH.
- * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Bull S.A.S.
  *     Author: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
  *
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int coroutine_fn nbd_co_do_establish_connection(BlockDriverState *bs,
          */
         NBDRequest request = { .type = NBD_CMD_DISC };

-        nbd_send_request(s->ioc, &request);
+        nbd_send_request(s->ioc, &request, s->info.extended_headers);

         yank_unregister_function(BLOCKDEV_YANK_INSTANCE(s->bs->node_name),
                                  nbd_yank, bs);
@@ -524,14 +524,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_co_send_request(BlockDriverState *bs,

     if (qiov) {
         qio_channel_set_cork(s->ioc, true);
-        rc = nbd_send_request(s->ioc, request);
+        rc = nbd_send_request(s->ioc, request, s->info.extended_headers);
         if (rc >= 0 && qio_channel_writev_all(s->ioc, qiov->iov, qiov->niov,
                                               NULL) < 0) {
             rc = -EIO;
         }
         qio_channel_set_cork(s->ioc, false);
     } else {
-        rc = nbd_send_request(s->ioc, request);
+        rc = nbd_send_request(s->ioc, request, s->info.extended_headers);
     }
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->send_mutex);

@@ -1298,10 +1298,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_client_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_
     NBDRequest request = {
         .type = NBD_CMD_WRITE_ZEROES,
         .from = offset,
-        .len = bytes,  /* .len is uint32_t actually */
+        .len = bytes,
     };

-    assert(bytes <= UINT32_MAX); /* rely on max_pwrite_zeroes */
+    /* rely on max_pwrite_zeroes */
+    assert(bytes <= UINT32_MAX || s->info.extended_headers);

     assert(!(s->info.flags & NBD_FLAG_READ_ONLY));
     if (!(s->info.flags & NBD_FLAG_SEND_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
@@ -1348,10 +1349,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_client_co_pdiscard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t off
     NBDRequest request = {
         .type = NBD_CMD_TRIM,
         .from = offset,
-        .len = bytes, /* len is uint32_t */
+        .len = bytes,
     };

-    assert(bytes <= UINT32_MAX); /* rely on max_pdiscard */
+    /* rely on max_pdiscard */
+    assert(bytes <= UINT32_MAX || s->info.extended_headers);

     assert(!(s->info.flags & NBD_FLAG_READ_ONLY));
     if (!(s->info.flags & NBD_FLAG_SEND_TRIM) || !bytes) {
@@ -1373,8 +1375,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_client_co_block_status(
     NBDRequest request = {
         .type = NBD_CMD_BLOCK_STATUS,
         .from = offset,
-        .len = MIN(QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(INT_MAX, bs->bl.request_alignment),
-                   MIN(bytes, s->info.size - offset)),
+        .len = MIN(bytes, s->info.size - offset),
         .flags = NBD_CMD_FLAG_REQ_ONE,
     };

@@ -1384,6 +1385,10 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_client_co_block_status(
         *file = bs;
         return BDRV_BLOCK_DATA | BDRV_BLOCK_OFFSET_VALID;
     }
+    if (!s->info.extended_headers) {
+        request.len = MIN(QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(INT_MAX, bs->bl.request_alignment),
+                          request.len);
+    }

     /*
      * Work around the fact that the block layer doesn't do
@@ -1462,7 +1467,7 @@ static void nbd_client_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     NBDRequest request = { .type = NBD_CMD_DISC };

     if (s->ioc) {
-        nbd_send_request(s->ioc, &request);
+        nbd_send_request(s->ioc, &request, s->info.extended_headers);
     }

     nbd_teardown_connection(bs);
@@ -1953,6 +1958,14 @@ static void nbd_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     bs->bl.max_pwrite_zeroes = max;
     bs->bl.max_transfer = max;

+    /*
+     * Assume that if the server supports extended headers, it also
+     * supports unlimited size zero and trim commands.
+     */
+    if (s->info.extended_headers) {
+        bs->bl.max_pdiscard = bs->bl.max_pwrite_zeroes = 0;
+    }
+
     if (s->info.opt_block &&
         s->info.opt_block > bs->bl.opt_transfer) {
         bs->bl.opt_transfer = s->info.opt_block;
diff --git a/nbd/client.c b/nbd/client.c
index cd97a2aa09..2480a48ec6 100644
--- a/nbd/client.c
+++ b/nbd/client.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Red Hat, Inc.
  *  Copyright (C) 2005  Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
  *
  *  Network Block Device Client Side
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ int nbd_receive_negotiate(AioContext *aio_context, QIOChannel *ioc,
                                  info->structured_reply, &zeroes, errp);

     info->structured_reply = false;
+    info->extended_headers = false;
     info->base_allocation = false;
     if (tlscreds && *outioc) {
         ioc = *outioc;
@@ -1221,7 +1222,7 @@ int nbd_receive_export_list(QIOChannel *ioc, QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds,
         if (nbd_drop(ioc, 124, NULL) == 0) {
             NBDRequest request = { .type = NBD_CMD_DISC };

-            nbd_send_request(ioc, &request);
+            nbd_send_request(ioc, &request, false);
         }
         break;
     default:
@@ -1345,10 +1346,12 @@ int nbd_disconnect(int fd)

 #endif /* __linux__ */

-int nbd_send_request(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDRequest *request)
+int nbd_send_request(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDRequest *request, bool ext_hdr)
 {
     uint8_t buf[NBD_REQUEST_SIZE];

+    assert(!ext_hdr);
+    assert(request->len <= UINT32_MAX);
     trace_nbd_send_request(request->from, request->len, request->handle,
                            request->flags, request->type,
                            nbd_cmd_lookup(request->type));
diff --git a/nbd/server.c b/nbd/server.c
index 37f9c21d20..7738f5f899 100644
--- a/nbd/server.c
+++ b/nbd/server.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct NBDClient {
     uint32_t check_align; /* If non-zero, check for aligned client requests */

     bool structured_reply;
+    bool extended_headers;
     NBDExportMetaContexts export_meta;

     uint32_t opt; /* Current option being negotiated */
@@ -1436,7 +1437,7 @@ static int nbd_receive_request(NBDClient *client, NBDRequest *request,
     request->type   = lduw_be_p(buf + 6);
     request->handle = ldq_be_p(buf + 8);
     request->from   = ldq_be_p(buf + 16);
-    request->len    = ldl_be_p(buf + 24);
+    request->len    = ldl_be_p(buf + 24); /* widen 32 to 64 bits */

     trace_nbd_receive_request(magic, request->flags, request->type,
                               request->from, request->len);
@@ -2343,7 +2344,7 @@ static int nbd_co_receive_request(NBDRequestData *req, NBDRequest *request,
         request->type == NBD_CMD_CACHE)
     {
         if (request->len > NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
-            error_setg(errp, "len (%" PRIu32" ) is larger than max len (%u)",
+            error_setg(errp, "len (%" PRIu64" ) is larger than max len (%u)",
                        request->len, NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
             return -EINVAL;
         }
@@ -2359,6 +2360,7 @@ static int nbd_co_receive_request(NBDRequestData *req, NBDRequest *request,
     }

     if (request->type == NBD_CMD_WRITE) {
+        assert(request->len <= NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
         if (nbd_read(client->ioc, req->data, request->len, "CMD_WRITE data",
                      errp) < 0)
         {
@@ -2380,7 +2382,7 @@ static int nbd_co_receive_request(NBDRequestData *req, NBDRequest *request,
     }
     if (request->from > client->exp->size ||
         request->len > client->exp->size - request->from) {
-        error_setg(errp, "operation past EOF; From: %" PRIu64 ", Len: %" PRIu32
+        error_setg(errp, "operation past EOF; From: %" PRIu64 ", Len: %" PRIu64
                    ", Size: %" PRIu64, request->from, request->len,
                    client->exp->size);
         return (request->type == NBD_CMD_WRITE ||
@@ -2443,6 +2445,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nbd_do_cmd_read(NBDClient *client, NBDRequest *request,
     NBDExport *exp = client->exp;

     assert(request->type == NBD_CMD_READ);
+    assert(request->len <= NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);

     /* XXX: NBD Protocol only documents use of FUA with WRITE */
     if (request->flags & NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA) {
@@ -2494,6 +2497,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nbd_do_cmd_cache(NBDClient *client, NBDRequest *request,
     NBDExport *exp = client->exp;

     assert(request->type == NBD_CMD_CACHE);
+    assert(request->len <= NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);

     ret = blk_co_preadv(exp->common.blk, request->from, request->len,
                         NULL, BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ | BDRV_REQ_PREFETCH);
@@ -2527,6 +2531,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nbd_handle_request(NBDClient *client,
         if (request->flags & NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA) {
             flags |= BDRV_REQ_FUA;
         }
+        assert(request->len <= NBD_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
         ret = blk_pwrite(exp->common.blk, request->from, request->len, data,
                          flags);
         return nbd_send_generic_reply(client, request->handle, ret,
@@ -2570,6 +2575,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int nbd_handle_request(NBDClient *client,
             return nbd_send_generic_reply(client, request->handle, -EINVAL,
                                           "need non-zero length", errp);
         }
+        assert(request->len <= UINT32_MAX);
         if (client->export_meta.count) {
             bool dont_fragment = request->flags & NBD_CMD_FLAG_REQ_ONE;
             int contexts_remaining = client->export_meta.count;
diff --git a/nbd/trace-events b/nbd/trace-events
index b7032ca277..e2c1d68688 100644
--- a/nbd/trace-events
+++ b/nbd/trace-events
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ nbd_client_loop(void) "Doing NBD loop"
 nbd_client_loop_ret(int ret, const char *error) "NBD loop returned %d: %s"
 nbd_client_clear_queue(void) "Clearing NBD queue"
 nbd_client_clear_socket(void) "Clearing NBD socket"
-nbd_send_request(uint64_t from, uint32_t len, uint64_t handle, uint16_t flags, uint16_t type, const char *name) "Sending request to server: { .from = %" PRIu64", .len = %" PRIu32 ", .handle = %" PRIu64 ", .flags = 0x%" PRIx16 ", .type = %" PRIu16 " (%s) }"
+nbd_send_request(uint64_t from, uint64_t len, uint64_t handle, uint16_t flags, uint16_t type, const char *name) "Sending request to server: { .from = %" PRIu64", .len = %" PRIu64 ", .handle = %" PRIu64 ", .flags = 0x%" PRIx16 ", .type = %" PRIu16 " (%s) }"
 nbd_receive_simple_reply(int32_t error, const char *errname, uint64_t handle) "Got simple reply: { .error = %" PRId32 " (%s), handle = %" PRIu64" }"
 nbd_receive_structured_reply_chunk(uint16_t flags, uint16_t type, const char *name, uint64_t handle, uint32_t length) "Got structured reply chunk: { flags = 0x%" PRIx16 ", type = %d (%s), handle = %" PRIu64 ", length = %" PRIu32 " }"

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ nbd_negotiate_options_check_option(uint32_t option, const char *name) "Checking
 nbd_negotiate_begin(void) "Beginning negotiation"
 nbd_negotiate_new_style_size_flags(uint64_t size, unsigned flags) "advertising size %" PRIu64 " and flags 0x%x"
 nbd_negotiate_success(void) "Negotiation succeeded"
-nbd_receive_request(uint32_t magic, uint16_t flags, uint16_t type, uint64_t from, uint32_t len) "Got request: { magic = 0x%" PRIx32 ", .flags = 0x%" PRIx16 ", .type = 0x%" PRIx16 ", from = %" PRIu64 ", len = %" PRIu32 " }"
+nbd_receive_request(uint32_t magic, uint16_t flags, uint16_t type, uint64_t from, uint64_t len) "Got request: { magic = 0x%" PRIx32 ", .flags = 0x%" PRIx16 ", .type = 0x%" PRIx16 ", from = %" PRIu64 ", len = %" PRIu64 " }"
 nbd_blk_aio_attached(const char *name, void *ctx) "Export %s: Attaching clients to AIO context %p"
 nbd_blk_aio_detach(const char *name, void *ctx) "Export %s: Detaching clients from AIO context %p"
 nbd_co_send_simple_reply(uint64_t handle, uint32_t error, const char *errname, int len) "Send simple reply: handle = %" PRIu64 ", error = %" PRIu32 " (%s), len = %d"
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ nbd_co_send_structured_read_hole(uint64_t handle, uint64_t offset, size_t size)
 nbd_co_send_extents(uint64_t handle, unsigned int extents, uint32_t id, uint64_t length, int last) "Send block status reply: handle = %" PRIu64 ", extents = %u, context = %d (extents cover %" PRIu64 " bytes, last chunk = %d)"
 nbd_co_send_structured_error(uint64_t handle, int err, const char *errname, const char *msg) "Send structured error reply: handle = %" PRIu64 ", error = %d (%s), msg = '%s'"
 nbd_co_receive_request_decode_type(uint64_t handle, uint16_t type, const char *name) "Decoding type: handle = %" PRIu64 ", type = %" PRIu16 " (%s)"
-nbd_co_receive_request_payload_received(uint64_t handle, uint32_t len) "Payload received: handle = %" PRIu64 ", len = %" PRIu32
-nbd_co_receive_align_compliance(const char *op, uint64_t from, uint32_t len, uint32_t align) "client sent non-compliant unaligned %s request: from=0x%" PRIx64 ", len=0x%" PRIx32 ", align=0x%" PRIx32
+nbd_co_receive_request_payload_received(uint64_t handle, uint64_t len) "Payload received: handle = %" PRIu64 ", len = %" PRIu64
+nbd_co_receive_align_compliance(const char *op, uint64_t from, uint64_t len, uint32_t align) "client sent non-compliant unaligned %s request: from=0x%" PRIx64 ", len=0x%" PRIx64 ", align=0x%" PRIx32
 nbd_trip(void) "Reading request"

 # client-connection.c
