diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 19d34725d2..c18b8647b3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3047,3 +3047,33 @@ qemuDomainGetMonitor(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
     return ((qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr) vm->privateData)->mon;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuDomainSupportsBlockJobs:
+ * @vm: domain object
+ * @modern: pointer to bool that returns whether modern block jobs are supported
+ *
+ * Returns -1 in case when qemu does not support block jobs at all. Otherwise
+ * returns 0 and optionally fills @modern to denote that modern (async) block
+ * jobs are supported.
+ */
+int
+qemuDomainSupportsBlockJobs(virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                            bool *modern)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+    bool async = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKJOB_ASYNC);
+    bool sync = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKJOB_SYNC);
+
+    if (!sync && !async) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("block jobs not supported with this QEMU binary"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (modern)
+        *modern = async;
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index fa2e4f9803..3225abb557 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ int qemuDomainJobInfoToParams(qemuDomainJobInfoPtr jobInfo,
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4);
 
+int qemuDomainSupportsBlockJobs(virDomainObjPtr vm, bool *modern)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 bool qemuDomainDiskBlockJobIsActive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk);
 
 void qemuDomObjEndAPI(virDomainObjPtr *vm);