diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index adc59735a9..026ea4f021 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -937,6 +937,11 @@ M: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
 S: Supported
 F: block/iscsi.c
 
+NFS
+M: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+S: Maintained
+F: block/nfs.c
+
 SSH
 M: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index 4e8c91ec34..e254a2180a 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ block-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX_AIO) += linux-aio.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_POSIX),y)
 block-obj-y += nbd.o nbd-client.o sheepdog.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBISCSI) += iscsi.o
+block-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBNFS) += nfs.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_CURL) += curl.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_RBD) += rbd.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_GLUSTERFS) += gluster.o
diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef731f04e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,439 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Block driver for native access to files on NFS shares
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "config-host.h"
+
+#include <poll.h>
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/config-file.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "block/block_int.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "qemu/uri.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include <nfsc/libnfs.h>
+
+typedef struct NFSClient {
+    struct nfs_context *context;
+    struct nfsfh *fh;
+    int events;
+    bool has_zero_init;
+} NFSClient;
+
+typedef struct NFSRPC {
+    int ret;
+    int complete;
+    QEMUIOVector *iov;
+    struct stat *st;
+    Coroutine *co;
+    QEMUBH *bh;
+} NFSRPC;
+
+static void nfs_process_read(void *arg);
+static void nfs_process_write(void *arg);
+
+static void nfs_set_events(NFSClient *client)
+{
+    int ev = nfs_which_events(client->context);
+    if (ev != client->events) {
+        qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(nfs_get_fd(client->context),
+                      (ev & POLLIN) ? nfs_process_read : NULL,
+                      (ev & POLLOUT) ? nfs_process_write : NULL,
+                      client);
+
+    }
+    client->events = ev;
+}
+
+static void nfs_process_read(void *arg)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = arg;
+    nfs_service(client->context, POLLIN);
+    nfs_set_events(client);
+}
+
+static void nfs_process_write(void *arg)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = arg;
+    nfs_service(client->context, POLLOUT);
+    nfs_set_events(client);
+}
+
+static void nfs_co_init_task(NFSClient *client, NFSRPC *task)
+{
+    *task = (NFSRPC) {
+        .co         = qemu_coroutine_self(),
+    };
+}
+
+static void nfs_co_generic_bh_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    NFSRPC *task = opaque;
+    qemu_bh_delete(task->bh);
+    qemu_coroutine_enter(task->co, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+nfs_co_generic_cb(int ret, struct nfs_context *nfs, void *data,
+                  void *private_data)
+{
+    NFSRPC *task = private_data;
+    task->complete = 1;
+    task->ret = ret;
+    if (task->ret > 0 && task->iov) {
+        if (task->ret <= task->iov->size) {
+            qemu_iovec_from_buf(task->iov, 0, data, task->ret);
+        } else {
+            task->ret = -EIO;
+        }
+    }
+    if (task->ret == 0 && task->st) {
+        memcpy(task->st, data, sizeof(struct stat));
+    }
+    if (task->co) {
+        task->bh = qemu_bh_new(nfs_co_generic_bh_cb, task);
+        qemu_bh_schedule(task->bh);
+    }
+}
+
+static int coroutine_fn nfs_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                     int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                                     QEMUIOVector *iov)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    NFSRPC task;
+
+    nfs_co_init_task(client, &task);
+    task.iov = iov;
+
+    if (nfs_pread_async(client->context, client->fh,
+                        sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                        nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                        nfs_co_generic_cb, &task) != 0) {
+        return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    while (!task.complete) {
+        nfs_set_events(client);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+    }
+
+    if (task.ret < 0) {
+        return task.ret;
+    }
+
+    /* zero pad short reads */
+    if (task.ret < iov->size) {
+        qemu_iovec_memset(iov, task.ret, 0, iov->size - task.ret);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int coroutine_fn nfs_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                        int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
+                                        QEMUIOVector *iov)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    NFSRPC task;
+    char *buf = NULL;
+
+    nfs_co_init_task(client, &task);
+
+    buf = g_malloc(nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+    qemu_iovec_to_buf(iov, 0, buf, nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+
+    if (nfs_pwrite_async(client->context, client->fh,
+                         sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                         nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                         buf, nfs_co_generic_cb, &task) != 0) {
+        g_free(buf);
+        return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    while (!task.complete) {
+        nfs_set_events(client);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+    }
+
+    g_free(buf);
+
+    if (task.ret != nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+        return task.ret < 0 ? task.ret : -EIO;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int coroutine_fn nfs_co_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    NFSRPC task;
+
+    nfs_co_init_task(client, &task);
+
+    if (nfs_fsync_async(client->context, client->fh, nfs_co_generic_cb,
+                        &task) != 0) {
+        return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    while (!task.complete) {
+        nfs_set_events(client);
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+    }
+
+    return task.ret;
+}
+
+/* TODO Convert to fine grained options */
+static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
+    .name = "nfs",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(runtime_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "filename",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "URL to the NFS file",
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static void nfs_client_close(NFSClient *client)
+{
+    if (client->context) {
+        if (client->fh) {
+            nfs_close(client->context, client->fh);
+        }
+        qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(nfs_get_fd(client->context), NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        nfs_destroy_context(client->context);
+    }
+    memset(client, 0, sizeof(NFSClient));
+}
+
+static void nfs_file_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    nfs_client_close(client);
+}
+
+static int64_t nfs_client_open(NFSClient *client, const char *filename,
+                               int flags, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret = -EINVAL, i;
+    struct stat st;
+    URI *uri;
+    QueryParams *qp = NULL;
+    char *file = NULL, *strp = NULL;
+
+    uri = uri_parse(filename);
+    if (!uri) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid URL specified");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    strp = strrchr(uri->path, '/');
+    if (strp == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid URL specified");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    file = g_strdup(strp);
+    *strp = 0;
+
+    client->context = nfs_init_context();
+    if (client->context == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to init NFS context");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    qp = query_params_parse(uri->query);
+    for (i = 0; i < qp->n; i++) {
+        if (!qp->p[i].value) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Value for NFS parameter expected: %s",
+                       qp->p[i].name);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        if (!strncmp(qp->p[i].name, "uid", 3)) {
+            nfs_set_uid(client->context, atoi(qp->p[i].value));
+        } else if (!strncmp(qp->p[i].name, "gid", 3)) {
+            nfs_set_gid(client->context, atoi(qp->p[i].value));
+        } else if (!strncmp(qp->p[i].name, "tcp-syncnt", 10)) {
+            nfs_set_tcp_syncnt(client->context, atoi(qp->p[i].value));
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp, "Unknown NFS parameter name: %s",
+                       qp->p[i].name);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = nfs_mount(client->context, uri->server, uri->path);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to mount nfs share: %s",
+                   nfs_get_error(client->context));
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (flags & O_CREAT) {
+        ret = nfs_creat(client->context, file, 0600, &client->fh);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Failed to create file: %s",
+                       nfs_get_error(client->context));
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    } else {
+        ret = nfs_open(client->context, file, flags, &client->fh);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Failed to open file : %s",
+                       nfs_get_error(client->context));
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = nfs_fstat(client->context, client->fh, &st);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to fstat file: %s",
+                   nfs_get_error(client->context));
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    ret = DIV_ROUND_UP(st.st_size, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+    client->has_zero_init = S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
+    goto out;
+fail:
+    nfs_client_close(client);
+out:
+    if (qp) {
+        query_params_free(qp);
+    }
+    uri_free(uri);
+    g_free(file);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int nfs_file_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
+                         Error **errp) {
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    int64_t ret;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
+    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    ret = nfs_client_open(client, qemu_opt_get(opts, "filename"),
+                          (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY,
+                          errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+    bs->total_sectors = ret;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int nfs_file_create(const char *url, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
+                           Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    int64_t total_size = 0;
+    NFSClient *client = g_malloc0(sizeof(NFSClient));
+
+    /* Read out options */
+    while (options && options->name) {
+        if (!strcmp(options->name, "size")) {
+            total_size = options->value.n;
+        }
+        options++;
+    }
+
+    ret = nfs_client_open(client, url, O_CREAT, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    ret = nfs_ftruncate(client->context, client->fh, total_size);
+    nfs_client_close(client);
+out:
+    g_free(client);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int nfs_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    return client->has_zero_init;
+}
+
+static int64_t nfs_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    NFSRPC task = {0};
+    struct stat st;
+
+    task.st = &st;
+    if (nfs_fstat_async(client->context, client->fh, nfs_co_generic_cb,
+                        &task) != 0) {
+        return -ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    while (!task.complete) {
+        nfs_set_events(client);
+        qemu_aio_wait();
+    }
+
+    return (task.ret < 0 ? task.ret : st.st_blocks * st.st_blksize);
+}
+
+static int nfs_file_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset)
+{
+    NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
+    return nfs_ftruncate(client->context, client->fh, offset);
+}
+
+static BlockDriver bdrv_nfs = {
+    .format_name     = "nfs",
+    .protocol_name   = "nfs",
+
+    .instance_size   = sizeof(NFSClient),
+    .bdrv_needs_filename = true,
+    .bdrv_has_zero_init = nfs_has_zero_init,
+    .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size = nfs_get_allocated_file_size,
+    .bdrv_truncate = nfs_file_truncate,
+
+    .bdrv_file_open  = nfs_file_open,
+    .bdrv_close      = nfs_file_close,
+    .bdrv_create     = nfs_file_create,
+
+    .bdrv_co_readv         = nfs_co_readv,
+    .bdrv_co_writev        = nfs_co_writev,
+    .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk = nfs_co_flush,
+};
+
+static void nfs_block_init(void)
+{
+    bdrv_register(&bdrv_nfs);
+}
+
+block_init(nfs_block_init);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 236764a3bd..5b20ce6139 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ vss_win32_sdk=""
 win_sdk="no"
 want_tools="yes"
 libiscsi=""
+libnfs=""
 coroutine=""
 coroutine_pool=""
 seccomp=""
@@ -840,6 +841,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-libiscsi) libiscsi="yes"
   ;;
+  --disable-libnfs) libnfs="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-libnfs) libnfs="yes"
+  ;;
   --enable-profiler) profiler="yes"
   ;;
   --disable-cocoa) cocoa="no"
@@ -1229,6 +1234,8 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --enable-rbd             enable building the rados block device (rbd)
   --disable-libiscsi       disable iscsi support
   --enable-libiscsi        enable iscsi support
+  --disable-libnfs         disable nfs support
+  --enable-libnfs          enable nfs support
   --disable-smartcard-nss  disable smartcard nss support
   --enable-smartcard-nss   enable smartcard nss support
   --disable-libusb         disable libusb (for usb passthrough)
@@ -3600,6 +3607,20 @@ elif test "$debug" = "no" ; then
   CFLAGS="-O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# Do we have libnfs
+if test "$libnfs" != "no" ; then
+  if $pkg_config --atleast-version=1.9.2 libnfs; then
+    libnfs="yes"
+    libnfs_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libnfs)
+    LIBS="$LIBS $libnfs_libs"
+  else
+    if test "$libnfs" = "yes" ; then
+      feature_not_found "libnfs"
+    fi
+    libnfs="no"
+  fi
+fi
 
 # Disable zero malloc errors for official releases unless explicitly told to
 # enable/disable
@@ -3829,6 +3850,7 @@ echo "libiscsi support  $libiscsi (1.4.0)"
 else
 echo "libiscsi support  $libiscsi"
 fi
+echo "libnfs support    $libnfs"
 echo "build guest agent $guest_agent"
 echo "QGA VSS support   $guest_agent_with_vss"
 echo "seccomp support   $seccomp"
@@ -4165,6 +4187,10 @@ if test "$libiscsi" = "yes" ; then
   fi
 fi
 
+if test "$libnfs" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_LIBNFS=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$seccomp" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_SECCOMP=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 05ced9d572..7cfb5e5d1e 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -4371,6 +4371,7 @@
 # TODO gluster: Wait for structured options
 # TODO iscsi: Wait for structured options
 # TODO nbd: Should take InetSocketAddress for 'host'?
+# TODO nfs: Wait for structured options
 # TODO rbd: Wait for structured options
 # TODO sheepdog: Wait for structured options
 # TODO ssh: Should take InetSocketAddress for 'host'?