diff --git a/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c b/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
index e8a58f326e..afd75ab628 100644
--- a/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/block/monitor/block-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ void hmp_block_stream(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     int64_t speed = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "speed", 0);
 
     qmp_block_stream(true, device, device, base != NULL, base, false, NULL,
-                     false, NULL, qdict_haskey(qdict, "speed"), speed, true,
+                     false, NULL, false, NULL,
+                     qdict_haskey(qdict, "speed"), speed, true,
                      BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT, false, NULL, false, false, false,
                      false, &error);
 
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 6a525a5edf..045d6bc76b 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static const BlockJobDriver stream_job_driver = {
 
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
+                  BlockDriverState *bottom,
                   int creation_flags, int64_t speed,
                   BlockdevOnError on_error,
                   const char *filter_node_name,
@@ -230,25 +231,42 @@ void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     BlockDriverState *iter;
     bool bs_read_only;
     int basic_flags = BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED;
-    BlockDriverState *base_overlay = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, base);
+    BlockDriverState *base_overlay;
     BlockDriverState *above_base;
 
-    if (!base_overlay) {
-        error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not in the backing chain of '%s'",
-                   base->node_name, bs->node_name);
-        return;
-    }
+    assert(!(base && bottom));
+    assert(!(backing_file_str && bottom));
 
-    /*
-     * Find the node directly above @base.  @base_overlay is a COW overlay, so
-     * it must have a bdrv_cow_child(), but it is the immediate overlay of
-     * @base, so between the two there can only be filters.
-     */
-    above_base = base_overlay;
-    if (bdrv_cow_bs(above_base) != base) {
-        above_base = bdrv_cow_bs(above_base);
-        while (bdrv_filter_bs(above_base) != base) {
-            above_base = bdrv_filter_bs(above_base);
+    if (bottom) {
+        /*
+         * New simple interface. The code is written in terms of old interface
+         * with @base parameter (still, it doesn't freeze link to base, so in
+         * this mean old code is correct for new interface). So, for now, just
+         * emulate base_overlay and above_base. Still, when old interface
+         * finally removed, we should refactor code to use only "bottom", but
+         * not "*base*" things.
+         */
+        assert(!bottom->drv->is_filter);
+        base_overlay = above_base = bottom;
+    } else {
+        base_overlay = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, base);
+        if (!base_overlay) {
+            error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not in the backing chain of '%s'",
+                       base->node_name, bs->node_name);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Find the node directly above @base.  @base_overlay is a COW overlay,
+         * so it must have a bdrv_cow_child(), but it is the immediate overlay
+         * of @base, so between the two there can only be filters.
+         */
+        above_base = base_overlay;
+        if (bdrv_cow_bs(above_base) != base) {
+            above_base = bdrv_cow_bs(above_base);
+            while (bdrv_filter_bs(above_base) != base) {
+                above_base = bdrv_filter_bs(above_base);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 8c03de582c..0540c621da 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2500,6 +2500,7 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
                       bool has_base, const char *base,
                       bool has_base_node, const char *base_node,
                       bool has_backing_file, const char *backing_file,
+                      bool has_bottom, const char *bottom,
                       bool has_speed, int64_t speed,
                       bool has_on_error, BlockdevOnError on_error,
                       bool has_filter_node_name, const char *filter_node_name,
@@ -2507,12 +2508,31 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
                       bool has_auto_dismiss, bool auto_dismiss,
                       Error **errp)
 {
-    BlockDriverState *bs, *iter;
+    BlockDriverState *bs, *iter, *iter_end;
     BlockDriverState *base_bs = NULL;
+    BlockDriverState *bottom_bs = NULL;
     AioContext *aio_context;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int job_flags = JOB_DEFAULT;
 
+    if (has_base && has_base_node) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'base' and 'base-node' cannot be specified "
+                   "at the same time");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (has_base && has_bottom) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'base' and 'bottom' cannot be specified "
+                   "at the same time");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (has_bottom && has_base_node) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'bottom' and 'base-node' cannot be specified "
+                   "at the same time");
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (!has_on_error) {
         on_error = BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT;
     }
@@ -2525,12 +2545,6 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
     aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
     aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
 
-    if (has_base && has_base_node) {
-        error_setg(errp, "'base' and 'base-node' cannot be specified "
-                   "at the same time");
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     if (has_base) {
         base_bs = bdrv_find_backing_image(bs, base);
         if (base_bs == NULL) {
@@ -2554,8 +2568,33 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
         bdrv_refresh_filename(base_bs);
     }
 
-    /* Check for op blockers in the whole chain between bs and base */
-    for (iter = bs; iter && iter != base_bs;
+    if (has_bottom) {
+        bottom_bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(NULL, bottom, errp);
+        if (!bottom_bs) {
+            goto out;
+        }
+        if (!bottom_bs->drv) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Node '%s' is not open", bottom);
+            goto out;
+        }
+        if (bottom_bs->drv->is_filter) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Node '%s' is a filter, use a non-filter node "
+                       "as 'bottom'", bottom);
+            goto out;
+        }
+        if (!bdrv_chain_contains(bs, bottom_bs)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Node '%s' is not in a chain starting from '%s'",
+                       bottom, device);
+            goto out;
+        }
+        assert(bdrv_get_aio_context(bottom_bs) == aio_context);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Check for op blockers in the whole chain between bs and base (or bottom)
+     */
+    iter_end = has_bottom ? bdrv_filter_or_cow_bs(bottom_bs) : base_bs;
+    for (iter = bs; iter && iter != iter_end;
          iter = bdrv_filter_or_cow_bs(iter))
     {
         if (bdrv_op_is_blocked(iter, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_STREAM, errp)) {
@@ -2579,7 +2618,7 @@ void qmp_block_stream(bool has_job_id, const char *job_id, const char *device,
     }
 
     stream_start(has_job_id ? job_id : NULL, bs, base_bs, backing_file,
-                 job_flags, has_speed ? speed : 0, on_error,
+                 bottom_bs, job_flags, has_speed ? speed : 0, on_error,
                  filter_node_name, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 92d3754ead..f4b844f310 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
  */
 void stream_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
                   BlockDriverState *base, const char *backing_file_str,
+                  BlockDriverState *bottom,
                   int creation_flags, int64_t speed,
                   BlockdevOnError on_error,
                   const char *filter_node_name,
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 65167ebf56..1d9dcd7d30 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2517,10 +2517,14 @@
 # @device: the device or node name of the top image
 #
 # @base: the common backing file name.
-#        It cannot be set if @base-node is also set.
+#        It cannot be set if @base-node or @bottom is also set.
 #
 # @base-node: the node name of the backing file.
-#             It cannot be set if @base is also set. (Since 2.8)
+#             It cannot be set if @base or @bottom is also set. (Since 2.8)
+#
+# @bottom: the last node in the chain that should be streamed into
+#          top. It cannot be set if @base or @base-node is also set.
+#          It cannot be filter node. (Since 6.0)
 #
 # @backing-file: The backing file string to write into the top
 #                image. This filename is not validated.
@@ -2576,8 +2580,8 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'block-stream',
   'data': { '*job-id': 'str', 'device': 'str', '*base': 'str',
-            '*base-node': 'str', '*backing-file': 'str', '*speed': 'int',
-            '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
+            '*base-node': 'str', '*backing-file': 'str', '*bottom': 'str',
+            '*speed': 'int', '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError',
             '*filter-node-name': 'str',
             '*auto-finalize': 'bool', '*auto-dismiss': 'bool' } }