diff --git a/qemu-img-cmds.hx b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
index 4b47f7495d..1c93e6d185 100644
--- a/qemu-img-cmds.hx
+++ b/qemu-img-cmds.hx
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ STEXI
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("convert", img_convert,
-    "convert [--object objectdef] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-T src_cache] [-O output_fmt] [-B backing_file] [-o options] [-l snapshot_param] [-S sparse_size] [-m num_coroutines] [-W] filename [filename2 [...]] output_filename")
+    "convert [--object objectdef] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-T src_cache] [-O output_fmt] [-B backing_file] [-o options] [-l snapshot_param] [-S sparse_size] [-m num_coroutines] [-W] [--salvage] filename [filename2 [...]] output_filename")
 STEXI
-@item convert [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-B @var{backing_file}] [-o @var{options}] [-l @var{snapshot_param}] [-S @var{sparse_size}] [-m @var{num_coroutines}] [-W] @var{filename} [@var{filename2} [...]] @var{output_filename}
+@item convert [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-B @var{backing_file}] [-o @var{options}] [-l @var{snapshot_param}] [-S @var{sparse_size}] [-m @var{num_coroutines}] [-W] [--salvage] @var{filename} [@var{filename2} [...]] @var{output_filename}
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("create", img_create,
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index e15e617256..158b3a505f 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum {
     OPTION_SIZE = 264,
     OPTION_PREALLOCATION = 265,
     OPTION_SHRINK = 266,
+    OPTION_SALVAGE = 267,
 };
 
 typedef enum OutputFormat {
@@ -1581,6 +1582,7 @@ typedef struct ImgConvertState {
     int64_t target_backing_sectors; /* negative if unknown */
     bool wr_in_order;
     bool copy_range;
+    bool salvage;
     bool quiet;
     int min_sparse;
     int alignment;
@@ -1628,25 +1630,44 @@ static int convert_iteration_sectors(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num)
     }
 
     if (s->sector_next_status <= sector_num) {
-        int64_t count = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+        uint64_t offset = (sector_num - src_cur_offset) * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+        int64_t count;
 
-        if (s->target_has_backing) {
+        do {
+            count = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+
+            if (s->target_has_backing) {
+                ret = bdrv_block_status(blk_bs(s->src[src_cur]), offset,
+                                        count, &count, NULL, NULL);
+            } else {
+                ret = bdrv_block_status_above(blk_bs(s->src[src_cur]), NULL,
+                                              offset, count, &count, NULL,
+                                              NULL);
+            }
+
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                if (s->salvage) {
+                    if (n == 1) {
+                        if (!s->quiet) {
+                            warn_report("error while reading block status at "
+                                        "offset %" PRIu64 ": %s", offset,
+                                        strerror(-ret));
+                        }
+                        /* Just try to read the data, then */
+                        ret = BDRV_BLOCK_DATA;
+                        count = BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+                    } else {
+                        /* Retry on a shorter range */
+                        n = DIV_ROUND_UP(n, 4);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    error_report("error while reading block status at offset "
+                                 "%" PRIu64 ": %s", offset, strerror(-ret));
+                    return ret;
+                }
+            }
+        } while (ret < 0);
 
-            ret = bdrv_block_status(blk_bs(s->src[src_cur]),
-                                    (sector_num - src_cur_offset) *
-                                    BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
-                                    count, &count, NULL, NULL);
-        } else {
-            ret = bdrv_block_status_above(blk_bs(s->src[src_cur]), NULL,
-                                          (sector_num - src_cur_offset) *
-                                          BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
-                                          count, &count, NULL, NULL);
-        }
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            error_report("error while reading block status of sector %" PRId64
-                         ": %s", sector_num, strerror(-ret));
-            return ret;
-        }
         n = DIV_ROUND_UP(count, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
         if (ret & BDRV_BLOCK_ZERO) {
@@ -1683,6 +1704,7 @@ static int convert_iteration_sectors(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num)
 static int coroutine_fn convert_co_read(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
                                         int nb_sectors, uint8_t *buf)
 {
+    uint64_t single_read_until = 0;
     int n, ret;
 
     assert(nb_sectors <= s->buf_sectors);
@@ -1690,6 +1712,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_read(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
         BlockBackend *blk;
         int src_cur;
         int64_t bs_sectors, src_cur_offset;
+        uint64_t offset;
 
         /* In the case of compression with multiple source files, we can get a
          * nb_sectors that spreads into the next part. So we must be able to
@@ -1698,13 +1721,29 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_read(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
         blk = s->src[src_cur];
         bs_sectors = s->src_sectors[src_cur];
 
-        n = MIN(nb_sectors, bs_sectors - (sector_num - src_cur_offset));
+        offset = (sector_num - src_cur_offset) << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
 
-        ret = blk_co_pread(
-                blk, (sector_num - src_cur_offset) << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-                n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, buf, 0);
+        n = MIN(nb_sectors, bs_sectors - (sector_num - src_cur_offset));
+        if (single_read_until > offset) {
+            n = 1;
+        }
+
+        ret = blk_co_pread(blk, offset, n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, buf, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            return ret;
+            if (s->salvage) {
+                if (n > 1) {
+                    single_read_until = offset + (n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    if (!s->quiet) {
+                        warn_report("error while reading offset %" PRIu64
+                                    ": %s", offset, strerror(-ret));
+                    }
+                    memset(buf, 0, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
+                }
+            } else {
+                return ret;
+            }
         }
 
         sector_num += n;
@@ -2035,6 +2074,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
             {"image-opts", no_argument, 0, OPTION_IMAGE_OPTS},
             {"force-share", no_argument, 0, 'U'},
             {"target-image-opts", no_argument, 0, OPTION_TARGET_IMAGE_OPTS},
+            {"salvage", no_argument, 0, OPTION_SALVAGE},
             {0, 0, 0, 0}
         };
         c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":hf:O:B:Cco:l:S:pt:T:qnm:WU",
@@ -2152,6 +2192,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         case OPTION_IMAGE_OPTS:
             image_opts = true;
             break;
+        case OPTION_SALVAGE:
+            s.salvage = true;
+            break;
         case OPTION_TARGET_IMAGE_OPTS:
             tgt_image_opts = true;
             break;
@@ -2178,6 +2221,11 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         goto fail_getopt;
     }
 
+    if (s.copy_range && s.salvage) {
+        error_report("Cannot use copy offloading in salvaging mode");
+        goto fail_getopt;
+    }
+
     if (tgt_image_opts && !skip_create) {
         error_report("--target-image-opts requires use of -n flag");
         goto fail_getopt;
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index e8bc0fd7a2..c8e9bba515 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ improve performance if the data is remote, such as with NFS or iSCSI backends,
 but will not automatically sparsify zero sectors, and may result in a fully
 allocated target image depending on the host support for getting allocation
 information.
+@item --salvage
+Try to ignore I/O errors when reading.  Unless in quiet mode (@code{-q}), errors
+will still be printed.  Areas that cannot be read from the source will be
+treated as containing only zeroes.
 @end table
 
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