diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index 973cd531a3..d0627655f4 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ static void qemu_spice_create_one_update(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd,
 
 static void qemu_spice_create_update(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
 {
+    static const int blksize = 32;
+    int blocks = (ds_get_width(ssd->ds) + blksize - 1) / blksize;
+    int dirty_top[blocks];
+    int y, yoff, x, xoff, blk, bw;
+    int bpp = ds_get_bytes_per_pixel(ssd->ds);
+    uint8_t *guest, *mirror;
+
     if (qemu_spice_rect_is_empty(&ssd->dirty)) {
         return;
     };
@@ -253,7 +260,54 @@ static void qemu_spice_create_update(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
         ssd->ds_mirror = g_malloc0(size);
     }
 
-    qemu_spice_create_one_update(ssd, &ssd->dirty);
+    for (blk = 0; blk < blocks; blk++) {
+        dirty_top[blk] = -1;
+    }
+
+    guest = ds_get_data(ssd->ds);
+    mirror = ssd->ds_mirror;
+    for (y = ssd->dirty.top; y < ssd->dirty.bottom; y++) {
+        yoff = y * ds_get_linesize(ssd->ds);
+        for (x = ssd->dirty.left; x < ssd->dirty.right; x += blksize) {
+            xoff = x * bpp;
+            blk = x / blksize;
+            bw = MIN(blksize, ssd->dirty.right - x);
+            if (memcmp(guest + yoff + xoff,
+                       mirror + yoff + xoff,
+                       bw * bpp) == 0) {
+                if (dirty_top[blk] != -1) {
+                    QXLRect update = {
+                        .top    = dirty_top[blk],
+                        .bottom = y,
+                        .left   = x,
+                        .right  = x + bw,
+                    };
+                    qemu_spice_create_one_update(ssd, &update);
+                    dirty_top[blk] = -1;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (dirty_top[blk] == -1) {
+                    dirty_top[blk] = y;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (x = ssd->dirty.left; x < ssd->dirty.right; x += blksize) {
+        blk = x / blksize;
+        bw = MIN(blksize, ssd->dirty.right - x);
+        if (dirty_top[blk] != -1) {
+            QXLRect update = {
+                .top    = dirty_top[blk],
+                .bottom = ssd->dirty.bottom,
+                .left   = x,
+                .right  = x + bw,
+            };
+            qemu_spice_create_one_update(ssd, &update);
+            dirty_top[blk] = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
     memset(&ssd->dirty, 0, sizeof(ssd->dirty));
 }