diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index d73ac1b026..66eebab318 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 typedef struct NBDServerData {
     QIONetListener *listener;
     QCryptoTLSCreds *tlscreds;
+    char *tlsauthz;
 } NBDServerData;
 
 static NBDServerData *nbd_server;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ static void nbd_accept(QIONetListener *listener, QIOChannelSocket *cioc,
                        gpointer opaque)
 {
     qio_channel_set_name(QIO_CHANNEL(cioc), "nbd-server");
-    nbd_client_new(cioc, nbd_server->tlscreds, NULL,
+    nbd_client_new(cioc, nbd_server->tlscreds, nbd_server->tlsauthz,
                    nbd_blockdev_client_closed);
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ static void nbd_server_free(NBDServerData *server)
     if (server->tlscreds) {
         object_unref(OBJECT(server->tlscreds));
     }
+    g_free(server->tlsauthz);
 
     g_free(server);
 }
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ static QCryptoTLSCreds *nbd_get_tls_creds(const char *id, Error **errp)
 
 
 void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
-                      Error **errp)
+                      const char *tls_authz, Error **errp)
 {
     if (nbd_server) {
         error_setg(errp, "NBD server already running");
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
         }
     }
 
+    nbd_server->tlsauthz = g_strdup(tls_authz);
+
     qio_net_listener_set_client_func(nbd_server->listener,
                                      nbd_accept,
                                      NULL,
@@ -131,11 +135,12 @@ void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
 
 void qmp_nbd_server_start(SocketAddressLegacy *addr,
                           bool has_tls_creds, const char *tls_creds,
+                          bool has_tls_authz, const char *tls_authz,
                           Error **errp)
 {
     SocketAddress *addr_flat = socket_address_flatten(addr);
 
-    nbd_server_start(addr_flat, tls_creds, errp);
+    nbd_server_start(addr_flat, tls_creds, tls_authz, errp);
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(addr_flat);
 }
 
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index c2ad3f8251..4a702d5b97 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_start(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    nbd_server_start(addr, NULL, &local_err);
+    nbd_server_start(addr, NULL, NULL, &local_err);
     qapi_free_SocketAddress(addr);
     if (local_err != NULL) {
         goto exit;
diff --git a/include/block/nbd.h b/include/block/nbd.h
index b742ec4a89..6d05983a55 100644
--- a/include/block/nbd.h
+++ b/include/block/nbd.h
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void nbd_client_get(NBDClient *client);
 void nbd_client_put(NBDClient *client);
 
 void nbd_server_start(SocketAddress *addr, const char *tls_creds,
-                      Error **errp);
+                      const char *tls_authz, Error **errp);
 
 /* nbd_read
  * Reads @size bytes from @ioc. Returns 0 on success.
diff --git a/qapi/block.json b/qapi/block.json
index 5a79d639e8..79623088e7 100644
--- a/qapi/block.json
+++ b/qapi/block.json
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@
 #
 # @addr: Address on which to listen.
 # @tls-creds: (optional) ID of the TLS credentials object. Since 2.6
+# @tls-authz: ID of the QAuthZ authorization object used to validate
+#             the client's x509 distinguished name. This object is
+#             is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted and
+#             recreated on the fly while the NBD server is active.
+#             If missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0).
 #
 # Returns: error if the server is already running.
 #
@@ -232,7 +237,8 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'nbd-server-start',
   'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
-            '*tls-creds': 'str'} }
+            '*tls-creds': 'str',
+            '*tls-authz': 'str'} }
 
 ##
 # @nbd-server-add: