diff --git a/block/blklogwrites.c b/block/blklogwrites.c
index 56154e7325..63bf6b34a9 100644
--- a/block/blklogwrites.c
+++ b/block/blklogwrites.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint32_t sectorbits;
     uint64_t cur_log_sector;
     uint64_t nr_entries;
+    uint64_t update_interval;
 } BDRVBlkLogWritesState;
 
 static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
             .help = "Log sector size",
         },
+        {
+            .name = "log-super-update-interval",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "Log superblock update interval (# of write requests)",
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
 };
@@ -234,6 +240,14 @@ static int blk_log_writes_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->sectorsize = log_sector_size;
     s->sectorbits = blk_log_writes_log2(log_sector_size);
+    s->update_interval = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "log-super-update-interval",
+                                             4096);
+    if (!s->update_interval) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid log superblock update interval %"PRIu64,
+                   s->update_interval);
+        goto fail_log;
+    }
 
     ret = 0;
 fail_log:
@@ -360,8 +374,10 @@ static void coroutine_fn blk_log_writes_co_do_log(BlkLogWritesLogReq *lr)
                                             lr->zero_size, 0);
     }
 
-    /* Update super block on flush */
-    if (lr->log_ret == 0 && lr->entry.flags & LOG_FLUSH_FLAG) {
+    /* Update super block on flush or every update interval */
+    if (lr->log_ret == 0 && ((lr->entry.flags & LOG_FLUSH_FLAG)
+        || (s->nr_entries % s->update_interval == 0)))
+    {
         struct log_write_super super = {
             .magic      = cpu_to_le64(WRITE_LOG_MAGIC),
             .version    = cpu_to_le64(WRITE_LOG_VERSION),
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index d1753a2ae7..38b31250f9 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -3057,13 +3057,17 @@
 # @log-sector-size: sector size used in logging writes to @file, determines
 #                   granularity of offsets and sizes of writes (default: 512)
 #
+# @log-super-update-interval: interval of write requests after which the log
+#                             super block is updated to disk (default: 4096)
+#
 # Since: 3.0
 ##
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsBlklogwrites',
   'data': { 'file': 'BlockdevRef',
             'log': 'BlockdevRef',
             '*log-sector-size': 'uint32',
-            '*log-append': 'bool' } }
+            '*log-append': 'bool',
+            '*log-super-update-interval': 'uint64' } }
 
 ##
 # @BlockdevOptionsBlkverify: