diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/002 b/tests/qemu-iotests/002
index fd413bce48..1a0d411df5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/002
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/002
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/003 b/tests/qemu-iotests/003
index ccd3a39dfb..33eeade0de 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/003
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/003
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 size=128M
 offset=67M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/005 b/tests/qemu-iotests/005
index 9c7681c19b..58442762fe 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/005
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/005
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
 _supported_os Linux
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 # vpc is limited to 127GB, so we can't test it here
 if [ "$IMGFMT" = "vpc" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/009 b/tests/qemu-iotests/009
index 51b200db1d..4dc7d210f9 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/009
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/009
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=6G
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/010 b/tests/qemu-iotests/010
index 48c533f632..df809b3088 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/010
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/010
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=6G
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/011 b/tests/qemu-iotests/011
index 56f704b5b9..57b99ae4a9 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/011
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/011
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=6G
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/017 b/tests/qemu-iotests/017
index 79875de454..0a4b854e65 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/017
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/017
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow qcow2 vmdk qed
 _supported_proto generic
 _unsupported_proto vxhs
-_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat"
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 TEST_OFFSETS="0 4294967296"
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/018 b/tests/qemu-iotests/018
index 78169838ba..c69ce09209 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/018
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/018
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow qcow2 vmdk qed
 _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
-_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat"
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
+                     "streamOptimized"
 
 TEST_OFFSETS="0 4294967296"
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/019 b/tests/qemu-iotests/019
index a56dd30bed..b4f5234609 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/019
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/019
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" \
                      "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 TEST_OFFSETS="0 4294967296"
 CLUSTER_SIZE=65536
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/020 b/tests/qemu-iotests/020
index 6b0ebb37d2..f41b92f35f 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/020
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/020
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ _supported_fmt qcow qcow2 vmdk qed
 _supported_proto file
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" \
                      "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 TEST_OFFSETS="0 4294967296"
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/027 b/tests/qemu-iotests/027
index 4cb638022a..494be0921f 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/027
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/027
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt vmdk qcow qcow2 qed
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/032 b/tests/qemu-iotests/032
index 988a8c5d8f..8337a4d825 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/032
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/032
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 # This works for any image format (though unlikely to segfault for raw)
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 echo
 echo === Prepare image ===
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/033 b/tests/qemu-iotests/033
index 362a48c0a0..8b40991d55 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/033
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/033
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/034 b/tests/qemu-iotests/034
index 324bed28c6..da4cea1571 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/034
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/034
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" \
                      "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 CLUSTER_SIZE=4k
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/037 b/tests/qemu-iotests/037
index 4946b9be92..e6517acbd4 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/037
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/037
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ _supported_fmt qcow qcow2 vmdk qed
 _supported_proto file
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" \
                      "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 CLUSTER_SIZE=4k
 size=128M
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/063 b/tests/qemu-iotests/063
index fe4892e467..7cf0427af4 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/063
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/063
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ _supported_fmt qcow qcow2 vmdk qed raw
 _supported_proto file
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" \
                      "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 _make_test_img 4M
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/072 b/tests/qemu-iotests/072
index 661b36da2d..f0b73e7e65 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/072
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/072
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 
 _supported_fmt vpc vmdk vhdx vdi qed qcow2 qcow
 _supported_proto file
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 IMG_SIZE=64M
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/105 b/tests/qemu-iotests/105
index 3346e8cb25..4d55a2d3ef 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/105
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/105
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow2 vmdk vhdx qed
 _supported_proto generic
 _unsupported_imgopts "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat" \
-                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
+                     "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentSparse" \
+                     "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 echo
 echo "creating large image"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/197 b/tests/qemu-iotests/197
index 383d7d7f61..1d4f6786db 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/197
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/197
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
 # LUKS support may be possible, but it complicates things.
 _unsupported_fmt luks
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 echo
 echo '=== Copy-on-read ==='
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/215 b/tests/qemu-iotests/215
index 958c14f5a0..2eb377d682 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/215
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/215
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
 # LUKS support may be possible, but it complicates things.
 _unsupported_fmt luks
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 echo
 echo '=== Copy-on-read ==='
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/251 b/tests/qemu-iotests/251
index 13f85de9cd..7918ba3559 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/251
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/251
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=streamOptimized"
 
 if [ "$IMGOPTSSYNTAX" = "true" ]; then
     # We use json:{} filenames here, so we cannot work with additional options.