diff --git a/block/blkdebug.c b/block/blkdebug.c
index 29ab7a3a8b..a5196e889d 100644
--- a/block/blkdebug.c
+++ b/block/blkdebug.c
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ typedef struct BDRVBlkdebugState {
     int state;
     int new_state;
     uint64_t align;
+    uint64_t max_transfer;
+    uint64_t opt_write_zero;
+    uint64_t max_write_zero;
+    uint64_t opt_discard;
+    uint64_t max_discard;
 
     /* For blkdebug_refresh_filename() */
     char *config_file;
@@ -343,6 +348,31 @@ static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
             .help = "Required alignment in bytes",
         },
+        {
+            .name = "max-transfer",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Maximum transfer size in bytes",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = "opt-write-zero",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Optimum write zero alignment in bytes",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = "max-write-zero",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Maximum write zero size in bytes",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = "opt-discard",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Optimum discard alignment in bytes",
+        },
+        {
+            .name = "max-discard",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Maximum discard size in bytes",
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
 };
@@ -354,6 +384,7 @@ static int blkdebug_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     QemuOpts *opts;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret;
+    uint64_t align;
 
     opts = qemu_opts_create(&runtime_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, options, &local_err);
@@ -388,13 +419,61 @@ static int blkdebug_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         bs->file->bs->supported_zero_flags;
     ret = -EINVAL;
 
-    /* Set request alignment */
+    /* Set alignment overrides */
     s->align = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "align", 0);
     if (s->align && (s->align >= INT_MAX || !is_power_of_2(s->align))) {
         error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with align %" PRIu64,
                    s->align);
         goto out;
     }
+    align = MAX(s->align, bs->file->bs->bl.request_alignment);
+
+    s->max_transfer = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "max-transfer", 0);
+    if (s->max_transfer &&
+        (s->max_transfer >= INT_MAX ||
+         !QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(s->max_transfer, align))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with max-transfer %" PRIu64,
+                   s->max_transfer);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    s->opt_write_zero = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "opt-write-zero", 0);
+    if (s->opt_write_zero &&
+        (s->opt_write_zero >= INT_MAX ||
+         !QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(s->opt_write_zero, align))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with opt-write-zero %" PRIu64,
+                   s->opt_write_zero);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    s->max_write_zero = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "max-write-zero", 0);
+    if (s->max_write_zero &&
+        (s->max_write_zero >= INT_MAX ||
+         !QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(s->max_write_zero,
+                          MAX(s->opt_write_zero, align)))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with max-write-zero %" PRIu64,
+                   s->max_write_zero);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    s->opt_discard = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "opt-discard", 0);
+    if (s->opt_discard &&
+        (s->opt_discard >= INT_MAX ||
+         !QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(s->opt_discard, align))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with opt-discard %" PRIu64,
+                   s->opt_discard);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    s->max_discard = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "max-discard", 0);
+    if (s->max_discard &&
+        (s->max_discard >= INT_MAX ||
+         !QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(s->max_discard,
+                          MAX(s->opt_discard, align)))) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot meet constraints with max-discard %" PRIu64,
+                   s->max_discard);
+        goto out;
+    }
 
     ret = 0;
 out:
@@ -789,6 +868,21 @@ static void blkdebug_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     if (s->align) {
         bs->bl.request_alignment = s->align;
     }
+    if (s->max_transfer) {
+        bs->bl.max_transfer = s->max_transfer;
+    }
+    if (s->opt_write_zero) {
+        bs->bl.pwrite_zeroes_alignment = s->opt_write_zero;
+    }
+    if (s->max_write_zero) {
+        bs->bl.max_pwrite_zeroes = s->max_write_zero;
+    }
+    if (s->opt_discard) {
+        bs->bl.pdiscard_alignment = s->opt_discard;
+    }
+    if (s->max_discard) {
+        bs->bl.max_pdiscard = s->max_discard;
+    }
 }
 
 static int blkdebug_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *reopen_state,
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 52e3ecd505..6b974b952f 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2434,8 +2434,33 @@
 #
 # @config:          filename of the configuration file
 #
-# @align:           required alignment for requests in bytes,
-#                   must be power of 2, or 0 for default
+# @align:           required alignment for requests in bytes, must be
+#                   positive power of 2, or 0 for default
+#
+# @max-transfer:    maximum size for I/O transfers in bytes, must be
+#                   positive multiple of @align and of the underlying
+#                   file's request alignment (but need not be a power of
+#                   2), or 0 for default (since 2.10)
+#
+# @opt-write-zero:  preferred alignment for write zero requests in bytes,
+#                   must be positive multiple of @align and of the
+#                   underlying file's request alignment (but need not be a
+#                   power of 2), or 0 for default (since 2.10)
+#
+# @max-write-zero:  maximum size for write zero requests in bytes, must be
+#                   positive multiple of @align, of @opt-write-zero, and of
+#                   the underlying file's request alignment (but need not
+#                   be a power of 2), or 0 for default (since 2.10)
+#
+# @opt-discard:     preferred alignment for discard requests in bytes, must
+#                   be positive multiple of @align and of the underlying
+#                   file's request alignment (but need not be a power of
+#                   2), or 0 for default (since 2.10)
+#
+# @max-discard:     maximum size for discard requests in bytes, must be
+#                   positive multiple of @align, of @opt-discard, and of
+#                   the underlying file's request alignment (but need not
+#                   be a power of 2), or 0 for default (since 2.10)
 #
 # @inject-error:    array of error injection descriptions
 #
@@ -2446,7 +2471,9 @@
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsBlkdebug',
   'data': { 'image': 'BlockdevRef',
             '*config': 'str',
-            '*align': 'int',
+            '*align': 'int', '*max-transfer': 'int32',
+            '*opt-write-zero': 'int32', '*max-write-zero': 'int32',
+            '*opt-discard': 'int32', '*max-discard': 'int32',
             '*inject-error': ['BlkdebugInjectErrorOptions'],
             '*set-state': ['BlkdebugSetStateOptions'] } }