diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index a87a34a8b4..d70336a012 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ static BlockStats *bdrv_query_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs)
         s->device = g_strdup(bdrv_get_device_name(bs));
     }
 
+    if (bdrv_get_node_name(bs)[0]) {
+        s->has_node_name = true;
+        s->node_name = g_strdup(bdrv_get_node_name(bs));
+    }
+
     s->stats = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s->stats));
     s->stats->rd_bytes = bs->stats.nr_bytes[BLOCK_ACCT_READ];
     s->stats->wr_bytes = bs->stats.nr_bytes[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index a14e6ab1fd..de1bd45564 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@
 # @device: #optional If the stats are for a virtual block device, the name
 #          corresponding to the virtual block device.
 #
+# @device: #optional The node name of the device. (Since 2.3)
+#
 # @stats:  A @BlockDeviceStats for the device.
 #
 # @parent: #optional This describes the file block device if it has one.
@@ -415,7 +417,8 @@
 # Since: 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'type': 'BlockStats',
-  'data': {'*device': 'str', 'stats': 'BlockDeviceStats',
+  'data': {'*device': 'str', '*node-name': 'str',
+           'stats': 'BlockDeviceStats',
            '*parent': 'BlockStats',
            '*backing': 'BlockStats'} }