diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index cb82ef3d42..d95ea1e147 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ int parse_uint_full(const char *s, unsigned long long *value, int base);
  * A-Z, as strtosz() will use qemu_toupper() on the given argument
  * prior to comparison.
  */
+#define STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_EB	'E'
+#define STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_PB	'P'
 #define STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_TB	'T'
 #define STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_GB	'G'
 #define STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_MB	'M'
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index eefc7f083f..9d279b81cf 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@
  * 'M'          Non-negative target long (32 or 64 bit), in user mode the
  *              value is multiplied by 2^20 (think Mebibyte)
  * 'o'          octets (aka bytes)
- *              user mode accepts an optional T, t, G, g, M, m, K, k
- *              suffix, which multiplies the value by 2^40 for
- *              suffixes T and t, 2^30 for suffixes G and g, 2^20 for
- *              M and m, 2^10 for K and k
+ *              user mode accepts an optional E, e, P, p, T, t, G, g, M, m,
+ *              K, k suffix, which multiplies the value by 2^60 for suffixes E
+ *              and e, 2^50 for suffixes P and p, 2^40 for suffixes T and t,
+ *              2^30 for suffixes G and g, 2^20 for M and m, 2^10 for K and k
  * 'T'          double
  *              user mode accepts an optional ms, us, ns suffix,
  *              which divides the value by 1e3, 1e6, 1e9, respectively
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 82c7977353..e089c7860b 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ static void help(void)
            "    options are: 'none', 'writeback' (default, except for convert), 'writethrough',\n"
            "    'directsync' and 'unsafe' (default for convert)\n"
            "  'size' is the disk image size in bytes. Optional suffixes\n"
-           "    'k' or 'K' (kilobyte, 1024), 'M' (megabyte, 1024k), 'G' (gigabyte, 1024M)\n"
-           "    and T (terabyte, 1024G) are supported. 'b' is ignored.\n"
+           "    'k' or 'K' (kilobyte, 1024), 'M' (megabyte, 1024k), 'G' (gigabyte, 1024M),\n"
+           "    'T' (terabyte, 1024G), 'P' (petabyte, 1024T) and 'E' (exabyte, 1024P)  are\n"
+           "    supported. 'b' is ignored.\n"
            "  'output_filename' is the destination disk image filename\n"
            "  'output_fmt' is the destination format\n"
            "  'options' is a comma separated list of format specific options in a\n"
@@ -387,8 +388,9 @@ static int img_create(int argc, char **argv)
                 error_report("Image size must be less than 8 EiB!");
             } else {
                 error_report("Invalid image size specified! You may use k, M, "
-                      "G or T suffixes for ");
-                error_report("kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes.");
+                      "G, T, P or E suffixes for ");
+                error_report("kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, "
+                             "petabytes and exabytes.");
             }
             return 1;
         }
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
index 72db13f8d2..d2f0efe16d 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/049.out
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ qemu-img: Formatting or formatting option not supported for file format 'qcow2'
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=-1024 encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off 
 
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -- 1kilobyte
-qemu-img: Invalid image size specified! You may use k, M, G or T suffixes for 
-qemu-img: kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes.
+qemu-img: Invalid image size specified! You may use k, M, G, T, P or E suffixes for 
+qemu-img: kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes and exabytes.
 
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o size=1kilobyte TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off 
 
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -- foobar
-qemu-img: Invalid image size specified! You may use k, M, G or T suffixes for 
-qemu-img: kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes.
+qemu-img: Invalid image size specified! You may use k, M, G, T, P or E suffixes for 
+qemu-img: kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes and exabytes.
 
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o size=foobar TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
 qemu-img: Parameter 'size' expects a size
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index a1658197cf..8f28896843 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ static int64_t suffix_mul(char suffix, int64_t unit)
         return unit * unit * unit;
     case STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_TB:
         return unit * unit * unit * unit;
+    case STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_PB:
+        return unit * unit * unit * unit * unit;
+    case STRTOSZ_DEFSUFFIX_EB:
+        return unit * unit * unit * unit * unit * unit;
     }
     return -1;
 }