diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index 010afad71a..db2933e469 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ gluster.o-libs     := $(GLUSTERFS_LIBS)
 ssh.o-cflags       := $(LIBSSH2_CFLAGS)
 ssh.o-libs         := $(LIBSSH2_LIBS)
 archipelago.o-libs := $(ARCHIPELAGO_LIBS)
+dmg.o-libs         := $(BZIP2_LIBS)
 qcow.o-libs        := -lz
 linux-aio.o-libs   := -laio
diff --git a/block/dmg.c b/block/dmg.c
index cc584b55aa..797fda3ec8 100644
--- a/block/dmg.c
+++ b/block/dmg.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include <zlib.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
+#include <bzlib.h>
+#endif
 #include <glib.h>
 
 enum {
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ typedef struct BDRVDMGState {
     uint8_t *compressed_chunk;
     uint8_t *uncompressed_chunk;
     z_stream zstream;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
+    bz_stream bzstream;
+#endif
 } BDRVDMGState;
 
 static int dmg_probe(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size, const char *filename)
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ static void update_max_chunk_size(BDRVDMGState *s, uint32_t chunk,
 
     switch (s->types[chunk]) {
     case 0x80000005: /* zlib compressed */
+    case 0x80000006: /* bzip2 compressed */
         compressed_size = s->lengths[chunk];
         uncompressed_sectors = s->sectorcounts[chunk];
         break;
@@ -198,6 +205,9 @@ static bool dmg_is_known_block_type(uint32_t entry_type)
     case 0x00000001:    /* uncompressed */
     case 0x00000002:    /* zeroes */
     case 0x80000005:    /* zlib */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
+    case 0x80000006:    /* bzip2 */
+#endif
         return true;
     default:
         return false;
@@ -564,13 +574,16 @@ static inline int dmg_read_chunk(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t sector_num)
     if (!is_sector_in_chunk(s, s->current_chunk, sector_num)) {
         int ret;
         uint32_t chunk = search_chunk(s, sector_num);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
+        uint64_t total_out;
+#endif
 
         if (chunk >= s->n_chunks) {
             return -1;
         }
 
         s->current_chunk = s->n_chunks;
-        switch (s->types[chunk]) {
+        switch (s->types[chunk]) { /* block entry type */
         case 0x80000005: { /* zlib compressed */
             /* we need to buffer, because only the chunk as whole can be
              * inflated. */
@@ -594,6 +607,34 @@ static inline int dmg_read_chunk(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t sector_num)
                 return -1;
             }
             break; }
+#ifdef CONFIG_BZIP2
+        case 0x80000006: /* bzip2 compressed */
+            /* we need to buffer, because only the chunk as whole can be
+             * inflated. */
+            ret = bdrv_pread(bs->file, s->offsets[chunk],
+                             s->compressed_chunk, s->lengths[chunk]);
+            if (ret != s->lengths[chunk]) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            ret = BZ2_bzDecompressInit(&s->bzstream, 0, 0);
+            if (ret != BZ_OK) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            s->bzstream.next_in = (char *)s->compressed_chunk;
+            s->bzstream.avail_in = (unsigned int) s->lengths[chunk];
+            s->bzstream.next_out = (char *)s->uncompressed_chunk;
+            s->bzstream.avail_out = (unsigned int) 512 * s->sectorcounts[chunk];
+            ret = BZ2_bzDecompress(&s->bzstream);
+            total_out = ((uint64_t)s->bzstream.total_out_hi32 << 32) +
+                        s->bzstream.total_out_lo32;
+            BZ2_bzDecompressEnd(&s->bzstream);
+            if (ret != BZ_STREAM_END ||
+                total_out != 512 * s->sectorcounts[chunk]) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            break;
+#endif /* CONFIG_BZIP2 */
         case 1: /* copy */
             ret = bdrv_pread(bs->file, s->offsets[chunk],
                              s->uncompressed_chunk, s->lengths[chunk]);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e00e03af32..7ba4bcb866 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ glx=""
 zlib="yes"
 lzo=""
 snappy=""
+bzip2=""
 guest_agent=""
 guest_agent_with_vss="no"
 vss_win32_sdk=""
@@ -1060,6 +1061,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-snappy) snappy="yes"
   ;;
+  --disable-bzip2) bzip2="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-bzip2) bzip2="yes"
+  ;;
   --enable-guest-agent) guest_agent="yes"
   ;;
   --disable-guest-agent) guest_agent="no"
@@ -1374,6 +1379,8 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --enable-usb-redir       enable usb network redirection support
   --enable-lzo             enable the support of lzo compression library
   --enable-snappy          enable the support of snappy compression library
+  --enable-bzip2           enable the support of bzip2 compression library (for
+                           reading bzip2-compressed dmg images)
   --disable-guest-agent    disable building of the QEMU Guest Agent
   --enable-guest-agent     enable building of the QEMU Guest Agent
   --with-vss-sdk=SDK-path  enable Windows VSS support in QEMU Guest Agent
@@ -1819,6 +1826,24 @@ EOF
     fi
 fi
 
+##########################################
+# bzip2 check
+
+if test "$bzip2" != "no" ; then
+    cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <bzlib.h>
+int main(void) { BZ2_bzlibVersion(); return 0; }
+EOF
+    if compile_prog "" "-lbz2" ; then
+        bzip2="yes"
+    else
+        if test "$bzip2" = "yes"; then
+            feature_not_found "libbzip2" "Install libbzip2 devel"
+        fi
+        bzip2="no"
+    fi
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # libseccomp check
 
@@ -4385,6 +4410,7 @@ echo "vhdx              $vhdx"
 echo "Quorum            $quorum"
 echo "lzo support       $lzo"
 echo "snappy support    $snappy"
+echo "bzip2 support     $bzip2"
 echo "NUMA host support $numa"
 
 if test "$sdl_too_old" = "yes"; then
@@ -4743,6 +4769,11 @@ if test "$snappy" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SNAPPY=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
+if test "$bzip2" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_BZIP2=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "BZIP2_LIBS=-lbz2" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$libiscsi" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LIBISCSI=m" >> $config_host_mak
   echo "LIBISCSI_CFLAGS=$libiscsi_cflags" >> $config_host_mak