diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index d06dd51632..460effe4fb 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3639,6 +3639,18 @@ BlockErrorAction bdrv_get_error_action(BlockDriverState *bs, bool is_read, int e
     }
 }
 
+static void send_qmp_error_event(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                 BlockErrorAction action,
+                                 bool is_read, int error)
+{
+    BlockErrorAction ac;
+
+    ac = is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ : IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE;
+    qapi_event_send_block_io_error(bdrv_get_device_name(bs), ac, action,
+                                   bdrv_iostatus_is_enabled(bs),
+                                   error == ENOSPC, &error_abort);
+}
+
 /* This is done by device models because, while the block layer knows
  * about the error, it does not know whether an operation comes from
  * the device or the block layer (from a job, for example).
@@ -3664,16 +3676,10 @@ void bdrv_error_action(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockErrorAction action,
          * also ensures that the STOP/RESUME pair of events is emitted.
          */
         qemu_system_vmstop_request_prepare();
-        qapi_event_send_block_io_error(bdrv_get_device_name(bs),
-                                       is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ :
-                                       IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE,
-                                       action, &error_abort);
+        send_qmp_error_event(bs, action, is_read, error);
         qemu_system_vmstop_request(RUN_STATE_IO_ERROR);
     } else {
-        qapi_event_send_block_io_error(bdrv_get_device_name(bs),
-                                       is_read ? IO_OPERATION_TYPE_READ :
-                                       IO_OPERATION_TYPE_WRITE,
-                                       action, &error_abort);
+        send_qmp_error_event(bs, action, is_read, error);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index a685d02728..68945c26b2 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@
 #
 # @io-status: #optional @BlockDeviceIoStatus. Only present if the device
 #             supports it and the VM is configured to stop on errors
+#             (supported device models: virtio-blk, ide, scsi-disk)
 #
 # @inserted: #optional @BlockDeviceInfo describing the device if media is
 #            present
@@ -1587,6 +1588,11 @@
 #
 # @action: action that has been taken
 #
+# @nospace: #optional true if I/O error was caused due to a no-space
+#           condition. This key is only present if query-block's
+#           io-status is present, please see query-block documentation
+#           for more information (since: 2.2)
+#
 # Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the
 # BLOCK_IO_ERROR event
 #
@@ -1594,7 +1600,7 @@
 ##
 { 'event': 'BLOCK_IO_ERROR',
   'data': { 'device': 'str', 'operation': 'IoOperationType',
-            'action': 'BlockErrorAction' } }
+            'action': 'BlockErrorAction', '*nospace': 'bool' } }
 
 ##
 # @BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED