diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index a7d57e3d33..448b9ce113 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ BlockJobInfo *block_job_query(BlockJob *job)
     info->offset    = job->offset;
     info->speed     = job->speed;
     info->io_status = job->iostatus;
+    info->ready     = job->ready;
     return info;
 }
 
@@ -296,6 +297,8 @@ void block_job_event_completed(BlockJob *job, const char *msg)
 
 void block_job_event_ready(BlockJob *job)
 {
+    job->ready = true;
+
     qapi_event_send_block_job_ready(job->driver->job_type,
                                     bdrv_get_device_name(job->bs),
                                     job->len,
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index ab11a0f622..9694f130b0 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ struct BlockJob {
      */
     bool busy;
 
+    /**
+     * Set to true when the job is ready to be completed.
+     */
+    bool ready;
+
     /** Status that is published by the query-block-jobs QMP API */
     BlockDeviceIoStatus iostatus;
 
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 8f7089e054..77a0cfbd82 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -514,12 +514,14 @@
 #
 # @io-status: the status of the job (since 1.3)
 #
+# @ready: true if the job may be completed (since 2.2)
+#
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
 { 'type': 'BlockJobInfo',
   'data': {'type': 'str', 'device': 'str', 'len': 'int',
            'offset': 'int', 'busy': 'bool', 'paused': 'bool', 'speed': 'int',
-           'io-status': 'BlockDeviceIoStatus'} }
+           'io-status': 'BlockDeviceIoStatus', 'ready': 'bool'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-block-jobs: