diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index b5754d3..a1ae67f 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += raw-posix.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBISCSI) += iscsi.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_CURL) += curl.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_RBD) += rbd.o
+block-obj-$(CONFIG_GLUSTERFS) += gluster.o
diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbaea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -0,0 +1,623 @@
+/*
+ * GlusterFS backend for QEMU
+ *
+ * (AIO implementation is derived from block/rbd.c)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in the top-level
+ * directory.
+ */
+#include <glusterfs/api/glfs.h>
+#include "block_int.h"
+
+typedef struct GlusterAIOCB {
+    BlockDriverAIOCB common;
+    bool canceled;
+    int64_t size;
+    int ret;
+} GlusterAIOCB;
+
+typedef struct BDRVGlusterState {
+    struct glfs *glfs;
+    int fds[2];
+    struct glfs_fd *fd;
+    int qemu_aio_count;
+} BDRVGlusterState;
+
+#define GLUSTER_FD_READ 0
+#define GLUSTER_FD_WRITE 1
+
+typedef struct GlusterURI {
+    char *server;
+    int port;
+    char *volname;
+    char *image;
+    char *transport;
+} GlusterURI;
+
+static void qemu_gluster_uri_free(GlusterURI *uri)
+{
+    g_free(uri->server);
+    g_free(uri->volname);
+    g_free(uri->image);
+    g_free(uri->transport);
+    g_free(uri);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We don't validate the transport option obtained here but
+ * instead depend on gluster to flag an error.
+ */
+static int parse_transport(GlusterURI *uri, char *transport)
+{
+    char *token, *saveptr;
+    int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+    if (!transport) {
+        uri->transport = g_strdup("socket");
+        ret = 0;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    token = strtok_r(transport, "=", &saveptr);
+    if (!token) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(token, "transport")) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    token = strtok_r(NULL, "=", &saveptr);
+    if (!token) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    uri->transport = g_strdup(token);
+    ret = 0;
+out:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int parse_server(GlusterURI *uri, char *server)
+{
+    int ret = -EINVAL;
+    char *token, *saveptr;
+    char *p, *q = server;
+
+    p = strchr(server, '[');
+    if (p) {
+        /* [ipv6] */
+        if (p != server) {
+            /* [ not in the beginning */
+            goto out;
+        }
+        q++;
+        p = strrchr(p, ']');
+        if (!p) {
+            /* No matching ] */
+            goto out;
+        }
+        *p++ = '\0';
+        uri->server = g_strdup(q);
+
+        if (*p) {
+            if (*p != ':') {
+                /* [ipv6] followed by something other than : */
+                goto out;
+            }
+            uri->port = strtoul(++p, NULL, 0);
+            if (uri->port < 0) {
+                goto out;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* port not specified, use default */
+            uri->port = 0;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        /* ipv4 or hostname */
+        if (*server == ':') {
+            /* port specified w/o a server */
+            goto out;
+        }
+        token = strtok_r(server, ":", &saveptr);
+        if (!token) {
+            goto out;
+        }
+        uri->server = g_strdup(token);
+        token = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &saveptr);
+        if (token) {
+            uri->port = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
+            if (uri->port < 0) {
+                goto out;
+            }
+        } else {
+            uri->port = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    ret = 0;
+out:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * file=gluster://server:[port]/volname/image[?transport=socket]
+ *
+ * 'gluster' is the protocol.
+ *
+ * 'server' specifies the server where the volume file specification for
+ * the given volume resides. This can be either hostname or ipv4 address
+ * or ipv6 address. ipv6 address needs to be with in square brackets [ ].
+ *
+ * 'port' is the port number on which gluster management daemon (glusterd) is
+ * listening. This is optional and if not specified, QEMU will send 0 which
+ * will make libgfapi to use the default port.
+ *
+ * 'volname' is the name of the gluster volume which contains the VM image.
+ *
+ * 'image' is the path to the actual VM image in the gluster volume.
+ *
+ * 'transport' specifies the transport used to connect to glusterd. This is
+ * optional and if not specified, socket transport is used.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *
+ * file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
+ * file=gluster://1.2.3.4:5000/testvol/dir/a.img?transport=socket
+ * file=gluster://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]/testvol/dir/a.img
+ * file=gluster://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:5000/testvol/dir/a.img?transport=socket
+ * file=gluster://server.domain.com:5000/testvol/dir/a.img
+ *
+ * We just do minimal checking of the gluster options and mostly ensure
+ * that all the expected elements of the URI are present. We depend on libgfapi
+ * APIs to return appropriate errors in case of invalid arguments.
+ */
+static int qemu_gluster_parseuri(GlusterURI *uri, const char *filename)
+{
+    char *token, *saveptr;
+    char *p, *r;
+    int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+    p = r = g_strdup(filename);
+    if (strncmp(p, "gluster://", 10)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* Discard the protocol */
+    p += 10;
+
+    /* server */
+    token = strtok_r(p, "/", &saveptr);
+    if (!token) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = parse_server(uri, token);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* volname */
+    token = strtok_r(NULL, "/", &saveptr);
+    if (!token) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    uri->volname = g_strdup(token);
+
+    /* image */
+    token = strtok_r(NULL, "?", &saveptr);
+    if (!token) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    uri->image = g_strdup(token);
+
+    /* transport */
+    token = strtok_r(NULL, "?", &saveptr);
+    ret = parse_transport(uri, token);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+     }
+
+    /* Flag error for extra options */
+    token = strtok_r(NULL, "?", &saveptr);
+    if (token) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    ret = 0;
+out:
+    g_free(r);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(GlusterURI *uri, const char *filename)
+{
+    struct glfs *glfs = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = qemu_gluster_parseuri(uri, filename);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Usage: file=gluster://server[:port]/volname/image"
+            "[?transport=socket]");
+        errno = -ret;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    glfs = glfs_new(uri->volname);
+    if (!glfs) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = glfs_set_volfile_server(glfs, uri->transport, uri->server,
+        uri->port);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: Use GF_LOG_ERROR instead of hard code value of 4 here when
+     * GlusterFS exports it in a header.
+     */
+    ret = glfs_set_logging(glfs, "-", 4);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = glfs_init(glfs);
+    if (ret) {
+        error_report("Gluster connection failed for server=%s port=%d "
+             "volume=%s image=%s transport=%s\n", uri->server, uri->port,
+             uri->volname, uri->image, uri->transport);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    return glfs;
+
+out:
+    if (glfs) {
+        glfs_fini(glfs);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_complete_aio(GlusterAIOCB *acb)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    if (acb->canceled) {
+        qemu_aio_release(acb);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (acb->ret == acb->size) {
+        ret = 0; /* Success */
+    } else if (acb->ret < 0) {
+        ret = acb->ret; /* Read/Write failed */
+    } else {
+        ret = -EIO; /* Partial read/write - fail it */
+    }
+    acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, ret);
+    qemu_aio_release(acb);
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_aio_event_reader(void *opaque)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = opaque;
+    GlusterAIOCB *event_acb;
+    int event_reader_pos = 0;
+    ssize_t ret;
+
+    do {
+        char *p = (char *)&event_acb;
+
+        ret = read(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ], p + event_reader_pos,
+                   sizeof(event_acb) - event_reader_pos);
+        if (ret > 0) {
+            event_reader_pos += ret;
+            if (event_reader_pos == sizeof(event_acb)) {
+                event_reader_pos = 0;
+                qemu_gluster_complete_aio(event_acb);
+                s->qemu_aio_count--;
+            }
+        }
+    } while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+}
+
+static int qemu_gluster_aio_flush_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = opaque;
+
+    return (s->qemu_aio_count > 0);
+}
+
+static int qemu_gluster_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename,
+    int bdrv_flags)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+    int open_flags = 0;
+    int ret = 0;
+    GlusterURI *uri = g_malloc0(sizeof(GlusterURI));
+
+    s->glfs = qemu_gluster_init(uri, filename);
+    if (!s->glfs) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    open_flags |=  O_BINARY;
+    open_flags &= ~O_ACCMODE;
+    if (bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) {
+        open_flags |= O_RDWR;
+    } else {
+        open_flags |= O_RDONLY;
+    }
+
+    if ((bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_NOCACHE)) {
+        open_flags |= O_DIRECT;
+    }
+
+    s->fd = glfs_open(s->glfs, uri->image, open_flags);
+    if (!s->fd) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemu_pipe(s->fds);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    fcntl(s->fds[0], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+    fcntl(s->fds[1], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+    qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ],
+        qemu_gluster_aio_event_reader, NULL, qemu_gluster_aio_flush_cb, s);
+
+out:
+    qemu_gluster_uri_free(uri);
+    if (!ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+    if (s->fd) {
+        glfs_close(s->fd);
+    }
+    if (s->glfs) {
+        glfs_fini(s->glfs);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
+        QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+{
+    struct glfs *glfs;
+    struct glfs_fd *fd;
+    int ret = 0;
+    int64_t total_size = 0;
+    GlusterURI *uri = g_malloc0(sizeof(GlusterURI));
+
+    glfs = qemu_gluster_init(uri, filename);
+    if (!glfs) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    while (options && options->name) {
+        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
+            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+        }
+        options++;
+    }
+
+    fd = glfs_creat(glfs, uri->image,
+        O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+    if (!fd) {
+        ret = -errno;
+    } else {
+        if (glfs_ftruncate(fd, total_size * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) != 0) {
+            ret = -errno;
+        }
+        if (glfs_close(fd) != 0) {
+            ret = -errno;
+        }
+    }
+out:
+    qemu_gluster_uri_free(uri);
+    if (glfs) {
+        glfs_fini(glfs);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *blockacb)
+{
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb = (GlusterAIOCB *)blockacb;
+
+    acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, -ECANCELED);
+    acb->canceled = true;
+}
+
+static AIOPool gluster_aio_pool = {
+    .aiocb_size = sizeof(GlusterAIOCB),
+    .cancel = qemu_gluster_aio_cancel,
+};
+
+static int qemu_gluster_send_pipe(BDRVGlusterState *s, GlusterAIOCB *acb)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    while (1) {
+        fd_set wfd;
+        int fd = s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_WRITE];
+
+        ret = write(fd, (void *)&acb, sizeof(acb));
+        if (ret >= 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (errno == EINTR) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        FD_ZERO(&wfd);
+        FD_SET(fd, &wfd);
+        do {
+            ret = select(fd + 1, NULL, &wfd, NULL, NULL);
+        } while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void gluster_finish_aiocb(struct glfs_fd *fd, ssize_t ret, void *arg)
+{
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb = (GlusterAIOCB *)arg;
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = acb->common.bs->opaque;
+
+    acb->ret = ret;
+    if (qemu_gluster_send_pipe(s, acb) < 0) {
+        /*
+         * Gluster AIO callback thread failed to notify the waiting
+         * QEMU thread about IO completion. Nothing much can be done
+         * here but to abruptly abort.
+         *
+         * FIXME: Check if the read side of the fd handler can somehow
+         * be notified of this failure paving the way for a graceful exit.
+         */
+        error_report("Gluster failed to notify QEMU about IO completion");
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+static BlockDriverAIOCB *qemu_gluster_aio_rw(BlockDriverState *bs,
+        int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
+        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, int write)
+{
+    int ret;
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb;
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+    size_t size;
+    off_t offset;
+
+    offset = sector_num * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    size = nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    s->qemu_aio_count++;
+
+    acb = qemu_aio_get(&gluster_aio_pool, bs, cb, opaque);
+    acb->size = size;
+    acb->ret = 0;
+    acb->canceled = false;
+
+    if (write) {
+        ret = glfs_pwritev_async(s->fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset, 0,
+            &gluster_finish_aiocb, acb);
+    } else {
+        ret = glfs_preadv_async(s->fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset, 0,
+            &gluster_finish_aiocb, acb);
+    }
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    return &acb->common;
+
+out:
+    s->qemu_aio_count--;
+    qemu_aio_release(acb);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static BlockDriverAIOCB *qemu_gluster_aio_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
+        int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
+        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+{
+    return qemu_gluster_aio_rw(bs, sector_num, qiov, nb_sectors, cb, opaque, 0);
+}
+
+static BlockDriverAIOCB *qemu_gluster_aio_writev(BlockDriverState *bs,
+        int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
+        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+{
+    return qemu_gluster_aio_rw(bs, sector_num, qiov, nb_sectors, cb, opaque, 1);
+}
+
+static BlockDriverAIOCB *qemu_gluster_aio_flush(BlockDriverState *bs,
+        BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+{
+    int ret;
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb;
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    acb = qemu_aio_get(&gluster_aio_pool, bs, cb, opaque);
+    acb->size = 0;
+    acb->ret = 0;
+    acb->canceled = false;
+    s->qemu_aio_count++;
+
+    ret = glfs_fsync_async(s->fd, &gluster_finish_aiocb, acb);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    return &acb->common;
+
+out:
+    s->qemu_aio_count--;
+    qemu_aio_release(acb);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static int64_t qemu_gluster_getlength(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+    struct stat st;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = glfs_fstat(s->fd, &st);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return -errno;
+    } else {
+        return st.st_size;
+    }
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    if (s->fd) {
+        glfs_close(s->fd);
+        s->fd = NULL;
+    }
+    glfs_fini(s->glfs);
+}
+
+static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_gluster_create_options[] = {
+    {
+        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+        .type = OPT_SIZE,
+        .help = "Virtual disk size"
+    },
+    { NULL }
+};
+
+static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
+    .format_name = "gluster",
+    .protocol_name = "gluster",
+    .instance_size = sizeof(BDRVGlusterState),
+    .bdrv_file_open = qemu_gluster_open,
+    .bdrv_close = qemu_gluster_close,
+    .bdrv_create = qemu_gluster_create,
+    .bdrv_getlength = qemu_gluster_getlength,
+
+    .bdrv_aio_readv = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
+    .bdrv_aio_writev = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
+    .bdrv_aio_flush = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
+
+    .create_options = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+};
+
+static void bdrv_gluster_init(void)
+{
+    bdrv_register(&bdrv_gluster);
+}
+
+block_init(bdrv_gluster_init);
