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..3588d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -0,0 +1,624 @@
+/*
+ * GlusterFS backend for QEMU
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * Pipe handling mechanism in AIO implementation is derived from
+ * block/rbd.c. Hence,
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Christian Brunner <chb@muc.de>,
+ *                         Josh Durgin <josh.durgin@dreamhost.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ * Contributions after 2012-01-13 are licensed under the terms of the
+ * GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <glusterfs/api/glfs.h>
+#include "block_int.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "uri.h"
+
+typedef struct GlusterAIOCB {
+    BlockDriverAIOCB common;
+    int64_t size;
+    int ret;
+    bool *finished;
+    QEMUBH *bh;
+} GlusterAIOCB;
+
+typedef struct BDRVGlusterState {
+    struct glfs *glfs;
+    int fds[2];
+    struct glfs_fd *fd;
+    int qemu_aio_count;
+    int event_reader_pos;
+    GlusterAIOCB *event_acb;
+} BDRVGlusterState;
+
+#define GLUSTER_FD_READ  0
+#define GLUSTER_FD_WRITE 1
+
+typedef struct GlusterConf {
+    char *server;
+    int port;
+    char *volname;
+    char *image;
+    char *transport;
+} GlusterConf;
+
+static void qemu_gluster_gconf_free(GlusterConf *gconf)
+{
+    g_free(gconf->server);
+    g_free(gconf->volname);
+    g_free(gconf->image);
+    g_free(gconf->transport);
+    g_free(gconf);
+}
+
+static int parse_volume_options(GlusterConf *gconf, char *path)
+{
+    char *p, *q;
+
+    if (!path) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    /* volume */
+    p = q = path + strspn(path, "/");
+    p += strcspn(p, "/");
+    if (*p == '\0') {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    gconf->volname = g_strndup(q, p - q);
+
+    /* image */
+    p += strspn(p, "/");
+    if (*p == '\0') {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    gconf->image = g_strdup(p);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * file=gluster[+transport]://[server[:port]]/volname/image[?socket=...]
+ *
+ * 'gluster' is the protocol.
+ *
+ * 'transport' specifies the transport type used to connect to gluster
+ * management daemon (glusterd). Valid transport types are
+ * tcp, unix and rdma. If a transport type isn't specified, then tcp
+ * type is assumed.
+ *
+ * 'server' specifies the server where the volume file specification for
+ * the given volume resides. This can be either hostname, ipv4 address
+ * or ipv6 address. ipv6 address needs to be within square brackets [ ].
+ * If transport type is 'unix', then 'server' field should not be specifed.
+ * The 'socket' field needs to be populated with the path to unix domain
+ * socket.
+ *
+ * 'port' is the port number on which glusterd is listening. This is optional
+ * and if not specified, QEMU will send 0 which will make gluster to use the
+ * default port. If the transport type is unix, then 'port' should not be
+ * specified.
+ *
+ * 'volname' is the name of the gluster volume which contains the VM image.
+ *
+ * 'image' is the path to the actual VM image that resides on gluster volume.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *
+ * file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
+ * file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
+ * file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+ * file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]/testvol/dir/a.img
+ * file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+ * file=gluster+tcp://server.domain.com:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+ * file=gluster+unix:///testvol/dir/a.img?socket=/tmp/glusterd.socket
+ * file=gluster+rdma://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/a.img
+ */
+static int qemu_gluster_parseuri(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename)
+{
+    URI *uri;
+    QueryParams *qp = NULL;
+    bool is_unix = false;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    uri = uri_parse(filename);
+    if (!uri) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    /* transport */
+    if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster")) {
+        gconf->transport = g_strdup("tcp");
+    } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+tcp")) {
+        gconf->transport = g_strdup("tcp");
+    } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+unix")) {
+        gconf->transport = g_strdup("unix");
+        is_unix = true;
+    } else if (!strcmp(uri->scheme, "gluster+rdma")) {
+        gconf->transport = g_strdup("rdma");
+    } else {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = parse_volume_options(gconf, uri->path);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    qp = query_params_parse(uri->query);
+    if (qp->n > 1 || (is_unix && !qp->n) || (!is_unix && qp->n)) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (is_unix) {
+        if (uri->server || uri->port) {
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto out;
+        }
+        if (strcmp(qp->p[0].name, "socket")) {
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto out;
+        }
+        gconf->server = g_strdup(qp->p[0].value);
+    } else {
+        gconf->server = g_strdup(uri->server);
+        gconf->port = uri->port;
+    }
+
+out:
+    if (qp) {
+        query_params_free(qp);
+    }
+    uri_free(uri);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static struct glfs *qemu_gluster_init(GlusterConf *gconf, const char *filename)
+{
+    struct glfs *glfs = NULL;
+    int ret;
+    int old_errno;
+
+    ret = qemu_gluster_parseuri(gconf, filename);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_report("Usage: file=gluster[+transport]://[server[:port]]/"
+            "volname/image[?socket=...]");
+        errno = -ret;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    glfs = glfs_new(gconf->volname);
+    if (!glfs) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = glfs_set_volfile_server(glfs, gconf->transport, gconf->server,
+            gconf->port);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: Use GF_LOG_ERROR instead of hard code value of 4 here when
+     * GlusterFS makes GF_LOG_* macros available to libgfapi users.
+     */
+    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", gconf->server, gconf->port,
+             gconf->volname, gconf->image, gconf->transport);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    return glfs;
+
+out:
+    if (glfs) {
+        old_errno = errno;
+        glfs_fini(glfs);
+        errno = old_errno;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_complete_aio(GlusterAIOCB *acb, BDRVGlusterState *s)
+{
+    int ret;
+    bool *finished = acb->finished;
+    BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb = acb->common.cb;
+    void *opaque = acb->common.opaque;
+
+    if (!acb->ret || 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 */
+    }
+
+    s->qemu_aio_count--;
+    qemu_aio_release(acb);
+    cb(opaque, ret);
+    if (finished) {
+        *finished = true;
+    }
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_aio_event_reader(void *opaque)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = opaque;
+    ssize_t ret;
+
+    do {
+        char *p = (char *)&s->event_acb;
+
+        ret = read(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ], p + s->event_reader_pos,
+                   sizeof(s->event_acb) - s->event_reader_pos);
+        if (ret > 0) {
+            s->event_reader_pos += ret;
+            if (s->event_reader_pos == sizeof(s->event_acb)) {
+                s->event_reader_pos = 0;
+                qemu_gluster_complete_aio(s->event_acb, s);
+            }
+        }
+    } 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 = O_BINARY;
+    int ret = 0;
+    GlusterConf *gconf = g_malloc0(sizeof(GlusterConf));
+
+    s->glfs = qemu_gluster_init(gconf, filename);
+    if (!s->glfs) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    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, gconf->image, open_flags);
+    if (!s->fd) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemu_pipe(s->fds);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto out;
+    }
+    fcntl(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ], 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_gconf_free(gconf);
+    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;
+    GlusterConf *gconf = g_malloc0(sizeof(GlusterConf));
+
+    glfs = qemu_gluster_init(gconf, 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, gconf->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_gconf_free(gconf);
+    if (glfs) {
+        glfs_fini(glfs);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *blockacb)
+{
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb = (GlusterAIOCB *)blockacb;
+    bool finished = false;
+
+    acb->finished = &finished;
+    while (!finished) {
+        qemu_aio_wait();
+    }
+}
+
+static AIOPool gluster_aio_pool = {
+    .aiocb_size = sizeof(GlusterAIOCB),
+    .cancel = qemu_gluster_aio_cancel,
+};
+
+static void gluster_finish_aiocb(struct glfs_fd *fd, ssize_t ret, void *arg)
+{
+    GlusterAIOCB *acb = (GlusterAIOCB *)arg;
+    BlockDriverState *bs = acb->common.bs;
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+    int retval;
+
+    acb->ret = ret;
+    retval = qemu_write_full(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_WRITE], &acb, sizeof(acb));
+    if (retval != sizeof(acb)) {
+        /*
+         * Gluster AIO callback thread failed to notify the waiting
+         * QEMU thread about IO completion.
+         *
+         * Complete this IO request and make the disk inaccessible for
+         * subsequent reads and writes.
+         */
+        error_report("Gluster failed to notify QEMU about IO completion");
+
+        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(); /* We are in gluster thread context */
+        acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, -EIO);
+        qemu_aio_release(acb);
+        s->qemu_aio_count--;
+        close(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ]);
+        close(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_WRITE]);
+        qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ], NULL, NULL, NULL,
+            NULL);
+        bs->drv = NULL; /* Make the disk inaccessible */
+        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    }
+}
+
+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->finished = NULL;
+
+    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->finished = NULL;
+    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;
+    int64_t ret;
+
+    ret = glfs_lseek(s->fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return -errno;
+    } else {
+        return ret;
+    }
+}
+
+static int64_t qemu_gluster_allocated_file_size(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_blocks * 512;
+    }
+}
+
+static void qemu_gluster_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    BDRVGlusterState *s = bs->opaque;
+
+    close(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ]);
+    close(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_WRITE]);
+    qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->fds[GLUSTER_FD_READ], NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+    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_get_allocated_file_size = qemu_gluster_allocated_file_size,
+    .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 BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
+    .format_name                  = "gluster",
+    .protocol_name                = "gluster+tcp",
+    .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_get_allocated_file_size = qemu_gluster_allocated_file_size,
+    .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 BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
+    .format_name                  = "gluster",
+    .protocol_name                = "gluster+unix",
+    .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_get_allocated_file_size = qemu_gluster_allocated_file_size,
+    .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 BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
+    .format_name                  = "gluster",
+    .protocol_name                = "gluster+rdma",
+    .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_get_allocated_file_size = qemu_gluster_allocated_file_size,
+    .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_rdma);
+    bdrv_register(&bdrv_gluster_unix);
+    bdrv_register(&bdrv_gluster_tcp);
+    bdrv_register(&bdrv_gluster);
+}
+
+block_init(bdrv_gluster_init);
