diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index 6b0c0a9..19935e2 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int parallels_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     file = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                        BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                        BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                        &local_err);
     if (file == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -EIO;
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index eb5d54c..9d6ac83 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     qcow_blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                            BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                            BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                            &local_err);
     if (qcow_blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 6f79df8..6a92d2e 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,8 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -EIO;
@@ -2266,7 +2267,8 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     options = qdict_new();
     qdict_put(options, "driver", qstring_from_str("qcow2"));
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, options,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index d8f947a..5ec7fd8 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return -EIO;
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index 860ba61..7434710 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ static int sd_prealloc(const char *filename, Error **errp)
     int ret;
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, errp);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, errp);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         ret = -EIO;
         goto out_with_err_set;
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index fd6e26d..9b4f70e 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index ab747f6..052a753 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,8 @@ static int vhdx_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index f5e2fb5..a9bd22b 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,8 @@ static int vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize,
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
@@ -2071,7 +2072,8 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     new_blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                           BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                           BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                           &local_err);
     if (new_blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index b9c9832..f591d4b 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -915,7 +915,8 @@ static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index ff951ea..07f7561 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ typedef struct HDGeometry {
 } HDGeometry;
 
 #define BDRV_O_RDWR        0x0002
+#define BDRV_O_RESIZE      0x0004 /* request permission for resizing the node */
 #define BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT    0x0008 /* open the file read only and save writes in a snapshot */
 #define BDRV_O_TEMPORARY   0x0010 /* delete the file after use */
 #define BDRV_O_NOCACHE     0x0020 /* do not use the host page cache */
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index caa76a7..a48a471 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ static int img_resize(int argc, char **argv)
     qemu_opts_del(param);
 
     blk = img_open(image_opts, filename, fmt,
-                   BDRV_O_RDWR, false, quiet);
+                   BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE, false, quiet);
     if (!blk) {
         ret = -1;
         goto out;
