diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index 574ac4c..050f071 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static int vhdx_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         if (payblocks--) {
             /* payload bat entries */
             if ((s->bat[i] & VHDX_BAT_STATE_BIT_MASK) ==
-                    PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULL_PRESENT) {
+                    PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULLY_PRESENT) {
                 ret = vhdx_region_check(s, s->bat[i] & VHDX_BAT_FILE_OFF_MASK,
                                         s->block_size);
                 if (ret < 0) {
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static int vhdx_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         }
     }
 
-    /* TODO: differencing files, write */
+    /* TODO: differencing files */
 
     /* Disable migration when VHDX images are used */
     error_set(&s->migration_blocker,
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_readv(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                 /* return zero */
                 qemu_iovec_memset(&hd_qiov, 0, 0, sinfo.bytes_avail);
                 break;
-            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULL_PRESENT:
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULLY_PRESENT:
                 qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
                 ret = bdrv_co_readv(bs->file,
                                     sinfo.file_offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
@@ -1070,7 +1070,43 @@ exit:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocate a new payload block at the end of the file.
+ *
+ * Allocation will happen at 1MB alignment inside the file
+ *
+ * Returns the file offset start of the new payload block
+ */
+static int vhdx_allocate_block(BlockDriverState *bs, BDRVVHDXState *s,
+                                    uint64_t *new_offset)
+{
+    *new_offset = bdrv_getlength(bs->file);
+
+    /* per the spec, the address for a block is in units of 1MB */
+    *new_offset = ROUND_UP(*new_offset, 1024 * 1024);
+
+    return bdrv_truncate(bs->file, *new_offset + s->block_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update the BAT table entry with the new file offset, and the new entry
+ * state */
+static void vhdx_update_bat_table_entry(BlockDriverState *bs, BDRVVHDXState *s,
+                                       VHDXSectorInfo *sinfo,
+                                       uint64_t *bat_entry_le,
+                                       uint64_t *bat_offset, int state)
+{
+    /* The BAT entry is a uint64, with 44 bits for the file offset in units of
+     * 1MB, and 3 bits for the block state. */
+    s->bat[sinfo->bat_idx]  = ((sinfo->file_offset>>20) <<
+                               VHDX_BAT_FILE_OFF_BITS);
 
+    s->bat[sinfo->bat_idx] |= state & VHDX_BAT_STATE_BIT_MASK;
+
+    *bat_entry_le = cpu_to_le64(s->bat[sinfo->bat_idx]);
+    *bat_offset = s->bat_offset + sinfo->bat_idx * sizeof(VHDXBatEntry);
+
+}
 
 /* Per the spec, on the first write of guest-visible data to the file the
  * data write guid must be updated in the header */
@@ -1087,7 +1123,175 @@ int vhdx_user_visible_write(BlockDriverState *bs, BDRVVHDXState *s)
 static coroutine_fn int vhdx_co_writev(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                                       int nb_sectors, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 {
-    return -ENOTSUP;
+    int ret = -ENOTSUP;
+    BDRVVHDXState *s = bs->opaque;
+    VHDXSectorInfo sinfo;
+    uint64_t bytes_done = 0;
+    uint64_t bat_entry = 0;
+    uint64_t bat_entry_offset = 0;
+    QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
+    struct iovec iov1 = { 0 };
+    struct iovec iov2 = { 0 };
+    int sectors_to_write;
+    int bat_state;
+    uint64_t bat_prior_offset = 0;
+    bool bat_update = false;
+
+    qemu_iovec_init(&hd_qiov, qiov->niov);
+
+    qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
+
+    ret = vhdx_user_visible_write(bs, s);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    while (nb_sectors > 0) {
+        bool use_zero_buffers = false;
+        bat_update = false;
+        if (s->params.data_bits & VHDX_PARAMS_HAS_PARENT) {
+            /* not supported yet */
+            ret = -ENOTSUP;
+            goto exit;
+        } else {
+            vhdx_block_translate(s, sector_num, nb_sectors, &sinfo);
+            sectors_to_write = sinfo.sectors_avail;
+
+            qemu_iovec_reset(&hd_qiov);
+            /* check the payload block state */
+            bat_state = s->bat[sinfo.bat_idx] & VHDX_BAT_STATE_BIT_MASK;
+            switch (bat_state) {
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_ZERO:
+                /* in this case, we need to preserve zero writes for
+                 * data that is not part of this write, so we must pad
+                 * the rest of the buffer to zeroes */
+
+                /* if we are on a posix system with ftruncate() that extends
+                 * a file, then it is zero-filled for us.  On Win32, the raw
+                 * layer uses SetFilePointer and SetFileEnd, which does not
+                 * zero fill AFAIK */
+
+                /* Queue another write of zero buffers if the underlying file
+                 * does not zero-fill on file extension */
+
+                if (bdrv_has_zero_init(bs->file) == 0) {
+                    use_zero_buffers = true;
+
+                    /* zero fill the front, if any */
+                    if (sinfo.block_offset) {
+                        iov1.iov_len = sinfo.block_offset;
+                        iov1.iov_base = qemu_blockalign(bs, iov1.iov_len);
+                        memset(iov1.iov_base, 0, iov1.iov_len);
+                        qemu_iovec_concat_iov(&hd_qiov, &iov1, 1, 0,
+                                              sinfo.block_offset);
+                        sectors_to_write += iov1.iov_len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
+                    }
+
+                    /* our actual data */
+                    qemu_iovec_concat(&hd_qiov, qiov,  bytes_done,
+                                      sinfo.bytes_avail);
+
+                    /* zero fill the back, if any */
+                    if ((sinfo.bytes_avail - sinfo.block_offset) <
+                         s->block_size) {
+                        iov2.iov_len = s->block_size -
+                                      (sinfo.bytes_avail + sinfo.block_offset);
+                        iov2.iov_base = qemu_blockalign(bs, iov2.iov_len);
+                        memset(iov2.iov_base, 0, iov2.iov_len);
+                        qemu_iovec_concat_iov(&hd_qiov, &iov2, 1, 0,
+                                              sinfo.block_offset);
+                        sectors_to_write += iov2.iov_len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* fall through */
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_NOT_PRESENT: /* fall through */
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_UNMAPPED:    /* fall through */
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_UNDEFINED:   /* fall through */
+                bat_prior_offset = sinfo.file_offset;
+                ret = vhdx_allocate_block(bs, s, &sinfo.file_offset);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    goto exit;
+                }
+                /* once we support differencing files, this may also be
+                 * partially present */
+                /* update block state to the newly specified state */
+                vhdx_update_bat_table_entry(bs, s, &sinfo, &bat_entry,
+                                            &bat_entry_offset,
+                                            PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULLY_PRESENT);
+                bat_update = true;
+                /* since we just allocated a block, file_offset is the
+                 * beginning of the payload block. It needs to be the
+                 * write address, which includes the offset into the block */
+                if (!use_zero_buffers) {
+                    sinfo.file_offset += sinfo.block_offset;
+                }
+                /* fall through */
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULLY_PRESENT:
+                /* if the file offset address is in the header zone,
+                 * there is a problem */
+                if (sinfo.file_offset < (1024 * 1024)) {
+                    ret = -EFAULT;
+                    goto error_bat_restore;
+                }
+
+                if (!use_zero_buffers) {
+                    qemu_iovec_concat(&hd_qiov, qiov,  bytes_done,
+                                      sinfo.bytes_avail);
+                }
+                /* block exists, so we can just overwrite it */
+                qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
+                ret = bdrv_co_writev(bs->file,
+                                    sinfo.file_offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                                    sectors_to_write, &hd_qiov);
+                qemu_co_mutex_lock(&s->lock);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    goto error_bat_restore;
+                }
+                break;
+            case PAYLOAD_BLOCK_PARTIALLY_PRESENT:
+                /* we don't yet support difference files, fall through
+                 * to error */
+            default:
+                ret = -EIO;
+                goto exit;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (bat_update) {
+                /* this will update the BAT entry into the log journal, and
+                 * then flush the log journal out to disk */
+                ret =  vhdx_log_write_and_flush(bs, s, &bat_entry,
+                                                sizeof(VHDXBatEntry),
+                                                bat_entry_offset);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    goto exit;
+                }
+            }
+
+            nb_sectors -= sinfo.sectors_avail;
+            sector_num += sinfo.sectors_avail;
+            bytes_done += sinfo.bytes_avail;
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    goto exit;
+
+error_bat_restore:
+    if (bat_update) {
+        /* keep metadata in sync, and restore the bat entry state
+         * if error. */
+        sinfo.file_offset = bat_prior_offset;
+        vhdx_update_bat_table_entry(bs, s, &sinfo, &bat_entry,
+                                    &bat_entry_offset, bat_state);
+    }
+exit:
+    qemu_vfree(iov1.iov_base);
+    qemu_vfree(iov2.iov_base);
+    qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
+    qemu_iovec_destroy(&hd_qiov);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/block/vhdx.h b/block/vhdx.h
index 6abbf50..f331548 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.h
+++ b/block/vhdx.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ typedef struct QEMU_PACKED VHDXLogDataSector {
 #define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_UNDEFINED         1
 #define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_ZERO              2
 #define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_UNMAPPED          5
-#define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULL_PRESENT      6
+#define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_FULLY_PRESENT     6
 #define PAYLOAD_BLOCK_PARTIALLY_PRESENT 7
 
 #define SB_BLOCK_NOT_PRESENT    0
