diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 1301144..461ca89 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockDriverState *bs)
     info->encrypted              = bs->encrypted;
     info->encryption_key_missing = bdrv_key_required(bs);
 
+    info->cache = g_new(BlockdevCacheInfo, 1);
+    *info->cache = (BlockdevCacheInfo) {
+        .writeback      = bdrv_enable_write_cache(bs),
+        .direct         = !!(bs->open_flags & BDRV_O_NOCACHE),
+        .no_flush       = !!(bs->open_flags & BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH),
+    };
+
     if (bs->node_name[0]) {
         info->has_node_name = true;
         info->node_name = g_strdup(bs->node_name);
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 63d7686..10f383b 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ void hmp_info_block(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     BlockInfoList *block_list, *info;
     ImageInfo *image_info;
+    BlockDeviceInfo *inserted;
     const char *device = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "device");
     bool verbose = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "verbose", 0);
 
@@ -335,6 +336,13 @@ void hmp_info_block(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
             continue;
         }
 
+        inserted = info->value->inserted;
+
+        monitor_printf(mon, "    Cache mode:       %s%s%s\n",
+                       inserted->cache->writeback ? "writeback" : "writethrough",
+                       inserted->cache->direct ? ", direct" : "",
+                       inserted->cache->no_flush ? ", ignore flushes" : "");
+
         if (info->value->inserted->has_backing_file) {
             monitor_printf(mon,
                            "    Backing file:     %s "
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 8c3e45d..2950b95 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@
            '*fragmented-clusters': 'int', '*compressed-clusters': 'int' } }
 
 ##
+# @BlockdevCacheInfo
+#
+# Cache mode information for a block device
+#
+# @writeback:   true if writeback mode is enabled
+# @direct:      true if the host page cache is bypassed (O_DIRECT)
+# @no-flush:    true if flush requests are ignored for the device
+#
+# Since: 2.3
+##
+{ 'type': 'BlockdevCacheInfo',
+  'data': { 'writeback': 'bool',
+            'direct': 'bool',
+            'no-flush': 'bool' } }
+
+##
 # @BlockDeviceInfo:
 #
 # Information about the backing device for a block device.
@@ -242,6 +258,8 @@
 #
 # @iops_size: #optional an I/O size in bytes (Since 1.7)
 #
+# @cache: the cache mode used for the block device (since: 2.3)
+#
 # Since: 0.14.0
 #
 ##
@@ -256,7 +274,7 @@
             '*bps_max': 'int', '*bps_rd_max': 'int',
             '*bps_wr_max': 'int', '*iops_max': 'int',
             '*iops_rd_max': 'int', '*iops_wr_max': 'int',
-            '*iops_size': 'int' } }
+            '*iops_size': 'int', 'cache': 'BlockdevCacheInfo' } }
 
 ##
 # @BlockDeviceIoStatus:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/051.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/051.out
index 2c7e808..7f16134 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/051.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/051.out
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,driver=qcow2,backing.file.filename=TEST_DI
 QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
 (qemu) i[K[Din[K[D[Dinf[K[D[D[Dinfo[K[D[D[D[Dinfo [K[D[D[D[D[Dinfo b[K[D[D[D[D[D[Dinfo bl[K[D[D[D[D[D[D[Dinfo blo[K[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[Dinfo bloc[K[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[Dinfo block[K
 ide0-hd0: TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 (qcow2)
+    Cache mode:       writeback
     Backing file:     TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.orig (chain depth: 1)
 (qemu) q[K[Dqu[K[D[Dqui[K[D[D[Dquit[K
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/067.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/067.out
index 0f72dcf..794b82d 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/067.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/067.out
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
 Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=disk -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=disk,id=virtio0
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
-{"return": [{"io-status": "ok", "device": "disk", "locked": false, "removable": false, "inserted": {"iops_rd": 0, "detect_zeroes": "off", "image": {"virtual-size": 134217728, "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.qcow2", "cluster-size": 65536, "format": "qcow2", "actual-size": SIZE, "format-specific": {"type": "qcow2", "data": {"compat": "1.1", "lazy-refcounts": false, "corrupt": false}}, "dirty-flag": false}, "iops_wr": 0, "ro": false, "backing_file_depth": 0, "drv": "qcow2", "iops": 0, "bps_wr": 0, "encrypted": false, "bps": 0, "bps_rd": 0, "file": "TEST_DIR/t.qcow2", "encryption_key_missing": false}, "type": "unknown"}, {"io-status": "ok", "device": "ide1-cd0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknown"}, {"device": "floppy0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknown"}, {"device": "sd0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknown"}]}
+{"return": [{"io-status": "ok", "device": "disk", "locked": false, "removable": false, "inserted": {"iops_rd": 0, "detect_zeroes": "off", "image": {"virtual-size": 134217728, "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.qcow2", "cluster-size": 65536, "format": "qcow2", "actual-size": SIZE, "format-specific": {"type": "qcow2", "data": {"compat": "1.1", "lazy-refcounts": false, "corrupt": false}}, "dirty-flag": false}, "iops_wr": 0, "ro": false, "backing_file_depth": 0, "drv": "qcow2", "iops": 0, "bps_wr": 0, "encrypted": false, "bps": 0, "bps_rd": 0, "cache": {"no-flush": false, "direct": false, "writeback": true}, "file": "TEST_DIR/t.qcow2", "encryption_key_missing": false}, "type": "unknown"}, {"io-status": "ok", "device": "ide1-cd0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknown"}, {"device": "floppy0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknown"}, {"device": "sd0", "locked": false, "removable": true, "tray_open": false, "type": "unknow!
 n"}]}
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
