diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index a612594..75450e3 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4508,6 +4508,8 @@ static int multiwrite_merge(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockRequest *reqs,
         }
     }
 
+    block_acct_merge_done(&bs->stats, BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE, num_reqs - outidx - 1);
+
     return outidx + 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/accounting.c b/block/accounting.c
index edbb1cc..d1afcd9 100644
--- a/block/accounting.c
+++ b/block/accounting.c
@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ void block_acct_highest_sector(BlockAcctStats *stats, int64_t sector_num,
         stats->wr_highest_sector = sector_num + nb_sectors - 1;
     }
 }
+
+void block_acct_merge_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, enum BlockAcctType type,
+                      int num_requests)
+{
+    assert(type < BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE);
+    stats->merged[type] += num_requests;
+}
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index a87a34a..ec28240 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static BlockStats *bdrv_query_stats(const BlockDriverState *bs)
     s->stats->wr_bytes = bs->stats.nr_bytes[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
     s->stats->rd_operations = bs->stats.nr_ops[BLOCK_ACCT_READ];
     s->stats->wr_operations = bs->stats.nr_ops[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
+    s->stats->rd_merged = bs->stats.merged[BLOCK_ACCT_READ];
+    s->stats->wr_merged = bs->stats.merged[BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE];
     s->stats->wr_highest_offset =
         bs->stats.wr_highest_sector * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     s->stats->flush_operations = bs->stats.nr_ops[BLOCK_ACCT_FLUSH];
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 63d7686..baaa9e5 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ void hmp_info_blockstats(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                        " wr_total_time_ns=%" PRId64
                        " rd_total_time_ns=%" PRId64
                        " flush_total_time_ns=%" PRId64
+                       " rd_merged=%" PRId64
+                       " wr_merged=%" PRId64
                        "\n",
                        stats->value->stats->rd_bytes,
                        stats->value->stats->wr_bytes,
@@ -427,7 +429,9 @@ void hmp_info_blockstats(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                        stats->value->stats->flush_operations,
                        stats->value->stats->wr_total_time_ns,
                        stats->value->stats->rd_total_time_ns,
-                       stats->value->stats->flush_total_time_ns);
+                       stats->value->stats->flush_total_time_ns,
+                       stats->value->stats->rd_merged,
+                       stats->value->stats->wr_merged);
     }
 
     qapi_free_BlockStatsList(stats_list);
diff --git a/include/block/accounting.h b/include/block/accounting.h
index 50b42b3..4c406cf 100644
--- a/include/block/accounting.h
+++ b/include/block/accounting.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct BlockAcctStats {
     uint64_t nr_bytes[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
     uint64_t nr_ops[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
     uint64_t total_time_ns[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
+    uint64_t merged[BLOCK_MAX_IOTYPE];
     uint64_t wr_highest_sector;
 } BlockAcctStats;
 
@@ -53,5 +54,7 @@ void block_acct_start(BlockAcctStats *stats, BlockAcctCookie *cookie,
 void block_acct_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, BlockAcctCookie *cookie);
 void block_acct_highest_sector(BlockAcctStats *stats, int64_t sector_num,
                                unsigned int nb_sectors);
+void block_acct_merge_done(BlockAcctStats *stats, enum BlockAcctType type,
+                           int num_requests);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index a14e6ab..b64ffb6 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -389,13 +389,21 @@
 #                     growable sparse files (like qcow2) that are used on top
 #                     of a physical device.
 #
+# @rd_merged: Number of read requests that have been merged into another request
+#             (Since 2.3).
+#
+# @wr_merged: Number of write requests that have been merged into another request
+#             (Since 2.3).
+#
+#
 # Since: 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'type': 'BlockDeviceStats',
   'data': {'rd_bytes': 'int', 'wr_bytes': 'int', 'rd_operations': 'int',
            'wr_operations': 'int', 'flush_operations': 'int',
            'flush_total_time_ns': 'int', 'wr_total_time_ns': 'int',
-           'rd_total_time_ns': 'int', 'wr_highest_offset': 'int' } }
+           'rd_total_time_ns': 'int', 'wr_highest_offset': 'int',
+           'rd_merged': 'int', 'wr_merged': 'int' } }
 
 ##
 # @BlockStats:
