diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index 0d8c2a4..c34fd7c 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ block-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += raw-win32.o win32-aio.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += raw-posix.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX_AIO) += linux-aio.o
 block-obj-y += null.o mirror.o io.o
+block-obj-y += throttle-groups.o
 
 block-obj-y += nbd.o nbd-client.o sheepdog.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBISCSI) += iscsi.o
diff --git a/block/throttle-groups.c b/block/throttle-groups.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..352077f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/throttle-groups.c
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU block throttling group infrastructure
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Nodalink, EURL. 2014
+ * Copyright (C) Igalia, S.L. 2015
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Benoît Canet <benoit.canet@nodalink.com>
+ *   Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ * (at your option) version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "block/throttle-groups.h"
+
+/* The ThrottleGroup structure (with its ThrottleState) is shared
+ * among different BlockDriverState and it's independent from
+ * AioContext, so in order to use it from different threads it needs
+ * its own locking.
+ *
+ * This locking is however handled internally in this file, so it's
+ * transparent to outside users.
+ *
+ * The whole ThrottleGroup structure is private and invisible to
+ * outside users, that only use it through its ThrottleState.
+ *
+ * In addition to the ThrottleGroup structure, BlockDriverState has
+ * fields that need to be accessed by other members of the group and
+ * therefore also need to be protected by this lock. Once a BDS is
+ * registered in a group those fields can be accessed by other threads
+ * any time.
+ *
+ * Again, all this is handled internally and is mostly transparent to
+ * the outside. The 'throttle_timers' field however has an additional
+ * constraint because it may be temporarily invalid (see for example
+ * bdrv_set_aio_context()). Therefore in this file a thread will
+ * access some other BDS's timers only after verifying that that BDS
+ * has throttled requests in the queue.
+ */
+typedef struct ThrottleGroup {
+    char *name; /* This is constant during the lifetime of the group */
+
+    QemuMutex lock; /* This lock protects the following four fields */
+    ThrottleState ts;
+    QLIST_HEAD(, BlockDriverState) head;
+    BlockDriverState *tokens[2];
+    bool any_timer_armed[2];
+
+    /* These two are protected by the global throttle_groups_lock */
+    unsigned refcount;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(ThrottleGroup) list;
+} ThrottleGroup;
+
+static QemuMutex throttle_groups_lock;
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(, ThrottleGroup) throttle_groups =
+    QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(throttle_groups);
+
+/* Increments the reference count of a ThrottleGroup given its name.
+ *
+ * If no ThrottleGroup is found with the given name a new one is
+ * created.
+ *
+ * @name: the name of the ThrottleGroup
+ * @ret:  the ThrottleGroup
+ */
+static ThrottleGroup *throttle_group_incref(const char *name)
+{
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = NULL;
+    ThrottleGroup *iter;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&throttle_groups_lock);
+
+    /* Look for an existing group with that name */
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(iter, &throttle_groups, list) {
+        if (!strcmp(name, iter->name)) {
+            tg = iter;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Create a new one if not found */
+    if (!tg) {
+        tg = g_new0(ThrottleGroup, 1);
+        tg->name = g_strdup(name);
+        qemu_mutex_init(&tg->lock);
+        throttle_init(&tg->ts);
+        QLIST_INIT(&tg->head);
+
+        QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&throttle_groups, tg, list);
+    }
+
+    tg->refcount++;
+
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&throttle_groups_lock);
+
+    return tg;
+}
+
+/* Decrease the reference count of a ThrottleGroup.
+ *
+ * When the reference count reaches zero the ThrottleGroup is
+ * destroyed.
+ *
+ * @tg:  The ThrottleGroup to unref
+ */
+static void throttle_group_unref(ThrottleGroup *tg)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&throttle_groups_lock);
+    if (--tg->refcount == 0) {
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&throttle_groups, tg, list);
+        qemu_mutex_destroy(&tg->lock);
+        g_free(tg->name);
+        g_free(tg);
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&throttle_groups_lock);
+}
+
+/* Get the name from a BlockDriverState's ThrottleGroup. The name (and
+ * the pointer) is guaranteed to remain constant during the lifetime
+ * of the group.
+ *
+ * @bs:   a BlockDriverState that is member of a throttling group
+ * @ret:  the name of the group.
+ */
+const char *throttle_group_get_name(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(bs->throttle_state, ThrottleGroup, ts);
+    return tg->name;
+}
+
+/* Return the next BlockDriverState in the round-robin sequence,
+ * simulating a circular list.
+ *
+ * This assumes that tg->lock is held.
+ *
+ * @bs:  the current BlockDriverState
+ * @ret: the next BlockDriverState in the sequence
+ */
+static BlockDriverState *throttle_group_next_bs(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    ThrottleState *ts = bs->throttle_state;
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(ts, ThrottleGroup, ts);
+    BlockDriverState *next = QLIST_NEXT(bs, round_robin);
+
+    if (!next) {
+        return QLIST_FIRST(&tg->head);
+    }
+
+    return next;
+}
+
+/* Update the throttle configuration for a particular group. Similar
+ * to throttle_config(), but guarantees atomicity within the
+ * throttling group.
+ *
+ * @bs:  a BlockDriverState that is member of the group
+ * @cfg: the configuration to set
+ */
+void throttle_group_config(BlockDriverState *bs, ThrottleConfig *cfg)
+{
+    ThrottleTimers *tt = &bs->throttle_timers;
+    ThrottleState *ts = bs->throttle_state;
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(ts, ThrottleGroup, ts);
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&tg->lock);
+    throttle_config(ts, tt, cfg);
+    /* throttle_config() cancels the timers */
+    tg->any_timer_armed[0] = tg->any_timer_armed[1] = false;
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
+}
+
+/* Get the throttle configuration from a particular group. Similar to
+ * throttle_get_config(), but guarantees atomicity within the
+ * throttling group.
+ *
+ * @bs:  a BlockDriverState that is member of the group
+ * @cfg: the configuration will be written here
+ */
+void throttle_group_get_config(BlockDriverState *bs, ThrottleConfig *cfg)
+{
+    ThrottleState *ts = bs->throttle_state;
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(ts, ThrottleGroup, ts);
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&tg->lock);
+    throttle_get_config(ts, cfg);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
+}
+
+/* Register a BlockDriverState in the throttling group, also updating
+ * its throttle_state pointer to point to it. If a throttling group
+ * with that name does not exist yet, it will be created.
+ *
+ * @bs:        the BlockDriverState to insert
+ * @groupname: the name of the group
+ */
+void throttle_group_register_bs(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *groupname)
+{
+    int i;
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = throttle_group_incref(groupname);
+
+    bs->throttle_state = &tg->ts;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&tg->lock);
+    /* If the ThrottleGroup is new set this BlockDriverState as the token */
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        if (!tg->tokens[i]) {
+            tg->tokens[i] = bs;
+        }
+    }
+
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&tg->head, bs, round_robin);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
+}
+
+/* Unregister a BlockDriverState from its group, removing it from the
+ * list and setting the throttle_state pointer to NULL.
+ *
+ * The group will be destroyed if it's empty after this operation.
+ *
+ * @bs: the BlockDriverState to remove
+ */
+void throttle_group_unregister_bs(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    ThrottleGroup *tg = container_of(bs->throttle_state, ThrottleGroup, ts);
+    int i;
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&tg->lock);
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        if (tg->tokens[i] == bs) {
+            BlockDriverState *token = throttle_group_next_bs(bs);
+            /* Take care of the case where this is the last bs in the group */
+            if (token == bs) {
+                token = NULL;
+            }
+            tg->tokens[i] = token;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* remove the current bs from the list */
+    QLIST_REMOVE(bs, round_robin);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&tg->lock);
+
+    throttle_group_unref(tg);
+    bs->throttle_state = NULL;
+}
+
+static void throttle_groups_init(void)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_init(&throttle_groups_lock);
+}
+
+block_init(throttle_groups_init);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index b05ffe2..1167fb9 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     ThrottleTimers throttle_timers;
     CoQueue      throttled_reqs[2];
     bool         io_limits_enabled;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(BlockDriverState) round_robin;
 
     /* I/O stats (display with "info blockstats"). */
     BlockAcctStats stats;
diff --git a/include/block/throttle-groups.h b/include/block/throttle-groups.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b966ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/block/throttle-groups.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU block throttling group infrastructure
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Nodalink, EURL. 2014
+ * Copyright (C) Igalia, S.L. 2015
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Benoît Canet <benoit.canet@nodalink.com>
+ *   Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ * (at your option) version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef THROTTLE_GROUPS_H
+#define THROTTLE_GROUPS_H
+
+#include "qemu/throttle.h"
+#include "block/block_int.h"
+
+const char *throttle_group_get_name(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
+void throttle_group_config(BlockDriverState *bs, ThrottleConfig *cfg);
+void throttle_group_get_config(BlockDriverState *bs, ThrottleConfig *cfg);
+
+void throttle_group_register_bs(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *groupname);
+void throttle_group_unregister_bs(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
+#endif
