diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 355ac8618a..85ef6af883 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2466,6 +2466,11 @@ const char *bdrv_get_device_name(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return bs->device_name;
 }
 
+int bdrv_get_flags(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    return bs->open_flags;
+}
+
 void bdrv_flush_all(void)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
diff --git a/block.h b/block.h
index f8200ebdf8..574981d312 100644
--- a/block.h
+++ b/block.h
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ int bdrv_query_missing_keys(void);
 void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
                          void *opaque);
 const char *bdrv_get_device_name(BlockDriverState *bs);
+int bdrv_get_flags(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_write_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                           const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
 int bdrv_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi);