diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 32dc96ee82..0108703a33 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -732,6 +732,9 @@ struct _qemuBlockNamedNodeData {
 
     /* the cluster size of the image is valid only when > 0 */
     unsigned long long clusterSize;
+
+    /* image version */
+    bool qcow2v2;
 };
 
 GHashTable *
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index f8c78d9093..3a07306365 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -2978,6 +2978,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockGetNamedNodeDataWorker(size_t pos G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     GHashTable *nodes = opaque;
     virJSONValuePtr img;
     virJSONValuePtr bitmaps;
+    virJSONValuePtr format_specific;
     const char *nodename;
     g_autoptr(qemuBlockNamedNodeData) ent = NULL;
 
@@ -3000,6 +3001,16 @@ qemuMonitorJSONBlockGetNamedNodeDataWorker(size_t pos G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     if ((bitmaps = virJSONValueObjectGetArray(val, "dirty-bitmaps")))
         qemuMonitorJSONBlockGetNamedNodeDataBitmaps(bitmaps, ent);
 
+    /* query qcow2 format specific props */
+    if ((format_specific = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(img, "format-specific")) &&
+        STREQ_NULLABLE(virJSONValueObjectGetString(format_specific, "type"), "qcow2")) {
+        virJSONValuePtr qcow2props = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(format_specific, "data");
+
+        if (qcow2props &&
+            STREQ_NULLABLE(virJSONValueObjectGetString(qcow2props, "compat"), "0.10"))
+            ent->qcow2v2 = true;
+    }
+
     if (virHashAddEntry(nodes, nodename, ent) < 0)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index ddaf73359d..bbfcfee92d 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ testQemuDetectBitmapsWorker(GHashTable *nodedata,
         return;
 
     virBufferAsprintf(buf, "%s:\n", nodename);
+    if (data->qcow2v2)
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, " qcow2 v2\n");
     virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, 1);
 
     for (i = 0; i < data->nbitmaps; i++) {
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.json
index 3712c8e5fc..cd468a42a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.json
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "format-specific": {
         "type": "qcow2",
         "data": {
-          "compat": "1.1",
+          "compat": "0.10",
           "compression-type": "zlib",
           "lazy-refcounts": false,
           "bitmaps": [
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.out b/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.out
index cde7228e01..2d9545fc9b 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.out
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/bitmap/synthetic.out
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libvirt-1-format:
+ qcow2 v2
   current: record:1 busy:0 persist:1 inconsist:1 gran:65536 dirty:0
    top-ok: record:1 busy:0 persist:1 inconsist:0 gran:65536 dirty:0
  top-inactive: record:0 busy:0 persist:1 inconsist:0 gran:65536 dirty:0