diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 8037a4ae84..b8ca20a13f 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@
 /* divide value by size, rounding up */
 # define VIR_DIV_UP(value, size) (((value) + (size) - 1) / (size))
 
+/* round up value to the closest multiple of size */
+# define VIR_ROUND_UP(value, size) (VIR_DIV_UP(value, size) * (size))
+
 
 # if WITH_DTRACE_PROBES
 #  ifndef LIBVIRT_PROBES_H
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 68d1bad8f9..d84dc81187 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -13870,7 +13870,8 @@ error:
  * Changes the capacity of the storage volume @vol to @capacity. The
  * operation will fail if the new capacity requires allocation that would
  * exceed the remaining free space in the parent pool.  The contents of
- * the new capacity will appear as all zero bytes.
+ * the new capacity will appear as all zero bytes. The capacity value will
+ * be rounded to the granularity supported by the hypervisor.
  *
  * Normally, the operation will attempt to affect capacity with a minimum
  * impact on allocation (that is, the default operation favors a sparse
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index 205d3ed7e1..527e26139e 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,10 @@ virStorageBackendFilesystemResizeQemuImg(const char *path,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /* Round capacity as qemu-img resize errors out on sizes which are not
+     * a multiple of 512 */
+    capacity = VIR_ROUND_UP(capacity, 512);
+
     cmd = virCommandNew(img_tool);
     virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "resize", path, NULL);
     virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%llu", capacity);