diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index e29df07124..825036cb1d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ struct _qemuDomainDiskPrivate {
 struct qemuDomainDiskInfo {
     bool removable;
     bool locked;
+    bool tray;
     bool tray_open;
+    bool empty;
     int io_status;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 64a87656d2..0508fe6d0c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -1832,11 +1832,13 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetBlockInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        /* Don't check for success here, because 'tray_open' is presented iff
-         * medium is ejected.
-         */
-        ignore_value(virJSONValueObjectGetBoolean(dev, "tray_open",
-                                                  &info->tray_open));
+        /* 'tray_open' is present only if the device has a tray */
+        if (virJSONValueObjectGetBoolean(dev, "tray_open", &info->tray_open) == 0)
+            info->tray = true;
+
+        /* presence of 'inserted' notifies that a medium is in the device */
+        if (!virJSONValueObjectGetObject(dev, "inserted"))
+            info->empty = true;
 
         /* Missing io-status indicates no error */
         if ((status = virJSONValueObjectGetString(dev, "io-status"))) {
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 229ccac504..87b1a8f4ae 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ const char *queryBlockReply =
 "            },"
 "            \"tray_open\": false,"
 "            \"type\": \"unknown\""
+"        },"
+"        {"
+"            \"io-status\": \"ok\","
+"            \"device\": \"drive-ide0-1-1\","
+"            \"locked\": false,"
+"            \"removable\": true,"
+"            \"tray_open\": false,"
+"            \"type\": \"unknown\""
 "        }"
 "    ],"
 "    \"id\": \"libvirt-10\""
@@ -1404,12 +1412,27 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONqemuMonitorJSONGetBlockInfo(const void *data)
 
     info->locked = true;
     info->removable = true;
+    info->tray = true;
+
     if (virHashAddEntry(expectedBlockDevices, "ide0-1-0", info) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        "Unable to create expectedBlockDevices hash table");
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(info) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    info->removable = true;
+    info->tray = true;
+    info->empty = true;
+
+    if (virHashAddEntry(expectedBlockDevices, "ide0-1-1", info) < 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       "Unable to create expectedBlockDevices hash table");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     if (qemuMonitorTestAddItem(test, "query-block", queryBlockReply) < 0)
         goto cleanup;