diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
index 38a1408a..78769198 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@ sub get_block_info {
     return $block_info;
 }
 
+sub get_block_stats {
+    my ($vmid) = @_;
+
+    my $block_stats = {};
+
+    my $qmp_block_stats = mon_cmd($vmid, "query-blockstats");
+    for my $info ($qmp_block_stats->@*) {
+        my $qdev_id = $info->{qdev} or next;
+        my $drive_id = qdev_id_to_drive_id($qdev_id);
+        $block_stats->{$drive_id} = $info;
+    }
+
+    return $block_stats;
+}
+
 my sub get_node_name {
     my ($type, $drive_id, $volid, $options) = @_;