diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 1af6458dc4..3984f0aa4f 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,45 @@ static void quorum_refresh_filename(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options)
     bs->full_open_options = opts;
 }
 
+static void quorum_gather_child_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *target,
+                                        bool backing_overridden)
+{
+    BDRVQuorumState *s = bs->opaque;
+    QList *children_list;
+    int i;
+
+    /*
+     * The generic implementation for gathering child options in
+     * bdrv_refresh_filename() would use the names of the children
+     * as specified for bdrv_open_child() or bdrv_attach_child(),
+     * which is "children.%u" with %u being a value
+     * (s->next_child_index) that is incremented each time a new child
+     * is added (and never decremented).  Since children can be
+     * deleted at runtime, there may be gaps in that enumeration.
+     * When creating a new quorum BDS and specifying the children for
+     * it through runtime options, the enumeration used there may not
+     * have any gaps, though.
+     *
+     * Therefore, we have to create a new gap-less enumeration here
+     * (which we can achieve by simply putting all of the children's
+     * full_open_options into a QList).
+     *
+     * XXX: Note that there are issues with the current child option
+     *      structure quorum uses (such as the fact that children do
+     *      not really have unique permanent names).  Therefore, this
+     *      is going to have to change in the future and ideally we
+     *      want quorum to be covered by the generic implementation.
+     */
+
+    children_list = qlist_new();
+    qdict_put(target, "children", children_list);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < s->num_children; i++) {
+        qlist_append(children_list,
+                     qobject_ref(s->children[i]->bs->full_open_options));
+    }
+}
+
 static char *quorum_dirname(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     /* In general, there are multiple BDSs with different dirnames below this
@@ -1121,6 +1160,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_quorum = {
     .bdrv_open                          = quorum_open,
     .bdrv_close                         = quorum_close,
     .bdrv_refresh_filename              = quorum_refresh_filename,
+    .bdrv_gather_child_options          = quorum_gather_child_options,
     .bdrv_dirname                       = quorum_dirname,
 
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk              = quorum_co_flush,
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 81c506cb69..91345babb5 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
@@ -2608,6 +2609,23 @@ static int vmdk_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void vmdk_gather_child_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *target,
+                                      bool backing_overridden)
+{
+    /* No children but file and backing can be explicitly specified (TODO) */
+    qdict_put(target, "file",
+              qobject_ref(bs->file->bs->full_open_options));
+
+    if (backing_overridden) {
+        if (bs->backing) {
+            qdict_put(target, "backing",
+                      qobject_ref(bs->backing->bs->full_open_options));
+        } else {
+            qdict_put_null(target, "backing");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
     .name = "vmdk-create-opts",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vmdk_create_opts.head),
@@ -2679,6 +2697,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
     .bdrv_get_specific_info       = vmdk_get_specific_info,
     .bdrv_refresh_limits          = vmdk_refresh_limits,
     .bdrv_get_info                = vmdk_get_info,
+    .bdrv_gather_child_options    = vmdk_gather_child_options,
 
     .supports_backing             = true,
     .create_opts                  = &vmdk_create_opts,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 160e8cac1f..ab4cf2df07 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -141,6 +141,30 @@ struct BlockDriver {
 
     void (*bdrv_refresh_filename)(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options);
 
+    /*
+     * Gathers the open options for all children into @target.
+     * A simple format driver (without backing file support) might
+     * implement this function like this:
+     *
+     *     QINCREF(bs->file->bs->full_open_options);
+     *     qdict_put(target, "file", bs->file->bs->full_open_options);
+     *
+     * If not specified, the generic implementation will simply put
+     * all children's options under their respective name.
+     *
+     * @backing_overridden is true when bs->backing seems not to be
+     * the child that would result from opening bs->backing_file.
+     * Therefore, if it is true, the backing child's options should be
+     * gathered; otherwise, there is no need since the backing child
+     * is the one implied by the image header.
+     *
+     * Note that ideally this function would not be needed.  Every
+     * block driver which implements it is probably doing something
+     * shady regarding its runtime option structure.
+     */
+    void (*bdrv_gather_child_options)(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *target,
+                                      bool backing_overridden);
+
     /*
      * Returns an allocated string which is the directory name of this BDS: It
      * will be used to make relative filenames absolute by prepending this