diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index a4527ad9840e..6b394d374c8e 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -1294,6 +1294,12 @@ static void nvme_aio_zone_reset_cb(NvmeAIO *aio, void *opaque, int ret)
     }
 }
 
+static void nvme_zone_append_cb(NvmeRequest *req, void *opaque)
+{
+    trace_pci_nvme_zone_append_cb(nvme_cid(req), le64_to_cpu(req->cqe.qw0));
+    nvme_rw_cb(req, opaque);
+}
+
 static void nvme_aio_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
 {
     NvmeAIO *aio = opaque;
@@ -1424,6 +1430,104 @@ static uint16_t nvme_flush(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
     return NVME_NO_COMPLETE;
 }
 
+static uint16_t nvme_do_zone_append(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req,
+    NvmeZone *zone)
+{
+    NvmeAIO *aio;
+    NvmeNamespace *ns = req->ns;
+
+    uint64_t zslba = nvme_zslba(zone);
+    uint64_t wp = zone->wp_staging;
+
+    size_t len;
+    uint16_t status;
+
+    req->cqe.qw0 = cpu_to_le64(wp);
+    req->slba = wp;
+
+    len = req->nlb << nvme_ns_lbads(ns);
+
+    trace_pci_nvme_zone_append(nvme_cid(req), zslba, wp, req->nlb);
+
+    status = nvme_check_rw(n, req);
+    if (status) {
+        goto invalid;
+    }
+
+    status = nvme_check_zone_write(n, req->slba, req->nlb, req, zone);
+    if (status) {
+        goto invalid;
+    }
+
+    switch (nvme_zs(zone)) {
+    case NVME_ZS_ZSE:
+    case NVME_ZS_ZSC:
+        nvme_zs_set(zone, NVME_ZS_ZSIO);
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    status = nvme_map(n, len, req);
+    if (status) {
+        goto invalid;
+    }
+
+    aio = g_new0(NvmeAIO, 1);
+    *aio = (NvmeAIO) {
+        .opc = NVME_AIO_OPC_WRITE,
+        .blk = ns->blk,
+        .offset = req->slba << nvme_ns_lbads(ns),
+        .req = req,
+        .cb = nvme_aio_zone_write_cb,
+        .cb_arg = zone,
+    };
+
+    if (req->qsg.sg) {
+        aio->len = req->qsg.size;
+        aio->flags |= NVME_AIO_DMA;
+    } else {
+        aio->len = req->iov.size;
+    }
+
+    nvme_req_add_aio(req, aio);
+    nvme_req_set_cb(req, nvme_zone_append_cb, zone);
+
+    zone->wp_staging += req->nlb;
+
+    return NVME_NO_COMPLETE;
+
+invalid:
+    block_acct_invalid(blk_get_stats(ns->blk), BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
+    return status;
+}
+
+static uint16_t nvme_zone_append(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
+{
+    NvmeZone *zone;
+    NvmeZoneAppendCmd *zappend = (NvmeZoneAppendCmd *) &req->cmd;
+    NvmeNamespace *ns = req->ns;
+    uint64_t zslba = le64_to_cpu(zappend->zslba);
+
+    if (!nvme_ns_zoned(ns)) {
+        return NVME_INVALID_OPCODE | NVME_DNR;
+    }
+
+    if (zslba & (nvme_ns_zsze(ns) - 1)) {
+        trace_pci_nvme_err_invalid_zslba(nvme_cid(req), zslba);
+        return NVME_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_DNR;
+    }
+
+    req->nlb = le16_to_cpu(zappend->nlb) + 1;
+
+    zone = nvme_ns_get_zone(ns, zslba);
+    if (!zone) {
+        trace_pci_nvme_err_invalid_zone(nvme_cid(req), req->slba);
+        return NVME_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_DNR;
+    }
+
+    return nvme_do_zone_append(n, req, zone);
+}
+
 static uint16_t nvme_zone_mgmt_send_close(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req,
     NvmeZone *zone)
 {
@@ -2142,6 +2246,8 @@ static uint16_t nvme_io_cmd(NvmeCtrl *n, NvmeRequest *req)
         return nvme_zone_mgmt_send(n, req);
     case NVME_CMD_ZONE_MGMT_RECV:
         return nvme_zone_mgmt_recv(n, req);
+    case NVME_CMD_ZONE_APPEND:
+        return nvme_zone_append(n, req);
     default:
         trace_pci_nvme_err_invalid_opc(req->cmd.opcode);
         return NVME_INVALID_OPCODE | NVME_DNR;
diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.h b/hw/block/nvme.h
index 757277d339bf..6b4eb0098450 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.h
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static const NvmeEffectsLog nvme_effects[] = {
             [NVME_CMD_ZONE_MGMT_RECV]   = NVME_EFFECTS_CSUPP,
             [NVME_CMD_ZONE_MGMT_SEND]   = NVME_EFFECTS_CSUPP |
                 NVME_EFFECTS_LBCC,
+            [NVME_CMD_ZONE_APPEND]      = NVME_EFFECTS_CSUPP |
+                NVME_EFFECTS_LBCC,
         }
     },
 };
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_req_is_write(NvmeRequest *req)
     switch (req->cmd.opcode) {
     case NVME_CMD_WRITE:
     case NVME_CMD_WRITE_ZEROES:
+    case NVME_CMD_ZONE_APPEND:
         return true;
     default:
         return false;
diff --git a/hw/block/trace-events b/hw/block/trace-events
index 1da48d1c29d0..0dfc6e22008e 100644
--- a/hw/block/trace-events
+++ b/hw/block/trace-events
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ pci_nvme_admin_cmd(uint16_t cid, uint16_t sqid, uint8_t opcode) "cid %"PRIu16" s
 pci_nvme_rw(uint16_t cid, const char *verb, uint32_t nsid, uint32_t nlb, uint64_t count, uint64_t lba) "cid %"PRIu16" %s nsid %"PRIu32" nlb %"PRIu32" count %"PRIu64" lba 0x%"PRIx64""
 pci_nvme_rw_cb(uint16_t cid, uint32_t nsid) "cid %"PRIu16" nsid %"PRIu32""
 pci_nvme_write_zeroes(uint16_t cid, uint32_t nsid, uint64_t slba, uint32_t nlb) "cid %"PRIu16" nsid %"PRIu32" slba %"PRIu64" nlb %"PRIu32""
+pci_nvme_zone_append(uint16_t cid, uint64_t zslba, uint64_t wp, uint16_t nlb) "cid %"PRIu16" zslba 0x%"PRIx64" wp 0x%"PRIx64" nlb %"PRIu16""
+pci_nvme_zone_append_cb(uint16_t cid, uint64_t slba) "cid %"PRIu16" slba 0x%"PRIx64""
 pci_nvme_zone_mgmt_send(uint16_t cid, uint32_t nsid, uint64_t zslba, uint8_t zsa, uint8_t zsflags) "cid %"PRIu16" nsid %"PRIu32" zslba 0x%"PRIx64" zsa 0x%"PRIx8" zsflags 0x%"PRIx8""
 pci_nvme_zone_mgmt_send_all(uint16_t cid, uint32_t nsid, uint8_t za) "cid %"PRIu16" nsid %"PRIu32" za 0x%"PRIx8""
 pci_nvme_zone_mgmt_send_close(uint16_t cid, uint32_t nsid, uint64_t zslba, const char *zc) "cid %"PRIu16" nsid %"PRIu32" zslba 0x%"PRIx64" zc \"%s\""
