diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 7f6eca392f..7eeb8d076e 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -7052,6 +7052,27 @@ bdrv_inactivate_recurse(BlockDriverState *bs, bool top_level)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int bdrv_inactivate(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    GLOBAL_STATE_CODE();
+    GRAPH_RDLOCK_GUARD_MAINLOOP();
+
+    if (bdrv_has_bds_parent(bs, true)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Node has active parent node");
+        return -EPERM;
+    }
+
+    ret = bdrv_inactivate_recurse(bs, true);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to inactivate node");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int bdrv_inactivate_all(void)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index eb2517f1dd..7e0d433712 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3471,6 +3471,38 @@ void qmp_blockdev_del(const char *node_name, Error **errp)
     bdrv_unref(bs);
 }
 
+void qmp_blockdev_set_active(const char *node_name, bool active, Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    GLOBAL_STATE_CODE();
+    GRAPH_RDLOCK_GUARD_MAINLOOP();
+
+    if (!node_name) {
+        if (active) {
+            bdrv_activate_all(errp);
+        } else {
+            ret = bdrv_inactivate_all();
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to inactivate all nodes");
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        BlockDriverState *bs = bdrv_find_node(node_name);
+        if (!bs) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Failed to find node with node-name='%s'",
+                       node_name);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (active) {
+            bdrv_activate(bs, errp);
+        } else {
+            bdrv_inactivate(bs, errp);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static BdrvChild * GRAPH_RDLOCK
 bdrv_find_child(BlockDriverState *parent_bs, const char *child_name)
 {
diff --git a/include/block/block-global-state.h b/include/block/block-global-state.h
index a826bf5f78..9be34b3c99 100644
--- a/include/block/block-global-state.h
+++ b/include/block/block-global-state.h
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ bdrv_activate(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
 int coroutine_fn no_co_wrapper_bdrv_rdlock
 bdrv_co_activate(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
 
+int no_coroutine_fn
+bdrv_inactivate(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
+
 void bdrv_activate_all(Error **errp);
 int bdrv_inactivate_all(void);
 
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 6029e54889..ee6eccc68c 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -4945,6 +4945,38 @@
 { 'command': 'blockdev-del', 'data': { 'node-name': 'str' },
   'allow-preconfig': true }
 
+##
+# @blockdev-set-active:
+#
+# Activate or inactivate a block device. Use this to manage the handover of
+# block devices on migration with qemu-storage-daemon.
+#
+# Activating a node automatically activates all of its child nodes first.
+# Inactivating a node automatically inactivates any of its child nodes that are
+# not in use by a still active node.
+#
+# @node-name: Name of the graph node to activate or inactivate. By default, all
+#     nodes are affected by the operation.
+#
+# @active: true if the nodes should be active when the command returns success,
+#     false if they should be inactive.
+#
+# Since: 10.0
+#
+# .. qmp-example::
+#
+#     -> { "execute": "blockdev-set-active",
+#          "arguments": {
+#               "node-name": "node0",
+#               "active": false
+#          }
+#        }
+#     <- { "return": {} }
+##
+{ 'command': 'blockdev-set-active',
+  'data': { '*node-name': 'str', 'active': 'bool' },
+  'allow-preconfig': true }
+
 ##
 # @BlockdevCreateOptionsFile:
 #