diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index 582ffded77..ec8cf0ab8c 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ void qmp_nbd_server_start(SocketAddressLegacy *addr,
 }
 
 void qmp_nbd_server_add(const char *device, bool has_name, const char *name,
-                        bool has_writable, bool writable, Error **errp)
+                        bool has_writable, bool writable,
+                        bool has_bitmap, const char *bitmap, Error **errp)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
     BlockBackend *on_eject_blk;
@@ -185,6 +186,15 @@ void qmp_nbd_server_add(const char *device, bool has_name, const char *name,
      * our only way of accessing it is through nbd_export_find(), so we can drop
      * the strong reference that is @exp. */
     nbd_export_put(exp);
+
+    if (has_bitmap) {
+        Error *err = NULL;
+        nbd_export_bitmap(exp, bitmap, bitmap, &err);
+        if (err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, err);
+            nbd_export_remove(exp, NBD_SERVER_REMOVE_MODE_HARD, NULL);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void qmp_nbd_server_remove(const char *name,
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 80aa5ab504..8da5fd8760 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_start(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         }
 
         qmp_nbd_server_add(info->value->device, false, NULL,
-                           true, writable, &local_err);
+                           true, writable, false, NULL, &local_err);
 
         if (local_err != NULL) {
             qmp_nbd_server_stop(NULL);
@@ -2347,7 +2347,8 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     bool writable = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "writable", false);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    qmp_nbd_server_add(device, !!name, name, true, writable, &local_err);
+    qmp_nbd_server_add(device, !!name, name, true, writable,
+                       false, NULL, &local_err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &local_err);
 }
 
diff --git a/qapi/block.json b/qapi/block.json
index 11f01f28ef..3d70420f76 100644
--- a/qapi/block.json
+++ b/qapi/block.json
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@
 #
 # @writable: Whether clients should be able to write to the device via the
 #     NBD connection (default false).
+
+# @bitmap: Also export the dirty bitmap reachable from @device, so the
+#          NBD client can use NBD_OPT_SET_META_CONTEXT with
+#          "qemu:dirty-bitmap:NAME" to inspect the bitmap. (since 4.0)
 #
 # Returns: error if the server is not running, or export with the same name
 #          already exists.
@@ -253,7 +257,8 @@
 # Since: 1.3.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'nbd-server-add',
-  'data': {'device': 'str', '*name': 'str', '*writable': 'bool'} }
+  'data': {'device': 'str', '*name': 'str', '*writable': 'bool',
+           '*bitmap': 'str' } }
 
 ##
 # @NbdServerRemoveMode:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/223 b/tests/qemu-iotests/223
index f200e313c0..0bcc98a867 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/223
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/223
@@ -126,23 +126,20 @@ _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-start",
   "arguments":{"addr":{"type":"unix",
     "data":{"path":"'"$TEST_DIR/nbd"1'"}}}}' "error" # Attempt second server
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
-  "arguments":{"device":"n"}}' "return"
+  "arguments":{"device":"n", "bitmap":"b"}}' "return"
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
   "arguments":{"device":"nosuch"}}' "error" # Attempt to export missing node
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
   "arguments":{"device":"n"}}' "error" # Attempt to export same name twice
-_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"x-nbd-server-add-bitmap",
-  "arguments":{"name":"n", "bitmap":"b"}}' "return"
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
-  "arguments":{"device":"n", "name":"n2"}}' "return"
-_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"x-nbd-server-add-bitmap",
-  "arguments":{"name":"n2", "bitmap":"b2"}}' "error" # Enabled vs. read-only
-_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-remove",
-  "arguments":{"name":"n2"}}' "return"
+  "arguments":{"device":"n", "name":"n2",
+  "bitmap":"b2"}}' "error" # enabled vs. read-only
 _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
-  "arguments":{"device":"n", "name":"n2", "writable":true}}' "return"
-_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"x-nbd-server-add-bitmap",
-  "arguments":{"name":"n2", "bitmap":"b2"}}' "return"
+  "arguments":{"device":"n", "name":"n2",
+  "bitmap":"b3"}}' "error" # Missing bitmap
+_send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE '{"execute":"nbd-server-add",
+  "arguments":{"device":"n", "name":"n2", "writable":true,
+  "bitmap":"b2"}}' "return"
 
 echo
 echo "=== Contrast normal status to large granularity dirty-bitmap ==="
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
index 7d147291d4..ebd3935c97 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
@@ -33,11 +33,8 @@ wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 2097152
 {"return": {}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Cannot find device=nosuch nor node_name=nosuch"}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "NBD server already has export named 'n'"}}
-{"return": {}}
-{"return": {}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Enabled bitmap 'b2' incompatible with readonly export"}}
-{"return": {}}
-{"return": {}}
+{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Bitmap 'b3' is not found"}}
 {"return": {}}
 
 === Contrast normal status to large granularity dirty-bitmap ===