diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 8b9d457..91a66d4 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4660,6 +4660,31 @@
     g_free(bs);
 }
 
+BlockDriverState *bdrv_insert_node(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *node_options,
+                                   int flags, Error **errp)
+{
+    BlockDriverState *new_node_bs;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    new_node_bs = bdrv_open(NULL, NULL, node_options, flags, errp);
+    if (new_node_bs == NULL) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Could not create node: ");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
+    bdrv_replace_node(bs, new_node_bs, &local_err);
+    bdrv_drained_end(bs);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        bdrv_unref(new_node_bs);
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return new_node_bs;
+}
+
 /*
  * Run consistency checks on an image
  *