diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 0719339..ffd1936 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@
 
 void bdrv_set_buffer_alignment(BlockDriverState *bs, int align);
 void *qemu_blockalign(BlockDriverState *bs, size_t size);
+bool bdrv_qiov_is_aligned(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov);
 
 #define BDRV_SECTORS_PER_DIRTY_CHUNK 2048