diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index a2650b9..4ca9d43 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ block-obj-y += qcow2.o qcow2-refcount.o qcow2-cluster.o qcow2-snapshot.o qcow2-c
 block-obj-y += qed.o qed-gencb.o qed-l2-cache.o qed-table.o qed-cluster.o
 block-obj-y += qed-check.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_VHDX) += vhdx.o vhdx-endian.o vhdx-log.o
-block-obj-y += quorum.o
+block-obj-$(CONFIG_QUORUM) += quorum.o
 block-obj-y += parallels.o blkdebug.o blkverify.o
 block-obj-y += snapshot.o qapi.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += raw-win32.o win32-aio.o
diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 5bf37b3..c319719 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -13,7 +13,43 @@
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
 
+#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
+#include <gnutls/crypto.h>
 #include "block/block_int.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+
+#define HASH_LENGTH 32
+
+/* This union holds a vote hash value */
+typedef union QuorumVoteValue {
+    char h[HASH_LENGTH];       /* SHA-256 hash */
+    int64_t l;                 /* simpler 64 bits hash */
+} QuorumVoteValue;
+
+/* A vote item */
+typedef struct QuorumVoteItem {
+    int index;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(QuorumVoteItem) next;
+} QuorumVoteItem;
+
+/* this structure is a vote version. A version is the set of votes sharing the
+ * same vote value.
+ * The set of votes will be tracked with the items field and its cardinality is
+ * vote_count.
+ */
+typedef struct QuorumVoteVersion {
+    QuorumVoteValue value;
+    int index;
+    int vote_count;
+    QLIST_HEAD(, QuorumVoteItem) items;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(QuorumVoteVersion) next;
+} QuorumVoteVersion;
+
+/* this structure holds a group of vote versions together */
+typedef struct QuorumVotes {
+    QLIST_HEAD(, QuorumVoteVersion) vote_list;
+    int (*compare)(QuorumVoteValue *a, QuorumVoteValue *b);
+} QuorumVotes;
 
 /* the following structure holds the state of one quorum instance */
 typedef struct {
@@ -60,10 +96,14 @@ struct QuorumAIOCB {
     int success_count;          /* number of successfully completed AIOCB */
     bool *finished;             /* completion signal for cancel */
 
+    QuorumVotes votes;
+
     bool is_read;
     int vote_ret;
 };
 
+static void quorum_vote(QuorumAIOCB *acb);
+
 static void quorum_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *blockacb)
 {
     QuorumAIOCB *acb = container_of(blockacb, QuorumAIOCB, common);
@@ -111,6 +151,10 @@ static void quorum_aio_finalize(QuorumAIOCB *acb)
         acb->aios[i].ret = 0;
     }
 
+    if (acb->vote_ret) {
+        ret = acb->vote_ret;
+    }
+
     acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, ret);
     if (acb->finished) {
         *acb->finished = true;
@@ -122,6 +166,11 @@ static void quorum_aio_finalize(QuorumAIOCB *acb)
     qemu_aio_release(acb);
 }
 
+static int quorum_sha256_compare(QuorumVoteValue *a, QuorumVoteValue *b)
+{
+    return memcmp(a->h, b->h, HASH_LENGTH);
+}
+
 static QuorumAIOCB *quorum_aio_get(BDRVQuorumState *s,
                                    BlockDriverState *bs,
                                    QEMUIOVector *qiov,
@@ -141,6 +190,7 @@ static QuorumAIOCB *quorum_aio_get(BDRVQuorumState *s,
     acb->count = 0;
     acb->success_count = 0;
     acb->finished = NULL;
+    acb->votes.compare = quorum_sha256_compare;
     acb->is_read = false;
     acb->vote_ret = 0;
 
@@ -170,9 +220,290 @@ static void quorum_aio_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Do the vote on read */
+    if (acb->is_read) {
+        quorum_vote(acb);
+    }
+
     quorum_aio_finalize(acb);
 }
 
+static void quorum_report_bad(QuorumAIOCB *acb, char *node_name)
+{
+    QObject *data;
+    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'node-name': \"%s\""
+                              ", 'sector-num': %" PRId64
+                              ", 'sectors-count': %i }",
+                              node_name,
+                              acb->sector_num,
+                              acb->nb_sectors);
+    monitor_protocol_event(QEVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD, data);
+    qobject_decref(data);
+}
+
+static void quorum_report_failure(QuorumAIOCB *acb)
+{
+    QObject *data;
+    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'sector-num': %" PRId64
+                              ", 'sectors-count': %i }",
+                              acb->sector_num,
+                              acb->nb_sectors);
+    monitor_protocol_event(QEVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE, data);
+    qobject_decref(data);
+}
+
+static void quorum_report_bad_versions(BDRVQuorumState *s,
+                                       QuorumAIOCB *acb,
+                                       QuorumVoteValue *value)
+{
+    QuorumVoteVersion *version;
+    QuorumVoteItem *item;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(version, &acb->votes.vote_list, next) {
+        if (!acb->votes.compare(&version->value, value)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        QLIST_FOREACH(item, &version->items, next) {
+            quorum_report_bad(acb, s->bs[item->index]->node_name);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void quorum_copy_qiov(QEMUIOVector *dest, QEMUIOVector *source)
+{
+    int i;
+    assert(dest->niov == source->niov);
+    assert(dest->size == source->size);
+    for (i = 0; i < source->niov; i++) {
+        assert(dest->iov[i].iov_len == source->iov[i].iov_len);
+        memcpy(dest->iov[i].iov_base,
+               source->iov[i].iov_base,
+               source->iov[i].iov_len);
+    }
+}
+
+static void quorum_count_vote(QuorumVotes *votes,
+                              QuorumVoteValue *value,
+                              int index)
+{
+    QuorumVoteVersion *v = NULL, *version = NULL;
+    QuorumVoteItem *item;
+
+    /* look if we have something with this hash */
+    QLIST_FOREACH(v, &votes->vote_list, next) {
+        if (!votes->compare(&v->value, value)) {
+            version = v;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* It's a version not yet in the list add it */
+    if (!version) {
+        version = g_new0(QuorumVoteVersion, 1);
+        QLIST_INIT(&version->items);
+        memcpy(&version->value, value, sizeof(version->value));
+        version->index = index;
+        version->vote_count = 0;
+        QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&votes->vote_list, version, next);
+    }
+
+    version->vote_count++;
+
+    item = g_new0(QuorumVoteItem, 1);
+    item->index = index;
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&version->items, item, next);
+}
+
+static void quorum_free_vote_list(QuorumVotes *votes)
+{
+    QuorumVoteVersion *version, *next_version;
+    QuorumVoteItem *item, *next_item;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(version, &votes->vote_list, next, next_version) {
+        QLIST_REMOVE(version, next);
+        QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(item, &version->items, next, next_item) {
+            QLIST_REMOVE(item, next);
+            g_free(item);
+        }
+        g_free(version);
+    }
+}
+
+static int quorum_compute_hash(QuorumAIOCB *acb, int i, QuorumVoteValue *hash)
+{
+    int j, ret;
+    gnutls_hash_hd_t dig;
+    QEMUIOVector *qiov = &acb->aios[i].qiov;
+
+    ret = gnutls_hash_init(&dig, GNUTLS_DIG_SHA256);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    for (j = 0; j < qiov->niov; j++) {
+        ret = gnutls_hash(dig, qiov->iov[j].iov_base, qiov->iov[j].iov_len);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    gnutls_hash_deinit(dig, (void *) hash);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static QuorumVoteVersion *quorum_get_vote_winner(QuorumVotes *votes)
+{
+    int i = 0;
+    QuorumVoteVersion *candidate, *winner = NULL;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(candidate, &votes->vote_list, next) {
+        if (candidate->vote_count > i) {
+            i = candidate->vote_count;
+            winner = candidate;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return winner;
+}
+
+static bool quorum_iovec_compare(QEMUIOVector *a, QEMUIOVector *b)
+{
+    int i;
+    int result;
+
+    assert(a->niov == b->niov);
+    for (i = 0; i < a->niov; i++) {
+        assert(a->iov[i].iov_len == b->iov[i].iov_len);
+        result = memcmp(a->iov[i].iov_base,
+                        b->iov[i].iov_base,
+                        a->iov[i].iov_len);
+        if (result) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3) quorum_err(QuorumAIOCB *acb,
+                                          const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    fprintf(stderr, "quorum: sector_num=%" PRId64 " nb_sectors=%d ",
+            acb->sector_num, acb->nb_sectors);
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+    va_end(ap);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+static bool quorum_compare(QuorumAIOCB *acb,
+                           QEMUIOVector *a,
+                           QEMUIOVector *b)
+{
+    BDRVQuorumState *s = acb->bqs;
+    ssize_t offset;
+
+    /* This driver will replace blkverify in this particular case */
+    if (s->is_blkverify) {
+        offset = qemu_iovec_compare(a, b);
+        if (offset != -1) {
+            quorum_err(acb, "contents mismatch in sector %" PRId64,
+                       acb->sector_num +
+                       (uint64_t)(offset / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return quorum_iovec_compare(a, b);
+}
+
+static void quorum_vote(QuorumAIOCB *acb)
+{
+    bool quorum = false;
+    int i, j, ret;
+    QuorumVoteValue hash;
+    BDRVQuorumState *s = acb->bqs;
+    QuorumVoteVersion *winner;
+
+    QLIST_INIT(&acb->votes.vote_list);
+
+    /* if we don't get any successful read use the first error code */
+    if (!acb->success_count) {
+        acb->vote_ret = acb->aios[0].ret;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* get the index of the first successful read (we are sure to find one) */
+    for (i = 0; i < s->total; i++) {
+        if (!acb->aios[i].ret) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* compare this read with all other successful read looking for quorum */
+    for (j = i + 1; j < s->total; j++) {
+        if (acb->aios[j].ret) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        quorum = quorum_compare(acb, &acb->aios[i].qiov, &acb->aios[j].qiov);
+        if (!quorum) {
+            break;
+       }
+    }
+
+    /* Every successful read agrees and their count is higher or equal threshold
+     * -> Quorum
+     */
+    if (quorum && acb->success_count >= s->threshold) {
+        quorum_copy_qiov(acb->qiov, &acb->aios[i].qiov);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* compute hashs for each successful read, also store indexes */
+    for (i = 0; i < s->total; i++) {
+        if (acb->aios[i].ret) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        ret = quorum_compute_hash(acb, i, &hash);
+        /* if ever the hash computation failed */
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            acb->vote_ret = ret;
+            goto free_exit;
+        }
+        quorum_count_vote(&acb->votes, &hash, i);
+    }
+
+    /* vote to select the most represented version */
+    winner = quorum_get_vote_winner(&acb->votes);
+    /* every vote version are differents -> error */
+    if (!winner) {
+        quorum_report_failure(acb);
+        acb->vote_ret = -EIO;
+        goto free_exit;
+    }
+
+    /* if the winner count is smaller than threshold the read fails */
+    if (winner->vote_count < s->threshold) {
+        quorum_report_failure(acb);
+        acb->vote_ret = -EIO;
+        goto free_exit;
+    }
+
+    /* we have a winner: copy it */
+    quorum_copy_qiov(acb->qiov, &acb->aios[winner->index].qiov);
+
+    /* some versions are bad print them */
+    quorum_report_bad_versions(s, acb, &winner->value);
+
+free_exit:
+    /* free lists */
+    quorum_free_vote_list(&acb->votes);
+}
+
 static BlockDriverAIOCB *quorum_aio_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                          int64_t sector_num,
                                          QEMUIOVector *qiov,
@@ -194,7 +525,7 @@ static BlockDriverAIOCB *quorum_aio_readv(BlockDriverState *bs,
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < s->total; i++) {
-        bdrv_aio_readv(s->bs[i], sector_num, qiov, nb_sectors,
+        bdrv_aio_readv(s->bs[i], sector_num, &acb->aios[i].qiov, nb_sectors,
                        quorum_aio_cb, &acb->aios[i]);
     }
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b472694..5a68738 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ gtkabi="2.0"
 tpm="no"
 libssh2=""
 vhdx=""
+quorum="no"
 
 # parse CC options first
 for opt do
@@ -1000,6 +1001,10 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-vhdx) vhdx="no"
   ;;
+  --disable-quorum) quorum="no"
+  ;;
+  --enable-quorum) quorum="yes"
+  ;;
   *) echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"; show_help="yes"
   ;;
   esac
@@ -1254,6 +1259,8 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --enable-libssh2         enable ssh block device support
   --disable-vhdx           disables support for the Microsoft VHDX image format
   --enable-vhdx            enable support for the Microsoft VHDX image format
+  --disable-quorum         disable quorum block filter support
+  --enable-quorum          enable quorum block filter support
 
 NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
 EOF
@@ -1923,6 +1930,30 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 ##########################################
+# Quorum probe (check for gnutls)
+if test "$quorum" != "no" ; then
+cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
+#include <gnutls/crypto.h>
+int main(void) {char data[4096], digest[32];
+gnutls_hash_fast(GNUTLS_DIG_SHA256, data, 4096, digest);
+return 0;
+}
+EOF
+quorum_tls_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags gnutls 2> /dev/null`
+quorum_tls_libs=`$pkg_config --libs gnutls 2> /dev/null`
+if compile_prog "$quorum_tls_cflags" "$quorum_tls_libs" ; then
+  qcow_tls=yes
+  libs_softmmu="$quorum_tls_libs $libs_softmmu"
+  libs_tools="$quorum_tls_libs $libs_softmmu"
+  QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $quorum_tls_cflags"
+else
+  echo "gnutls > 2.10.0 required to compile Quorum"
+  exit 1
+fi
+fi
+
+##########################################
 # VNC SASL detection
 if test "$vnc" = "yes" -a "$vnc_sasl" != "no" ; then
   cat > $TMPC <<EOF
@@ -3843,6 +3874,7 @@ echo "libssh2 support   $libssh2"
 echo "TPM passthrough   $tpm_passthrough"
 echo "QOM debugging     $qom_cast_debug"
 echo "vhdx              $vhdx"
+echo "Quorum            $quorum"
 
 if test "$sdl_too_old" = "yes"; then
 echo "-> Your SDL version is too old - please upgrade to have SDL support"
@@ -4241,6 +4273,10 @@ if test "$libssh2" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LIBSSH2=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
+if test "$quorum" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_QUORUM=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$virtio_blk_data_plane" = "yes" ; then
   echo 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_DATA_PLANE=$(CONFIG_VIRTIO)' >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt b/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
index 6b87e97..1cbdde7 100644
--- a/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
+++ b/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
@@ -500,3 +500,36 @@ Example:
 
 Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is
 followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.
+
+QUORUM_FAILURE
+--------------
+
+Emitted by the Quorum block driver when it fail to establish a quorum.
+
+Data:
+
+- "sector-num":   Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
+- "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count.
+
+Example:
+
+{ "event": "QUORUM_FAILURE",
+     "data": { "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 },
+     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
+
+QUORUM_REPORT_BAD
+-----------------
+
+Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file.
+
+Data:
+
+- "node-name":  The graph node name of the block driver state.
+- "sector-num":   Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
+- "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count.
+
+Example:
+
+{ "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
+     "data": { "node-name": "1.raw", "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 },
+     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index 7e5f752..a49ea11 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ typedef enum MonitorEvent {
     QEVENT_SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED,
     QEVENT_GUEST_PANICKED,
     QEVENT_BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED,
+    QEVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE,
+    QEVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD,
 
     /* Add to 'monitor_event_names' array in monitor.c when
      * defining new events here */
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 80456fb..f8f6aea 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ static const char *monitor_event_names[] = {
     [QEVENT_SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED] = "SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED",
     [QEVENT_GUEST_PANICKED] = "GUEST_PANICKED",
     [QEVENT_BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED] = "BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED",
+    [QEVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE] = "QUORUM_FAILURE",
+    [QEVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD] = "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
 };
 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(monitor_event_names) != QEVENT_MAX)
 
