diff --git a/include/spdk/bdev.h b/include/spdk/bdev.h
index 6e3a8a11a..6abcc91c5 100644
--- a/include/spdk/bdev.h
+++ b/include/spdk/bdev.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ enum spdk_bdev_io_type {
 	SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_ZCOPY,
 	SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_GET_ZONE_INFO,
 	SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_ZONE_MANAGEMENT,
+	SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_ZONE_APPEND,
 	SPDK_BDEV_NUM_IO_TYPES /* Keep last */
 };
 
diff --git a/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h b/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
index dde3daaf2..867bd2495 100644
--- a/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
+++ b/include/spdk/bdev_zone.h
@@ -142,6 +142,56 @@ int spdk_bdev_zone_management(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channe
 			      uint64_t zone_id, enum spdk_bdev_zone_action action,
 			      spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg);
 
+/**
+ * Submit a zone_append request to the bdev.
+ *
+ * \ingroup bdev_io_submit_functions
+ *
+ * \param desc Block device descriptor.
+ * \param ch I/O channel. Obtained by calling spdk_bdev_get_io_channel().
+ * \param buf Data buffer to written from.
+ * \param zone_id First logical block of a zone.
+ * \param num_blocks The number of blocks to write. buf must be greater than or equal to this size.
+ * \param cb Called when the request is complete.
+ * \param cb_arg Argument passed to cb.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success. On success, the callback will always
+ * be called (even if the request ultimately failed).
+ * Appended logical block address can be obtained with spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location().
+ * Return negated errno on failure, in which case the callback will not be called.
+ *   * -ENOMEM - spdk_bdev_io buffer cannot be allocated
+ */
+int spdk_bdev_zone_append(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+			  void *buf, uint64_t zone_id, uint64_t num_blocks,
+			  spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg);
+
+/**
+ * Submit a zone_append request with metadata to the bdev.
+ *
+ * This function uses separate buffer for metadata transfer (valid only if bdev supports this
+ * mode).
+ *
+ * \ingroup bdev_io_submit_functions
+ *
+ * \param desc Block device descriptor.
+ * \param ch I/O channel. Obtained by calling spdk_bdev_get_io_channel().
+ * \param buf Data buffer to written from.
+ * \param md Metadata buffer.
+ * \param zone_id First logical block of a zone.
+ * \param num_blocks The number of blocks to write. buf must be greater than or equal to this size.
+ * \param cb Called when the request is complete.
+ * \param cb_arg Argument passed to cb.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success. On success, the callback will always
+ * be called (even if the request ultimately failed).
+ * Appended logical block address can be obtained with spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location().
+ * Return negated errno on failure, in which case the callback will not be called.
+ *   * -ENOMEM - spdk_bdev_io buffer cannot be allocated
+ */
+int spdk_bdev_zone_append_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+				  void *buf, void *md, uint64_t zone_id, uint64_t num_blocks,
+				  spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg);
+
 /**
  * Get append location (offset in blocks of the bdev) for this I/O.
  *
diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev_zone.c b/lib/bdev/bdev_zone.c
index 0505c33af..625b9ec87 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev_zone.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev_zone.c
@@ -108,6 +108,54 @@ spdk_bdev_zone_management(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *c
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+_spdk_bdev_append_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+			  void *buf, void *md_buf, uint64_t zone_id, uint64_t num_blocks,
+			  spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	struct spdk_bdev *bdev = spdk_bdev_desc_get_bdev(desc);
+	struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io;
+	struct spdk_bdev_channel *channel = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+
+	bdev_io = spdk_bdev_get_io(channel);
+	if (!bdev_io) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	bdev_io->internal.ch = channel;
+	bdev_io->internal.desc = desc;
+	bdev_io->type = SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_ZONE_APPEND;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs = &bdev_io->iov;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs[0].iov_base = buf;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs[0].iov_len = num_blocks * bdev->blocklen;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt = 1;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.md_buf = md_buf;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks = num_blocks;
+	bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks = zone_id;
+	spdk_bdev_io_init(bdev_io, bdev, cb_arg, cb);
+
+	spdk_bdev_io_submit(bdev_io);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+spdk_bdev_zone_append(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+		      void *buf, uint64_t start_lba, uint64_t num_blocks,
+		      spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	return _spdk_bdev_append_with_md(desc, ch, buf, NULL, start_lba, num_blocks,
+					 cb, cb_arg);
+}
+
+int
+spdk_bdev_zone_append_with_md(struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+			      void *buf, void *md, uint64_t start_lba, uint64_t num_blocks,
+			      spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	return _spdk_bdev_append_with_md(desc, ch, buf, md, start_lba, num_blocks,
+					 cb, cb_arg);
+}
+
 uint64_t
 spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
 {