diff --git a/include/spdk/ftl.h b/include/spdk/ftl.h
index 2638d1cec..341734b17 100644
--- a/include/spdk/ftl.h
+++ b/include/spdk/ftl.h
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ struct spdk_ftl_conf {
 	/* Allow for partial recovery from open bands instead of returning error */
 	bool					allow_open_bands;
 
+	/* Use append instead of write */
+	bool					use_append;
+
 	struct {
 		/* Maximum number of concurrent requests */
 		size_t				max_request_cnt;
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
index 6df88499c..b061629f0 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.c
@@ -164,12 +164,18 @@ static void
 ftl_io_cmpl_cb(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, bool success, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct ftl_io *io = cb_arg;
+	struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev = io->dev;
 
 	if (spdk_unlikely(!success)) {
 		io->status = -EIO;
 	}
 
-	ftl_trace_completion(io->dev, io, FTL_TRACE_COMPLETION_DISK);
+	ftl_trace_completion(dev, io, FTL_TRACE_COMPLETION_DISK);
+
+	if (io->type == FTL_IO_WRITE && ftl_is_append_supported(dev)) {
+		assert(io->parent);
+		io->parent->addr.offset = spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location(bdev_io);
+	}
 
 	ftl_io_dec_req(io);
 	if (ftl_io_done(io)) {
@@ -1486,7 +1492,7 @@ ftl_io_init_child_write(struct ftl_io *parent, struct ftl_addr addr,
 		.band		= parent->band,
 		.size		= sizeof(struct ftl_io),
 		.flags		= 0,
-		.type		= FTL_IO_WRITE,
+		.type		= parent->type,
 		.lbk_cnt	= dev->xfer_size,
 		.cb_fn		= cb,
 		.data		= data,
@@ -1549,10 +1555,18 @@ ftl_submit_child_write(struct ftl_wptr *wptr, struct ftl_io *io, int lbk_cnt)
 
 	wptr->num_outstanding++;
 
-	rc = spdk_bdev_write_blocks(dev->base_bdev_desc, ioch->base_ioch,
-				    ftl_io_iovec_addr(child),
-				    addr.offset,
-				    lbk_cnt, ftl_io_cmpl_cb, child);
+	if (ftl_is_append_supported(dev)) {
+		rc = spdk_bdev_zone_append(dev->base_bdev_desc, ioch->base_ioch,
+					   ftl_io_iovec_addr(child),
+					   ftl_addr_get_zone_slba(dev, addr),
+					   lbk_cnt, ftl_io_cmpl_cb, child);
+	} else {
+		rc = spdk_bdev_write_blocks(dev->base_bdev_desc, ioch->base_ioch,
+					    ftl_io_iovec_addr(child),
+					    addr.offset,
+					    lbk_cnt, ftl_io_cmpl_cb, child);
+	}
+
 	if (rc) {
 		wptr->num_outstanding--;
 		ftl_io_fail(child, rc);
@@ -1581,7 +1595,7 @@ ftl_submit_write(struct ftl_wptr *wptr, struct ftl_io *io)
 	while (io->iov_pos < io->iov_cnt) {
 		/* There are no guarantees of the order of completion of NVMe IO submission queue */
 		/* so wait until zone is not busy before submitting another write */
-		if (wptr->zone->busy) {
+		if (!ftl_is_append_supported(dev) && wptr->zone->busy) {
 			TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&wptr->pending_queue, io, retry_entry);
 			rc = -EAGAIN;
 			break;
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.h b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.h
index bb6625ff4..ba836e88e 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_core.h
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_core.h
@@ -326,6 +326,12 @@ ftl_get_num_blocks_in_band(const struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev)
 	return ftl_get_num_punits(dev) * ftl_get_num_blocks_in_zone(dev);
 }
 
+static inline uint64_t
+ftl_addr_get_zone_slba(const struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_addr addr)
+{
+	return addr.offset -= (addr.offset % ftl_get_num_blocks_in_zone(dev));
+}
+
 static inline uint64_t
 ftl_addr_get_band(const struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_addr addr)
 {
@@ -502,4 +508,10 @@ ftl_nv_cache_unpack_lba(uint64_t in_lba, uint64_t *out_lba, unsigned int *phase)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline bool
+ftl_is_append_supported(const struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev)
+{
+	return dev->conf.use_append;
+}
+
 #endif /* FTL_CORE_H */
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
index 005f60a53..ae1801674 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
@@ -981,6 +981,13 @@ ftl_dev_init_base_bdev(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (ftl_is_append_supported(dev) &&
+	    !spdk_bdev_io_type_supported(bdev, SPDK_BDEV_IO_TYPE_ZONE_APPEND)) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Bdev dosen't support append: %s\n",
+			    spdk_bdev_get_name(bdev));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	dev->num_bands = block_cnt / (ftl_get_num_punits(dev) * ftl_get_num_blocks_in_zone(dev));
 	dev->addr_len = spdk_u64log2(block_cnt) + 1;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c/ftl_io_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c/ftl_io_ut.c
index 14a136555..b82d4e2b8 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c/ftl_io_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_io.c/ftl_io_ut.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "ftl/ftl_io.c"
 
 DEFINE_STUB(ftl_trace_alloc_id, uint64_t, (struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location, uint64_t, (struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB_V(ftl_band_acquire_lba_map, (struct ftl_band *band));
 DEFINE_STUB_V(ftl_band_release_lba_map, (struct ftl_band *band));
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_wptr/ftl_wptr_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_wptr/ftl_wptr_ut.c
index ba7f97f4f..2c94139eb 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_wptr/ftl_wptr_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_wptr/ftl_wptr_ut.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_zone_management, int, (struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc,
 		struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
 		uint64_t zone_id, enum spdk_bdev_zone_action action,
 		spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_io_get_append_location, uint64_t, (struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io), 0);
 
 struct ftl_io *
 ftl_io_erase_init(struct ftl_band *band, size_t lbk_cnt, ftl_io_fn cb)