diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index ea53b23dca90..5f6b06172cab 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -508,6 +508,44 @@
   'data': [ 'none', 'zlib',
             { 'name': 'zstd', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_ZSTD)' } ] }

+##
+# @BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias:
+#
+# @name: The name of the bitmap.
+#
+# @alias: An alias name for migration (for example the bitmap name on
+#         the opposite site).
+#
+# Since: 5.2
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias',
+  'data': {
+      'name': 'str',
+      'alias': 'str'
+  } }
+
+##
+# @BitmapMigrationNodeAlias:
+#
+# Maps a block node name and the bitmaps it has to aliases for dirty
+# bitmap migration.
+#
+# @node-name: A block node name.
+#
+# @alias: An alias block node name for migration (for example the
+#         node name on the opposite site).
+#
+# @bitmaps: Mappings for the bitmaps on this node.
+#
+# Since: 5.2
+##
+{ 'struct': 'BitmapMigrationNodeAlias',
+  'data': {
+      'node-name': 'str',
+      'alias': 'str',
+      'bitmaps': [ 'BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias' ]
+  } }
+
 ##
 # @MigrationParameter:
 #
@@ -642,6 +680,25 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @block-bitmap-mapping: Maps block nodes and bitmaps on them to
+#          aliases for the purpose of dirty bitmap migration.  Such
+#          aliases may for example be the corresponding names on the
+#          opposite site.
+#          The mapping must be one-to-one, but not necessarily
+#          complete: On the source, unmapped bitmaps and all bitmaps
+#          on unmapped nodes will be ignored.  On the destination,
+#          encountering an unmapped alias in the incoming migration
+#          stream will result in a report, and all further bitmap
+#          migration data will then be discarded.
+#          Note that the destination does not know about bitmaps it
+#          does not receive, so there is no limitation or requirement
+#          regarding the number of bitmaps received, or how they are
+#          named, or on which nodes they are placed.
+#          By default (when this parameter has never been set), bitmap
+#          names are mapped to themselves.  Nodes are mapped to their
+#          block device name if there is one, and to their node name
+#          otherwise. (Since 5.2)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
@@ -656,7 +713,8 @@
            'multifd-channels',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
            'max-cpu-throttle', 'multifd-compression',
-           'multifd-zlib-level' ,'multifd-zstd-level' ] }
+           'multifd-zlib-level' ,'multifd-zstd-level',
+           'block-bitmap-mapping' ] }

 ##
 # @MigrateSetParameters:
@@ -782,6 +840,25 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @block-bitmap-mapping: Maps block nodes and bitmaps on them to
+#          aliases for the purpose of dirty bitmap migration.  Such
+#          aliases may for example be the corresponding names on the
+#          opposite site.
+#          The mapping must be one-to-one, but not necessarily
+#          complete: On the source, unmapped bitmaps and all bitmaps
+#          on unmapped nodes will be ignored.  On the destination,
+#          encountering an unmapped alias in the incoming migration
+#          stream will result in a report, and all further bitmap
+#          migration data will then be discarded.
+#          Note that the destination does not know about bitmaps it
+#          does not receive, so there is no limitation or requirement
+#          regarding the number of bitmaps received, or how they are
+#          named, or on which nodes they are placed.
+#          By default (when this parameter has never been set), bitmap
+#          names are mapped to themselves.  Nodes are mapped to their
+#          block device name if there is one, and to their node name
+#          otherwise. (Since 5.2)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 # TODO either fuse back into MigrationParameters, or make
@@ -812,7 +889,8 @@
             '*max-cpu-throttle': 'int',
             '*multifd-compression': 'MultiFDCompression',
             '*multifd-zlib-level': 'int',
-            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'int' } }
+            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'int',
+            '*block-bitmap-mapping': [ 'BitmapMigrationNodeAlias' ] } }

 ##
 # @migrate-set-parameters:
@@ -958,6 +1036,25 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @block-bitmap-mapping: Maps block nodes and bitmaps on them to
+#          aliases for the purpose of dirty bitmap migration.  Such
+#          aliases may for example be the corresponding names on the
+#          opposite site.
+#          The mapping must be one-to-one, but not necessarily
+#          complete: On the source, unmapped bitmaps and all bitmaps
+#          on unmapped nodes will be ignored.  On the destination,
+#          encountering an unmapped alias in the incoming migration
+#          stream will result in a report, and all further bitmap
+#          migration data will then be discarded.
+#          Note that the destination does not know about bitmaps it
+#          does not receive, so there is no limitation or requirement
+#          regarding the number of bitmaps received, or how they are
+#          named, or on which nodes they are placed.
+#          By default (when this parameter has never been set), bitmap
+#          names are mapped to themselves.  Nodes are mapped to their
+#          block device name if there is one, and to their node name
+#          otherwise. (Since 5.2)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -986,7 +1083,8 @@
             '*max-cpu-throttle': 'uint8',
             '*multifd-compression': 'MultiFDCompression',
             '*multifd-zlib-level': 'uint8',
-            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'uint8' } }
+            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'uint8',
+            '*block-bitmap-mapping': [ 'BitmapMigrationNodeAlias' ] } }

 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters:
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 6c6a931d0dc2..2ed55c4aefc3 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ void migrate_send_rp_resume_ack(MigrationIncomingState *mis, uint32_t value);
 void dirty_bitmap_mig_before_vm_start(void);
 void dirty_bitmap_mig_cancel_outgoing(void);
 void dirty_bitmap_mig_cancel_incoming(void);
+bool check_dirty_bitmap_mig_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
+                                      Error **errp);
+
 void migrate_add_address(SocketAddress *address);

 int foreach_not_ignored_block(RAMBlockIterFunc func, void *opaque);
diff --git a/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c b/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
index 784330ebe130..549e14daba4f 100644
--- a/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
+++ b/migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
  *
  * # Header (shared for different chunk types)
  * 1, 2 or 4 bytes: flags (see qemu_{put,put}_flags)
- * [ 1 byte: node name size ] \  flags & DEVICE_NAME
- * [ n bytes: node name     ] /
- * [ 1 byte: bitmap name size ] \  flags & BITMAP_NAME
- * [ n bytes: bitmap name     ] /
+ * [ 1 byte: node alias size ] \  flags & DEVICE_NAME
+ * [ n bytes: node alias     ] /
+ * [ 1 byte: bitmap alias size ] \  flags & BITMAP_NAME
+ * [ n bytes: bitmap alias     ] /
  *
  * # Start of bitmap migration (flags & START)
  * header
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
 #include "migration/register.h"
 #include "qemu/hbitmap.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qemu/id.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-migration.h"
 #include "trace.h"

 #define CHUNK_SIZE     (1 << 10)
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@
 typedef struct SaveBitmapState {
     /* Written during setup phase. */
     BlockDriverState *bs;
-    const char *node_name;
+    char *node_alias;
+    char *bitmap_alias;
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap;
     uint64_t total_sectors;
     uint64_t sectors_per_chunk;
@@ -138,8 +141,9 @@ typedef struct LoadBitmapState {
 /* State of the dirty bitmap migration (DBM) during load process */
 typedef struct DBMLoadState {
     uint32_t flags;
-    char node_name[256];
-    char bitmap_name[256];
+    char node_alias[256];
+    char bitmap_alias[256];
+    char bitmap_name[BDRV_BITMAP_MAX_NAME_SIZE + 1];
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap;

@@ -165,6 +169,188 @@ typedef struct DBMState {

 static DBMState dbm_state;

+/* For hash tables that map node/bitmap names to aliases */
+typedef struct AliasMapInnerNode {
+    char *string;
+    GHashTable *subtree;
+} AliasMapInnerNode;
+
+static void free_alias_map_inner_node(void *amin_ptr)
+{
+    AliasMapInnerNode *amin = amin_ptr;
+
+    g_free(amin->string);
+    g_hash_table_unref(amin->subtree);
+    g_free(amin);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Construct an alias map based on the given QMP structure.
+ *
+ * (Note that we cannot store such maps in the MigrationParameters
+ * object, because that struct is defined by the QAPI schema, which
+ * makes it basically impossible to have dicts with arbitrary keys.
+ * Therefore, we instead have to construct these maps when migration
+ * starts.)
+ *
+ * @bbm is the block_bitmap_mapping from the migration parameters.
+ *
+ * If @name_to_alias is true, the returned hash table will map node
+ * and bitmap names to their respective aliases (for outgoing
+ * migration).
+ *
+ * If @name_to_alias is false, the returned hash table will map node
+ * and bitmap aliases to their respective names (for incoming
+ * migration).
+ *
+ * The hash table maps node names/aliases to AliasMapInnerNode
+ * objects, whose .string is the respective node alias/name, and whose
+ * .subtree table maps bitmap names/aliases to the respective bitmap
+ * alias/name.
+ */
+static GHashTable *construct_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
+                                       bool name_to_alias,
+                                       Error **errp)
+{
+    GHashTable *alias_map;
+    size_t max_node_name_len = sizeof_field(BlockDriverState, node_name) - 1;
+
+    alias_map = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+                                      g_free, free_alias_map_inner_node);
+
+    for (; bbm; bbm = bbm->next) {
+        const BitmapMigrationNodeAlias *bmna = bbm->value;
+        const BitmapMigrationBitmapAliasList *bmbal;
+        AliasMapInnerNode *amin;
+        GHashTable *bitmaps_map;
+        const char *node_map_from, *node_map_to;
+
+        if (!id_wellformed(bmna->alias)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "The node alias '%s' is not well-formed",
+                       bmna->alias);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (strlen(bmna->alias) > UINT8_MAX) {
+            error_setg(errp, "The node alias '%s' is longer than %u bytes",
+                       bmna->alias, UINT8_MAX);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (strlen(bmna->node_name) > max_node_name_len) {
+            error_setg(errp, "The node name '%s' is longer than %zu bytes",
+                       bmna->node_name, max_node_name_len);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (name_to_alias) {
+            if (g_hash_table_contains(alias_map, bmna->node_name)) {
+                error_setg(errp, "The node name '%s' is mapped twice",
+                           bmna->node_name);
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            node_map_from = bmna->node_name;
+            node_map_to = bmna->alias;
+        } else {
+            if (g_hash_table_contains(alias_map, bmna->alias)) {
+                error_setg(errp, "The node alias '%s' is used twice",
+                           bmna->alias);
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            node_map_from = bmna->alias;
+            node_map_to = bmna->node_name;
+        }
+
+        bitmaps_map = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+                                            g_free, g_free);
+
+        amin = g_new(AliasMapInnerNode, 1);
+        *amin = (AliasMapInnerNode){
+            .string = g_strdup(node_map_to),
+            .subtree = bitmaps_map,
+        };
+
+        g_hash_table_insert(alias_map, g_strdup(node_map_from), amin);
+
+        for (bmbal = bmna->bitmaps; bmbal; bmbal = bmbal->next) {
+            const BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias *bmba = bmbal->value;
+            const char *bmap_map_from, *bmap_map_to;
+
+            if (strlen(bmba->alias) > UINT8_MAX) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "The bitmap alias '%s' is longer than %u bytes",
+                           bmba->alias, UINT8_MAX);
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            if (strlen(bmba->name) > BDRV_BITMAP_MAX_NAME_SIZE) {
+                error_setg(errp, "The bitmap name '%s' is longer than %d bytes",
+                           bmba->name, BDRV_BITMAP_MAX_NAME_SIZE);
+                goto fail;
+            }
+
+            if (name_to_alias) {
+                bmap_map_from = bmba->name;
+                bmap_map_to = bmba->alias;
+
+                if (g_hash_table_contains(bitmaps_map, bmba->name)) {
+                    error_setg(errp, "The bitmap '%s'/'%s' is mapped twice",
+                               bmna->node_name, bmba->name);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+            } else {
+                bmap_map_from = bmba->alias;
+                bmap_map_to = bmba->name;
+
+                if (g_hash_table_contains(bitmaps_map, bmba->alias)) {
+                    error_setg(errp, "The bitmap alias '%s'/'%s' is used twice",
+                               bmna->alias, bmba->alias);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+            }
+
+            g_hash_table_insert(bitmaps_map,
+                                g_strdup(bmap_map_from), g_strdup(bmap_map_to));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return alias_map;
+
+fail:
+    g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run construct_alias_map() in both directions to check whether @bbm
+ * is valid.
+ * (This function is to be used by migration/migration.c to validate
+ * the user-specified block-bitmap-mapping migration parameter.)
+ *
+ * Returns true if and only if the mapping is valid.
+ */
+bool check_dirty_bitmap_mig_alias_map(const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bbm,
+                                      Error **errp)
+{
+    GHashTable *alias_map;
+
+    alias_map = construct_alias_map(bbm, true, errp);
+    if (!alias_map) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+
+    alias_map = construct_alias_map(bbm, false, errp);
+    if (!alias_map) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 static uint32_t qemu_get_bitmap_flags(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     uint8_t flags = qemu_get_byte(f);
@@ -207,11 +393,11 @@ static void send_bitmap_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMSaveState *s,
     qemu_put_bitmap_flags(f, flags);

     if (flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_DEVICE_NAME) {
-        qemu_put_counted_string(f, dbms->node_name);
+        qemu_put_counted_string(f, dbms->node_alias);
     }

     if (flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_BITMAP_NAME) {
-        qemu_put_counted_string(f, bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap));
+        qemu_put_counted_string(f, dbms->bitmap_alias);
     }
 }

@@ -282,18 +468,25 @@ static void dirty_bitmap_do_save_cleanup(DBMSaveState *s)
         QSIMPLEQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&s->dbms_list, entry);
         bdrv_dirty_bitmap_set_busy(dbms->bitmap, false);
         bdrv_unref(dbms->bs);
+        g_free(dbms->node_alias);
+        g_free(dbms->bitmap_alias);
         g_free(dbms);
     }
 }

 /* Called with iothread lock taken. */
 static int add_bitmaps_to_list(DBMSaveState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
-                               const char *bs_name)
+                               const char *bs_name, GHashTable *alias_map)
 {
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bitmap;
     SaveBitmapState *dbms;
+    GHashTable *bitmap_aliases;
+    const char *node_alias, *bitmap_name, *bitmap_alias;
     Error *local_err = NULL;

+    /* When an alias map is given, @bs_name must be @bs's node name */
+    assert(!alias_map || !strcmp(bs_name, bdrv_get_node_name(bs)));
+
     FOR_EACH_DIRTY_BITMAP(bs, bitmap) {
         if (bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap)) {
             break;
@@ -303,21 +496,39 @@ static int add_bitmaps_to_list(DBMSaveState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
         return 0;
     }

+    bitmap_name = bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap);
+
     if (!bs_name || strcmp(bs_name, "") == 0) {
         error_report("Bitmap '%s' in unnamed node can't be migrated",
-                     bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap));
+                     bitmap_name);
         return -1;
     }

-    if (bs_name[0] == '#') {
+    if (alias_map) {
+        const AliasMapInnerNode *amin = g_hash_table_lookup(alias_map, bs_name);
+
+        if (!amin) {
+            /* Skip bitmaps on nodes with no alias */
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        node_alias = amin->string;
+        bitmap_aliases = amin->subtree;
+    } else {
+        node_alias = bs_name;
+        bitmap_aliases = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (node_alias[0] == '#') {
         error_report("Bitmap '%s' in a node with auto-generated "
                      "name '%s' can't be migrated",
-                     bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap), bs_name);
+                     bitmap_name, node_alias);
         return -1;
     }

     FOR_EACH_DIRTY_BITMAP(bs, bitmap) {
-        if (!bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap)) {
+        bitmap_name = bdrv_dirty_bitmap_name(bitmap);
+        if (!bitmap_name) {
             continue;
         }

@@ -326,12 +537,29 @@ static int add_bitmaps_to_list(DBMSaveState *s, BlockDriverState *bs,
             return -1;
         }

+        if (bitmap_aliases) {
+            bitmap_alias = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_aliases, bitmap_name);
+            if (!bitmap_alias) {
+                /* Skip bitmaps with no alias */
+                continue;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (strlen(bitmap_name) > UINT8_MAX) {
+                error_report("Cannot migrate bitmap '%s' on node '%s': "
+                             "Name is longer than %u bytes",
+                             bitmap_name, bs_name, UINT8_MAX);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            bitmap_alias = bitmap_name;
+        }
+
         bdrv_ref(bs);
         bdrv_dirty_bitmap_set_busy(bitmap, true);

         dbms = g_new0(SaveBitmapState, 1);
         dbms->bs = bs;
-        dbms->node_name = bs_name;
+        dbms->node_alias = g_strdup(node_alias);
+        dbms->bitmap_alias = g_strdup(bitmap_alias);
         dbms->bitmap = bitmap;
         dbms->total_sectors = bdrv_nb_sectors(bs);
         dbms->sectors_per_chunk = CHUNK_SIZE * 8 *
@@ -356,43 +584,52 @@ static int init_dirty_bitmap_migration(DBMSaveState *s)
     SaveBitmapState *dbms;
     GHashTable *handled_by_blk = g_hash_table_new(NULL, NULL);
     BlockBackend *blk;
+    const MigrationParameters *mig_params = &migrate_get_current()->parameters;
+    GHashTable *alias_map = NULL;
+
+    if (mig_params->has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+        alias_map = construct_alias_map(mig_params->block_bitmap_mapping, true,
+                                        &error_abort);
+    }

     s->bulk_completed = false;
     s->prev_bs = NULL;
     s->prev_bitmap = NULL;
     s->no_bitmaps = false;

-    /*
-     * Use blockdevice name for direct (or filtered) children of named block
-     * backends.
-     */
-    for (blk = blk_next(NULL); blk; blk = blk_next(blk)) {
-        const char *name = blk_name(blk);
+    if (!alias_map) {
+        /*
+         * Use blockdevice name for direct (or filtered) children of named block
+         * backends.
+         */
+        for (blk = blk_next(NULL); blk; blk = blk_next(blk)) {
+            const char *name = blk_name(blk);

-        if (!name || strcmp(name, "") == 0) {
-            continue;
-        }
+            if (!name || strcmp(name, "") == 0) {
+                continue;
+            }

-        bs = blk_bs(blk);
+            bs = blk_bs(blk);

-        /* Skip filters without bitmaps */
-        while (bs && bs->drv && bs->drv->is_filter &&
-               !bdrv_has_named_bitmaps(bs))
-        {
-            if (bs->backing) {
-                bs = bs->backing->bs;
-            } else if (bs->file) {
-                bs = bs->file->bs;
-            } else {
-                bs = NULL;
+            /* Skip filters without bitmaps */
+            while (bs && bs->drv && bs->drv->is_filter &&
+                   !bdrv_has_named_bitmaps(bs))
+            {
+                if (bs->backing) {
+                    bs = bs->backing->bs;
+                } else if (bs->file) {
+                    bs = bs->file->bs;
+                } else {
+                    bs = NULL;
+                }
             }
-        }

-        if (bs && bs->drv && !bs->drv->is_filter) {
-            if (add_bitmaps_to_list(s, bs, name)) {
-                goto fail;
+            if (bs && bs->drv && !bs->drv->is_filter) {
+                if (add_bitmaps_to_list(s, bs, name, NULL)) {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                g_hash_table_add(handled_by_blk, bs);
             }
-            g_hash_table_add(handled_by_blk, bs);
         }
     }

@@ -401,7 +638,7 @@ static int init_dirty_bitmap_migration(DBMSaveState *s)
             continue;
         }

-        if (add_bitmaps_to_list(s, bs, bdrv_get_node_name(bs))) {
+        if (add_bitmaps_to_list(s, bs, bdrv_get_node_name(bs), alias_map)) {
             goto fail;
         }
     }
@@ -416,11 +653,17 @@ static int init_dirty_bitmap_migration(DBMSaveState *s)
     }

     g_hash_table_destroy(handled_by_blk);
+    if (alias_map) {
+        g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+    }

     return 0;

 fail:
     g_hash_table_destroy(handled_by_blk);
+    if (alias_map) {
+        g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+    }
     dirty_bitmap_do_save_cleanup(s);

     return -1;
@@ -770,8 +1013,10 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load_bits(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s)
     return 0;
 }

-static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s)
+static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s,
+                                    GHashTable *alias_map)
 {
+    GHashTable *bitmap_alias_map = NULL;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool nothing;
     s->flags = qemu_get_bitmap_flags(f);
@@ -780,28 +1025,75 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s)
     nothing = s->flags == (s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_EOS);

     if (s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_DEVICE_NAME) {
-        if (!qemu_get_counted_string(f, s->node_name)) {
-            error_report("Unable to read node name string");
+        if (!qemu_get_counted_string(f, s->node_alias)) {
+            error_report("Unable to read node alias string");
             return -EINVAL;
         }
+
         if (!s->cancelled) {
-            s->bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(s->node_name, s->node_name, &local_err);
+            if (alias_map) {
+                const AliasMapInnerNode *amin;
+
+                amin = g_hash_table_lookup(alias_map, s->node_alias);
+                if (!amin) {
+                    error_setg(&local_err, "Error: Unknown node alias '%s'",
+                               s->node_alias);
+                    s->bs = NULL;
+                } else {
+                    bitmap_alias_map = amin->subtree;
+                    s->bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(NULL, amin->string, &local_err);
+                }
+            } else {
+                s->bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(s->node_alias, s->node_alias,
+                                       &local_err);
+            }
             if (!s->bs) {
                 error_report_err(local_err);
                 cancel_incoming_locked(s);
             }
         }
-    } else if (!s->bs && !nothing && !s->cancelled) {
+    } else if (s->bs) {
+        if (alias_map) {
+            const AliasMapInnerNode *amin;
+
+            /* Must be present in the map, or s->bs would not be set */
+            amin = g_hash_table_lookup(alias_map, s->node_alias);
+            assert(amin != NULL);
+
+            bitmap_alias_map = amin->subtree;
+        }
+    } else if (!nothing && !s->cancelled) {
         error_report("Error: block device name is not set");
         cancel_incoming_locked(s);
     }

+    assert(nothing || s->cancelled || !!alias_map == !!bitmap_alias_map);
+
     if (s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_BITMAP_NAME) {
-        if (!qemu_get_counted_string(f, s->bitmap_name)) {
-            error_report("Unable to read bitmap name string");
+        const char *bitmap_name;
+
+        if (!qemu_get_counted_string(f, s->bitmap_alias)) {
+            error_report("Unable to read bitmap alias string");
             return -EINVAL;
         }
+
         if (!s->cancelled) {
+            if (bitmap_alias_map) {
+                bitmap_name = g_hash_table_lookup(bitmap_alias_map,
+                                                  s->bitmap_alias);
+                if (!bitmap_name) {
+                    error_report("Error: Unknown bitmap alias '%s' on node "
+                                 "'%s' (alias '%s')", s->bitmap_alias,
+                                 s->bs->node_name, s->node_alias);
+                    cancel_incoming_locked(s);
+                }
+            } else {
+                bitmap_name = s->bitmap_alias;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!s->cancelled) {
+            g_strlcpy(s->bitmap_name, bitmap_name, sizeof(s->bitmap_name));
             s->bitmap = bdrv_find_dirty_bitmap(s->bs, s->bitmap_name);

             /*
@@ -811,7 +1103,7 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s)
             if (!s->bitmap && !(s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_START)) {
                 error_report("Error: unknown dirty bitmap "
                              "'%s' for block device '%s'",
-                             s->bitmap_name, s->node_name);
+                             s->bitmap_name, s->bs->node_name);
                 cancel_incoming_locked(s);
             }
         }
@@ -835,6 +1127,8 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load_header(QEMUFile *f, DBMLoadState *s)
  */
 static int dirty_bitmap_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 {
+    GHashTable *alias_map = NULL;
+    const MigrationParameters *mig_params = &migrate_get_current()->parameters;
     DBMLoadState *s = &((DBMState *)opaque)->load;
     int ret = 0;

@@ -846,13 +1140,18 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
         return -EINVAL;
     }

+    if (mig_params->has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+        alias_map = construct_alias_map(mig_params->block_bitmap_mapping,
+                                        false, &error_abort);
+    }
+
     do {
         QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&s->lock);

-        ret = dirty_bitmap_load_header(f, s);
+        ret = dirty_bitmap_load_header(f, s, alias_map);
         if (ret < 0) {
             cancel_incoming_locked(s);
-            return ret;
+            goto fail;
         }

         if (s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_START) {
@@ -869,12 +1168,17 @@ static int dirty_bitmap_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)

         if (ret) {
             cancel_incoming_locked(s);
-            return ret;
+            goto fail;
         }
     } while (!(s->flags & DIRTY_BITMAP_MIG_FLAG_EOS));

     trace_dirty_bitmap_load_success();
-    return 0;
+    ret = 0;
+fail:
+    if (alias_map) {
+        g_hash_table_destroy(alias_map);
+    }
+    return ret;
 }

 static int dirty_bitmap_save_setup(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 8fe36339dbe8..dbd4afa1e895 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/clone-visitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-visit-migration.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-sockets.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-migration.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-events-migration.h"
@@ -843,6 +844,13 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->has_announce_step = true;
     params->announce_step = s->parameters.announce_step;

+    if (s->parameters.has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+        params->has_block_bitmap_mapping = true;
+        params->block_bitmap_mapping =
+            QAPI_CLONE(BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList,
+                       s->parameters.block_bitmap_mapping);
+    }
+
     return params;
 }

@@ -1308,6 +1316,13 @@ static bool migrate_params_check(MigrationParameters *params, Error **errp)
                    "is invalid, it must be in the range of 1 to 10000 ms");
        return false;
     }
+
+    if (params->has_block_bitmap_mapping &&
+        !check_dirty_bitmap_mig_alias_map(params->block_bitmap_mapping, errp)) {
+        error_prepend(errp, "Invalid mapping given for block-bitmap-mapping: ");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }

@@ -1402,6 +1417,11 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
     if (params->has_announce_step) {
         dest->announce_step = params->announce_step;
     }
+
+    if (params->has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+        dest->has_block_bitmap_mapping = true;
+        dest->block_bitmap_mapping = params->block_bitmap_mapping;
+    }
 }

 static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
@@ -1514,6 +1534,16 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
     if (params->has_announce_step) {
         s->parameters.announce_step = params->announce_step;
     }
+
+    if (params->has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+        qapi_free_BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList(
+            s->parameters.block_bitmap_mapping);
+
+        s->parameters.has_block_bitmap_mapping = true;
+        s->parameters.block_bitmap_mapping =
+            QAPI_CLONE(BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList,
+                       params->block_bitmap_mapping);
+    }
 }

 void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index ae4b6a4246b5..7711726fd222 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -469,6 +469,32 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: '%s'\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_TLS_AUTHZ),
             params->tls_authz);
+
+        if (params->has_block_bitmap_mapping) {
+            const BitmapMigrationNodeAliasList *bmnal;
+
+            monitor_printf(mon, "%s:\n",
+                           MigrationParameter_str(
+                               MIGRATION_PARAMETER_BLOCK_BITMAP_MAPPING));
+
+            for (bmnal = params->block_bitmap_mapping;
+                 bmnal;
+                 bmnal = bmnal->next)
+            {
+                const BitmapMigrationNodeAlias *bmna = bmnal->value;
+                const BitmapMigrationBitmapAliasList *bmbal;
+
+                monitor_printf(mon, "  '%s' -> '%s'\n",
+                               bmna->node_name, bmna->alias);
+
+                for (bmbal = bmna->bitmaps; bmbal; bmbal = bmbal->next) {
+                    const BitmapMigrationBitmapAlias *bmba = bmbal->value;
+
+                    monitor_printf(mon, "    '%s' -> '%s'\n",
+                                   bmba->name, bmba->alias);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }

     qapi_free_MigrationParameters(params);
@@ -1384,6 +1410,10 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         p->has_announce_step = true;
         visit_type_size(v, param, &p->announce_step, &err);
         break;
+    case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_BLOCK_BITMAP_MAPPING:
+        error_setg(&err, "The block-bitmap-mapping parameter can only be set "
+                   "through QMP");
+        break;
     default:
         assert(0);
     }
