Index: virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/Storage.py
===================================================================
--- virtinst-0.600.0.orig/virtinst/Storage.py
+++ virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/Storage.py
@@ -1291,8 +1291,8 @@ class FileVolume(StorageVolume):
     _file_type = VIR_STORAGE_VOL_FILE
 
     formats = ["raw", "bochs", "cloop", "cow", "dmg", "iso", "qcow",
-               "qcow2", "vmdk", "vpc"]
-    create_formats = ["raw", "cow", "qcow", "qcow2", "vmdk", "vpc"]
+               "qcow2", "qed", "vmdk", "vpc"]
+    create_formats = ["raw", "cow", "qcow", "qcow2", "qed", "vmdk", "vpc"]
 
     # Register applicable property methods from parent class
     perms = property(StorageObject.get_perms, StorageObject.set_perms)
Index: virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
===================================================================
--- virtinst-0.600.0.orig/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
+++ virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/VirtualDisk.py
@@ -292,10 +292,11 @@ class VirtualDisk(VirtualDevice):
 
     DRIVER_TAP_RAW = "aio"
     DRIVER_TAP_QCOW = "qcow"
+    DRIVER_TAP_QED = "qed"
     DRIVER_TAP_VMDK = "vmdk"
     DRIVER_TAP_VDISK = "vdisk"
     driver_types = [DRIVER_TAP_RAW, DRIVER_TAP_QCOW,
-        DRIVER_TAP_VMDK, DRIVER_TAP_VDISK]
+        DRIVER_TAP_QED, DRIVER_TAP_VMDK, DRIVER_TAP_VDISK]
 
     CACHE_MODE_NONE = "none"
     CACHE_MODE_WRITETHROUGH = "writethrough"
Index: virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/ImageParser.py
===================================================================
--- virtinst-0.600.0.orig/virtinst/ImageParser.py
+++ virtinst-0.600.0/virtinst/ImageParser.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ class Disk:
     FORMAT_ISO = "iso"
     FORMAT_QCOW = "qcow"
     FORMAT_QCOW2 = "qcow2"
+    FORMAT_QED = "qed"
     FORMAT_VMDK = "vmdk"
 
     USE_SYSTEM = "system"
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ class Disk:
             csumtype = xpathString(d, "@type")
             csumvalue = xpathString(d, "")
             self.csum[csumtype] = csumvalue
-        formats = [Disk.FORMAT_RAW, Disk.FORMAT_QCOW, Disk.FORMAT_QCOW2, Disk.FORMAT_VMDK, Disk.FORMAT_ISO]
+        formats = [Disk.FORMAT_RAW, Disk.FORMAT_QCOW, Disk.FORMAT_QCOW2, Disk.FORMAT_QED, Disk.FORMAT_VMDK, Disk.FORMAT_ISO]
         validate(formats.count(self.format) > 0,
                  _("The format for disk %s must be one of %s") %
                  (self.file, ",".join(formats)))
Index: virtinst-0.600.0/virtconv/diskcfg.py
===================================================================
--- virtinst-0.600.0.orig/virtconv/diskcfg.py
+++ virtinst-0.600.0/virtconv/diskcfg.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ DISK_FORMAT_VDISK = 3
 DISK_FORMAT_QCOW = 4
 DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2 = 5
 DISK_FORMAT_COW = 6
+DISK_FORMAT_QED 7
 
 DISK_TYPE_DISK = 0
 DISK_TYPE_CDROM = 1
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ disk_suffixes = {
     DISK_FORMAT_QCOW: ".qcow",
     DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2: ".qcow2",
     DISK_FORMAT_COW: ".cow",
+    DISK_FORMAT_QED: ".qed",
 }
 
 qemu_formats = {
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ qemu_formats = {
     DISK_FORMAT_QCOW: "qcow",
     DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2: "qcow2",
     DISK_FORMAT_COW: "cow",
+    DISK_FORMAT_QED: "qed",
 }
 
 disk_format_names = {
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ disk_format_names = {
     "qcow": DISK_FORMAT_QCOW,
     "qcow2": DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2,
     "cow": DISK_FORMAT_COW,
+    "qed": DISK_FORMAT_QED,
 }
 
 checksum_types = {
@@ -260,7 +264,8 @@ class disk(object):
             out_format == DISK_FORMAT_VMDK or
             out_format == DISK_FORMAT_QCOW or
             out_format == DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2 or
-            out_format == DISK_FORMAT_COW):
+            out_format == DISK_FORMAT_COW or
+            out_format == DISK_FORMAT_QED):
             raise NotImplementedError(_("Cannot convert to disk format %s") %
                 output_format)
 
Index: virtinst-0.600.0/virtconv/parsers/virtimage.py
===================================================================
--- virtinst-0.600.0.orig/virtconv/parsers/virtimage.py
+++ virtinst-0.600.0/virtconv/parsers/virtimage.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class virtimage_parser(formats.parser):
                 ImageParser.Disk.FORMAT_VMDK: diskcfg.DISK_FORMAT_VMDK,
                 ImageParser.Disk.FORMAT_QCOW: diskcfg.DISK_FORMAT_QCOW,
                 ImageParser.Disk.FORMAT_QCOW2: diskcfg.DISK_FORMAT_QCOW2,
+                ImageParser.Disk.FORMAT_QED: diskcfg.DISK_FORMAT_QED,
             }
 
             fmt = None