diff --git a/add-nocow-to-vol-xml.patch b/add-nocow-to-vol-xml.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acbc9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/add-nocow-to-vol-xml.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+Index: libvirt-1.2.3/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.2.3.orig/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
++++ libvirt-1.2.3/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
+@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
+           <ref name='compat'/>
+         </optional>
+         <optional>
++          <element name='nocow'>
++            <empty/>
++          </element>
++        </optional>
++        <optional>
+           <ref name='fileFormatFeatures'/>
+         </optional>
+       </interleave>
+Index: libvirt-1.2.3/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.2.3.orig/src/conf/storage_conf.c
++++ libvirt-1.2.3/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+@@ -1401,6 +1401,9 @@ virStorageVolDefParseXML(virStoragePoolD
+         virStringFreeList(version);
+     }
+ 
++    if (virXPathNode("./target/nocow", ctxt))
++        ret->target.nocow = true;
++
+     if (options->featureFromString && virXPathNode("./target/features", ctxt)) {
+         if ((n = virXPathNodeSet("./target/features/*", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
+             goto error;
+Index: libvirt-1.2.3/src/conf/storage_conf.h
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.2.3.orig/src/conf/storage_conf.h
++++ libvirt-1.2.3/src/conf/storage_conf.h
+@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct _virStorageVolTarget {
+     virStorageEncryptionPtr encryption;
+     virBitmapPtr features;
+     char *compat;
++    bool nocow;
+ };
+ 
+ typedef struct _virStorageVolDef virStorageVolDef;
+Index: libvirt-1.2.3/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.2.3.orig/src/storage/storage_backend.c
++++ libvirt-1.2.3/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
+ #ifdef __linux__
+ # include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ # include <linux/fs.h>
++# ifndef FS_NOCOW_FL
++#  define FS_NOCOW_FL                     0x00800000 /* Do not cow file */
++# endif
+ #endif
+ 
+ #if WITH_SELINUX
+@@ -449,6 +452,21 @@ virStorageBackendCreateRaw(virConnectPtr
+         goto cleanup;
+     }
+ 
++    if (vol->target.nocow) {
++#ifdef __linux__
++        int attr;
++
++        /* Set NOCOW flag. This is an optimisation for btrfs.
++         * The FS_IOC_SETFLAGS ioctl return value will be ignored since any
++         * failure of this operation should not block the left work.
++         */
++        if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &attr) == 0) {
++            attr |= FS_NOCOW_FL;
++            ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &attr);
++        }
++#endif
++    }
++
+     if ((ret = createRawFile(fd, vol, inputvol)) < 0)
+         /* createRawFile already reported the exact error. */
+         ret = -1;
+@@ -712,6 +730,7 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImgOpts(char
+                                    bool preallocate,
+                                    int format,
+                                    const char *compat,
++                                   bool nocow,
+                                    virBitmapPtr features)
+ {
+     virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+@@ -724,6 +743,8 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImgOpts(char
+         virBufferAddLit(&buf, "encryption=on,");
+     if (preallocate)
+         virBufferAddLit(&buf, "preallocation=metadata,");
++    if (nocow)
++        virBufferAddLit(&buf, "nocow=on,");
+ 
+     if (compat)
+         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "compat=%s,", compat);
+@@ -945,6 +966,7 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImgCmd(virCon
+                                                do_encryption, preallocate,
+                                                vol->target.format,
+                                                compat,
++                                               vol->target.nocow,
+                                                vol->target.features) < 0) {
+             virCommandFree(cmd);
+             return NULL;
diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 260acb3..33ecba3 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Tue Apr  8 09:44:50 MDT 2014 - jfehlig@suse.com
   0e0c1a74-domid-fix.patch, 7a1452f5-libxl-empty-cdrom.patch
   bnc#872517
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  7 14:34:59 CST 2014 - cyliu@suse.com
+
+- Fate#315125: add NOCOW flag
+  add-nocow-to-vol-xml.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  2 13:38:50 UTC 2014 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 2a9f861..7ca178b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Patch1:         7a1452f5-libxl-empty-cdrom.patch
 Patch100:       xen-name-for-devid.patch
 Patch101:       ia64-clone.patch
 Patch102:       xen-pv-cdrom.patch
+Patch103:       add-nocow-to-vol-xml.patch
 # Our patches
 Patch200:       libvirtd-defaults.patch
 Patch201:       libvirtd-init-script.patch
@@ -950,6 +951,7 @@ namespaces.
 %patch100 -p1
 %patch101 -p1
 %patch102 -p1
+%patch103 -p1
 %patch200 -p1
 %patch201 -p1
 %patch202 -p1