diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 074d0af1ad3..4cb356c8023 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.hypervisor.HypervisorUtils;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.linux.CPUStat;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.linux.KVMHostInfo;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.linux.MemStat;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuImg;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuImgException;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuImgFile;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuImg.PhysicalDiskFormat;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.security.KeyStoreUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.MapUtils;
@@ -2528,6 +2531,15 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
                 volPath = physicalDisk.getPath();
             }
 
+            if (volume.getType() != Volume.Type.ISO
+                    && physicalDisk != null && physicalDisk.getFormat() == PhysicalDiskFormat.QCOW2
+                    && (pool.getType() == StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem
+                    || pool.getType() == StoragePoolType.SharedMountPoint
+                    || pool.getType() == StoragePoolType.Filesystem
+                    || pool.getType() == StoragePoolType.Gluster)) {
+                setBackingFileFormat(physicalDisk.getPath());
+            }
+
             // check for disk activity, if detected we should exit because vm is running elsewhere
             if (_diskActivityCheckEnabled && physicalDisk != null && physicalDisk.getFormat() == PhysicalDiskFormat.QCOW2) {
                 s_logger.debug("Checking physical disk file at path " + volPath + " for disk activity to ensure vm is not running elsewhere");
@@ -4245,4 +4257,25 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
             cmd.setTopology(numCoresPerSocket, vcpus / numCoresPerSocket);
         }
     }
+
+    public void setBackingFileFormat(String volPath) {
+        final int timeout = 0;
+        QemuImgFile file = new QemuImgFile(volPath);
+        QemuImg qemu = new QemuImg(timeout);
+        try{
+            Map<String, String> info = qemu.info(file);
+            String backingFilePath = info.get(new String("backing_file"));
+            String backingFileFormat = info.get(new String("backing_file_format"));
+            if (org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isEmpty(backingFileFormat)) {
+                s_logger.info("Setting backing file format of " + volPath);
+                QemuImgFile backingFile = new QemuImgFile(backingFilePath);
+                Map<String, String> backingFileinfo = qemu.info(backingFile);
+                String backingFileFmt = backingFileinfo.get(new String("file_format"));
+                qemu.rebase(file, backingFile, backingFileFmt, false);
+            }
+        } catch (QemuImgException e) {
+            s_logger.error("Failed to set backing file format of " + volPath + " due to : " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtMigrateCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtMigrateCommandWrapper.java
index 0524be79617..841eadf13c2 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtMigrateCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtMigrateCommandWrapper.java
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ public final class LibvirtMigrateCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<MigrateCo
             // delete the metadata of vm snapshots before migration
             vmsnapshots = libvirtComputingResource.cleanVMSnapshotMetadata(dm);
 
+            // Verify Format of backing file
+            for (DiskDef disk : disks) {
+                if (disk.getDeviceType() == DiskDef.DeviceType.DISK
+                        && disk.getDiskFormatType() == DiskDef.DiskFmtType.QCOW2) {
+                    libvirtComputingResource.setBackingFileFormat(disk.getDiskPath());
+                }
+            }
+
             Map<String, MigrateCommand.MigrateDiskInfo> mapMigrateStorage = command.getMigrateStorage();
             // migrateStorage is declared as final because the replaceStorage method may mutate mapMigrateStorage, but
             // migrateStorage's value should always only be associated with the initial state of mapMigrateStorage.
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/qemu/QemuImg.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/qemu/QemuImg.java
index e2c03672ccb..3006d256697 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/qemu/QemuImg.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/qemu/QemuImg.java
@@ -379,8 +379,29 @@ public class QemuImg {
     }
 
     /* Changes the backing file of an image */
-    public void rebase() throws QemuImgException {
+    public void rebase(final QemuImgFile file, final QemuImgFile backingFile, final String backingFileFormat, final boolean secure) throws QemuImgException {
+        if (backingFile == null) {
+            throw new QemuImgException("No backing file was passed");
+        }
+        final Script s = new Script(_qemuImgPath, timeout);
+        s.add("rebase");
+        if (! secure) {
+            s.add("-u");
+        }
+        s.add("-F");
+        if (backingFileFormat != null) {
+            s.add(backingFileFormat);
+        } else {
+            s.add(backingFile.getFormat().toString());
+        }
+        s.add("-b");
+        s.add(backingFile.getFileName());
 
+        s.add(file.getFileName());
+        final String result = s.execute();
+        if (result != null) {
+            throw new QemuImgException(result);
+        }
     }
 
     /**