diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 48eb7dd049d1..6f9cc1c4d4fb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -906,8 +906,7 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, blk_status_t error,
 
 		if (bio_bytes == bio->bi_iter.bi_size) {
 			req->bio = bio->bi_next;
-		} else if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND &&
-			   error == BLK_STS_OK) {
+		} else if (bio_is_zone_append(bio) && error == BLK_STS_OK) {
 			/*
 			 * Partial zone append completions cannot be supported
 			 * as the BIO fragments may end up not being written
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index fcc1284b7c19..a60ac5b3e637 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -689,7 +689,8 @@ static void disk_zone_wplug_abort_unaligned(struct gendisk *disk,
 
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&zwplug->bio_list))) {
 		if (wp_offset >= zone_capacity ||
-		     bio_offset_from_zone_start(bio) != wp_offset) {
+		    (bio_op(bio) != REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND &&
+		     bio_offset_from_zone_start(bio) != wp_offset)) {
 			blk_zone_wplug_bio_io_error(bio);
 			disk_put_zone_wplug(zwplug);
 			continue;
@@ -951,7 +952,8 @@ static inline void disk_zone_wplug_set_error(struct gendisk *disk,
 
 /*
  * Check and prepare a BIO for submission by incrementing the write pointer
- * offset of its zone write plug.
+ * offset of its zone write plug and changing zone append operations into
+ * regular write when zone append emulation is needed.
  */
 static bool blk_zone_wplug_prepare_bio(struct blk_zone_wplug *zwplug,
 				       struct bio *bio)
@@ -966,13 +968,30 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_prepare_bio(struct blk_zone_wplug *zwplug,
 	if (zwplug->wp_offset >= disk->zone_capacity)
 		goto err;
 
-	/*
-	 * Check for non-sequential writes early because we avoid a
-	 * whole lot of error handling trouble if we don't send it off
-	 * to the driver.
-	 */
-	if (bio_offset_from_zone_start(bio) != zwplug->wp_offset)
-		goto err;
+	if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND) {
+		/*
+		 * Use a regular write starting at the current write pointer.
+		 * Similarly to native zone append operations, do not allow
+		 * merging.
+		 */
+		bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_OP_MASK;
+		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_NOMERGE;
+		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector += zwplug->wp_offset;
+
+		/*
+		 * Remember that this BIO is in fact a zone append operation
+		 * so that we can restore its operation code on completion.
+		 */
+		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Check for non-sequential writes early because we avoid a
+		 * whole lot of error handling trouble if we don't send it off
+		 * to the driver.
+		 */
+		if (bio_offset_from_zone_start(bio) != zwplug->wp_offset)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	/* Advance the zone write pointer offset. */
 	zwplug->wp_offset += bio_sectors(bio);
@@ -1008,8 +1027,14 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_handle_write(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 	}
 
 	/* Conventional zones do not need write plugging. */
-	if (disk_zone_is_conv(disk, sector))
+	if (disk_zone_is_conv(disk, sector)) {
+		/* Zone append to conventional zones is not allowed. */
+		if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND) {
+			bio_io_error(bio);
+			return true;
+		}
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)
 		gfp_mask = GFP_NOWAIT;
@@ -1057,7 +1082,8 @@ plug:
  * @bio: The BIO being submitted
  * @nr_segs: The number of physical segments of @bio
  *
- * Handle write and write zeroes operations using zone write plugging.
+ * Handle write, write zeroes and zone append operations requiring emulation
+ * using zone write plugging.
  *
  * Return true whenever @bio execution needs to be delayed through the zone
  * write plug. Otherwise, return false to let the submission path process
@@ -1096,6 +1122,9 @@ bool blk_zone_plug_bio(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 	 * machinery operates at the request level, below the plug, and
 	 * completion of the flush sequence will go through the regular BIO
 	 * completion, which will handle zone write plugging.
+	 * Zone append operations for devices that requested emulation must
+	 * also be plugged so that these BIOs can be changed into regular
+	 * write BIOs.
 	 * Zone reset, reset all and finish commands need special treatment
 	 * to correctly track the write pointer offset of zones. These commands
 	 * are not plugged as we do not need serialization with write
@@ -1103,6 +1132,10 @@ bool blk_zone_plug_bio(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 	 * and finish commands when write operations are in flight.
 	 */
 	switch (bio_op(bio)) {
+	case REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND:
+		if (!bdev_emulates_zone_append(bdev))
+			return false;
+		fallthrough;
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE:
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
 		return blk_zone_wplug_handle_write(bio, nr_segs);
@@ -1171,6 +1204,15 @@ void blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio(struct bio *bio)
 	/* Make sure we do not see this BIO again by clearing the plug flag. */
 	bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_ZONE_WRITE_PLUGGING);
 
+	/*
+	 * If this is a regular write emulating a zone append operation,
+	 * restore the original operation code.
+	 */
+	if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND)) {
+		bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_OP_MASK;
+		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the BIO failed, mark the plug as having an error to trigger
 	 * recovery.
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 4df969f8fa28..1140c4a0be03 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ static inline bool bio_zone_write_plugging(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	return bio_flagged(bio, BIO_ZONE_WRITE_PLUGGING);
 }
+static inline bool bio_is_zone_append(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	return bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND ||
+		bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND);
+}
 void blk_zone_write_plug_bio_merged(struct bio *bio);
 void blk_zone_write_plug_attempt_merge(struct request *rq);
 static inline void blk_zone_update_request_bio(struct request *rq,
@@ -430,8 +435,9 @@ static inline void blk_zone_update_request_bio(struct request *rq,
 	 * For zone append requests, the request sector indicates the location
 	 * at which the BIO data was written. Return this value to the BIO
 	 * issuer through the BIO iter sector.
-	 * For plugged zone writes, we need the original BIO sector so
-	 * that blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio() can lookup the zone write plug.
+	 * For plugged zone writes, which include emulated zone append, we need
+	 * the original BIO sector so that blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio() can
+	 * lookup the zone write plug.
 	 */
 	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND || bio_zone_write_plugging(bio))
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = rq->__sector;
@@ -468,6 +474,10 @@ static inline bool bio_zone_write_plugging(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	return false;
 }
+static inline bool bio_is_zone_append(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 static inline void blk_zone_write_plug_bio_merged(struct bio *bio)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index ed45de07d2ef..29b3170431e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ enum {
 	BIO_REMAPPED,
 	BIO_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED,	/* Owns a zoned device zone write lock */
 	BIO_ZONE_WRITE_PLUGGING, /* bio handled through zone write plugging */
+	BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND, /* bio emulates a zone append operation */
 	BIO_FLAG_LAST
 };