diff --git a/ApiChangeLog b/ApiChangeLog
index 7d2bc8a..98b5893 100644
--- a/ApiChangeLog
+++ b/ApiChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Future changes should be documented in here.
 
 ##  Version 10:
 
+* a new `rename_volume` method has been added
+
+  Storage plugins with rename support need to enable
+  the `rename` feature flag; e.g. in the `volume_has_feature` method.
+
 * Replace `volume_snapshot_list` with `volume_snapshot_info`:
 
   `volume_snapshot_list` was used exclusively by replication and currently, replication is only
diff --git a/PVE/Storage.pm b/PVE/Storage.pm
index fdc21d9..d64019f 100755
--- a/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ sub volume_snapshot_needs_fsfreeze {
 #            snapshot - taking a snapshot is possible
 #            sparseinit - volume is sparsely initialized
 #            template - conversion to base image is possible
+#            rename - renaming volumes is possible
 # $snap - check if the feature is supported for a given snapshot
 # $running - if the guest owning the volume is running
 # $opts - hash with further options:
@@ -1860,6 +1861,26 @@ sub complete_volume {
     return $res;
 }
 
+sub rename_volume {
+    my ($cfg, $source_volid, $target_vmid, $target_volname) = @_;
+
+    die "no source volid provided\n" if !$source_volid;
+    die "no target VMID or target volname provided\n" if !$target_vmid && !$target_volname;
+
+    my ($storeid, $source_volname) = parse_volume_id($source_volid);
+
+    activate_storage($cfg, $storeid);
+
+    my $scfg = storage_config($cfg, $storeid);
+    my $plugin = PVE::Storage::Plugin->lookup($scfg->{type});
+
+    $target_vmid = ($plugin->parse_volname($source_volname))[3] if !$target_vmid;
+
+    return $plugin->cluster_lock_storage($storeid, $scfg->{shared}, undef, sub {
+	return $plugin->rename_volume($scfg, $storeid, $source_volname, $target_vmid, $target_volname);
+    });
+}
+
 # Various io-heavy operations require io/bandwidth limits which can be
 # configured on multiple levels: The global defaults in datacenter.cfg, and
 # per-storage overrides. When we want to do a restore from storage A to storage
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/LVMPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/LVMPlugin.pm
index 139d391..40c1613 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/LVMPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/LVMPlugin.pm
@@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ sub lvcreate {
     run_command($cmd, errmsg => "lvcreate '$vg/$name' error");
 }
 
+sub lvrename {
+    my ($vg, $oldname, $newname) = @_;
+
+    run_command(
+	['/sbin/lvrename', $vg, $oldname, $newname],
+	errmsg => "lvrename '${vg}/${oldname}' to '${newname}' error",
+    );
+}
+
 sub alloc_image {
     my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $vmid, $fmt, $name, $size) = @_;
 
@@ -584,6 +593,7 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 
     my $features = {
 	copy => { base => 1, current => 1},
+	rename => {current => 1},
     };
 
     my ($vtype, $name, $vmid, $basename, $basevmid, $isBase) =
@@ -692,4 +702,28 @@ sub volume_import_write {
 	input => '<&'.fileno($input_fh));
 }
 
+sub rename_volume {
+    my ($class, $scfg, $storeid, $source_volname, $target_vmid, $target_volname) = @_;
+
+    my (
+	undef,
+	$source_image,
+	$source_vmid,
+	$base_name,
+	$base_vmid,
+	undef,
+	$format
+    ) = $class->parse_volname($source_volname);
+    $target_volname = $class->find_free_diskname($storeid, $scfg, $target_vmid, $format)
+	if !$target_volname;
+
+    my $vg = $scfg->{vgname};
+    my $lvs = lvm_list_volumes($vg);
+    die "target volume '${target_volname}' already exists\n"
+	if ($lvs->{$vg}->{$target_volname});
+
+    lvrename($vg, $source_volname, $target_volname);
+    return "${storeid}:${target_volname}";
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/LvmThinPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/LvmThinPlugin.pm
index 4ba6f90..c24af22 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/LvmThinPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/LvmThinPlugin.pm
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 	template => { current => 1},
 	copy => { base => 1, current => 1, snap => 1},
 	sparseinit => { base => 1, current => 1},
+	rename => {current => 1},
     };
 
     my ($vtype, $name, $vmid, $basename, $basevmid, $isBase) =
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
index 7d2487f..12f1b4b 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 		  snap => {qcow2 => 1} },
 	sparseinit => { base => {qcow2 => 1, raw => 1, vmdk => 1},
 			current => {qcow2 => 1, raw => 1, vmdk => 1} },
+	rename => { current => {qcow2 => 1, raw => 1, vmdk => 1} },
     };
 
     # clone_image creates a qcow2 volume
@@ -1056,6 +1057,8 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 		defined($opts->{valid_target_formats}) &&
 		!(grep { $_ eq 'qcow2' } @{$opts->{valid_target_formats}});
 
+    return 0 if $feature eq 'rename' && $class->can('api') && $class->api() < 10;
+
     my ($vtype, $name, $vmid, $basename, $basevmid, $isBase, $format) =
 	$class->parse_volname($volname);
 
@@ -1578,4 +1581,39 @@ sub volume_import_formats {
     return ();
 }
 
+sub rename_volume {
+    my ($class, $scfg, $storeid, $source_volname, $target_vmid, $target_volname) = @_;
+    die "not implemented in storage plugin '$class'\n" if $class->can('api') && $class->api() < 10;
+    die "no path found\n" if !$scfg->{path};
+
+    my (
+	undef,
+	$source_image,
+	$source_vmid,
+	$base_name,
+	$base_vmid,
+	undef,
+	$format
+    ) = $class->parse_volname($source_volname);
+
+    $target_volname = $class->find_free_diskname($storeid, $scfg, $target_vmid, $format, 1)
+	if !$target_volname;
+
+    my $basedir = $class->get_subdir($scfg, 'images');
+
+    mkpath "${basedir}/${target_vmid}";
+
+    my $old_path = "${basedir}/${source_vmid}/${source_image}";
+    my $new_path = "${basedir}/${target_vmid}/${target_volname}";
+
+    die "target volume '${target_volname}' already exists\n" if -e $new_path;
+
+    my $base = $base_name ? "${base_vmid}/${base_name}/" : '';
+
+    rename($old_path, $new_path) ||
+	die "rename '$old_path' to '$new_path' failed - $!\n";
+
+    return "${storeid}:${base}${target_vmid}/${target_volname}";
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/RBDPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/RBDPlugin.pm
index 613d32b..2607d25 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/RBDPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/RBDPlugin.pm
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 	template => { current => 1},
 	copy => { base => 1, current => 1, snap => 1},
 	sparseinit => { base => 1, current => 1},
+	rename => {current => 1},
     };
 
     my ($vtype, $name, $vmid, $basename, $basevmid, $isBase) = $class->parse_volname($volname);
@@ -757,4 +758,37 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
     return undef;
 }
 
+sub rename_volume {
+    my ($class, $scfg, $storeid, $source_volname, $target_vmid, $target_volname) = @_;
+
+    my (
+	undef,
+	$source_image,
+	$source_vmid,
+	$base_name,
+	$base_vmid,
+	undef,
+	$format
+    ) = $class->parse_volname($source_volname);
+    $target_volname = $class->find_free_diskname($storeid, $scfg, $target_vmid, $format)
+	if !$target_volname;
+
+    eval {
+	my $cmd = $rbd_cmd->($scfg, $storeid, 'info', $target_volname);
+	run_rbd_command($cmd, errmsg => "exist check",  quiet => 1);
+    };
+    die "target volume '${target_volname}' already exists\n" if !$@;
+
+    my $cmd = $rbd_cmd->($scfg, $storeid, 'rename', $source_image, $target_volname);
+
+    run_rbd_command(
+	$cmd,
+	errmsg => "could not rename image '${source_image}' to '${target_volname}'",
+    );
+
+    $base_name = $base_name ? "${base_name}/" : '';
+
+    return "${storeid}:${base_name}${target_volname}";
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/ZFSPoolPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/ZFSPoolPlugin.pm
index 278438b..5f6befd 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/ZFSPoolPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/ZFSPoolPlugin.pm
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ sub volume_has_feature {
 	copy => { base => 1, current => 1},
 	sparseinit => { base => 1, current => 1},
 	replicate => { base => 1, current => 1},
+	rename => {current => 1},
     };
 
     my ($vtype, $name, $vmid, $basename, $basevmid, $isBase) =
@@ -798,4 +799,34 @@ sub volume_import_formats {
     return $class->volume_export_formats($scfg, $storeid, $volname, $snapshot, $base_snapshot, $with_snapshots);
 }
 
+sub rename_volume {
+    my ($class, $scfg, $storeid, $source_volname, $target_vmid, $target_volname) = @_;
+
+    my (
+	undef,
+	$source_image,
+	$source_vmid,
+	$base_name,
+	$base_vmid,
+	undef,
+	$format
+    ) = $class->parse_volname($source_volname);
+    $target_volname = $class->find_free_diskname($storeid, $scfg, $target_vmid, $format)
+	if !$target_volname;
+
+    my $pool = $scfg->{pool};
+    my $source_zfspath = "${pool}/${source_image}";
+    my $target_zfspath = "${pool}/${target_volname}";
+
+    my $exists = 0 == run_command(['zfs', 'get', '-H', 'name', $target_zfspath],
+				  noerr => 1, quiet => 1);
+    die "target volume '${target_volname}' already exists\n" if $exists;
+
+    $class->zfs_request($scfg, 5, 'rename', ${source_zfspath}, ${target_zfspath});
+
+    $base_name = $base_name ? "${base_name}/" : '';
+
+    return "${storeid}:${base_name}${target_volname}";
+}
+
 1;