diff --git a/rbd/mirror_desc_status.go b/rbd/mirror_desc_status.go
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+//go:build !nautilus && ceph_preview
+// +build !nautilus,ceph_preview
+
+package rbd
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lrbd
+// #include <stdlib.h>
+// #include <rbd/librbd.h>
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// MirrorDescriptionReplayStatus contains information pertaining to the status
+// of snapshot based RBD image mirroring.
+type MirrorDescriptionReplayStatus struct {
+	ReplayState              string  `json:"replay_state"`
+	RemoteSnapshotTimestamp  int64   `json:"remote_snapshot_timestamp"`
+	LocalSnapshotTimestamp   int64   `json:"local_snapshot_timestamp"`
+	SyncingSnapshotTimestamp int64   `json:"syncing_snapshot_timestamp"`
+	SyncingPercent           int     `json:"syncing_percent"`
+	BytesPerSecond           float64 `json:"bytes_per_second"`
+	BytesPerSnapshot         float64 `json:"bytes_per_snapshot"`
+	LastSnapshotSyncSeconds  int64   `json:"last_snapshot_sync_seconds"`
+	LastSnapshotBytes        int64   `json:"last_snapshot_bytes"`
+}
+
+// extractDescriptionJSON will extract one string containing a JSON object from
+// the description if one can be found.
+func (s *SiteMirrorImageStatus) extractDescriptionJSON() (string, error) {
+	start := strings.Index(s.Description, "{")
+	if start == -1 {
+		return "", ErrNotExist
+	}
+	end := strings.LastIndex(s.Description, "}")
+	if end == -1 {
+		return "", ErrNotExist
+	}
+	if start >= end {
+		return "", ErrNotExist
+	}
+	return s.Description[start : end+1], nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalDescriptionJSON parses an embedded JSON string that may be found in
+// the description of the SiteMirrorImageStatus. It will store the result in
+// the value pointed to by v.  If no embedded JSON string is found an
+// ErrNotExist error is returned. An error may also be returned if the contents
+// can not be parsed.
+func (s *SiteMirrorImageStatus) UnmarshalDescriptionJSON(v interface{}) error {
+	desc, err := s.extractDescriptionJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return json.Unmarshal([]byte(desc), v)
+}
+
+// DescriptionReplayStatus parses a MirrorDescriptionReplayStatus result out of
+// the image status description field if available. If the embedded status JSON
+// is not found or fails to parse and error will be returned.
+func (s *SiteMirrorImageStatus) DescriptionReplayStatus() (
+	*MirrorDescriptionReplayStatus, error) {
+	// ---
+	mdrs := MirrorDescriptionReplayStatus{}
+	if err := s.UnmarshalDescriptionJSON(&mdrs); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &mdrs, nil
+}