diff --git a/misc/e2image.8.in b/misc/e2image.8.in
index ba97ef8..f04dda2 100644
--- a/misc/e2image.8.in
+++ b/misc/e2image.8.in
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@
 \	\fBe2image -arO 1048576 /dev/sda1 img\fR
 .br
 .PP
+If you specify at least one offset, and only one file, an in-place
+move will be performed, allowing you to safely move the filesystem
+from one offset to another.
 .SH AUTHOR
 .B e2image
 was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
diff --git a/misc/e2image.c b/misc/e2image.c
index 2f80eff..bf5033a 100644
--- a/misc/e2image.c
+++ b/misc/e2image.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 static char output_is_blk;
 /* writing to blk device: don't skip zeroed blocks */
 blk64_t source_offset, dest_offset;
+char move_mode;
 
 static void lseek_error_and_exit(int errnum)
 {
@@ -492,6 +493,9 @@
 	blk64_t		blk;
 	char		*buf, *zero_buf;
 	int		sparse = 0;
+	blk64_t		start = 0;
+	blk64_t		distance = 0;
+	blk64_t		end = ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super);
 
 	retval = ext2fs_get_mem(fs->blocksize, &buf);
 	if (retval) {
@@ -503,7 +507,19 @@
 		com_err(program_name, retval, "while allocating buffer");
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	for (blk = 0; blk < ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super); blk++) {
+	/* when doing an in place move to the right, you can't start
+	   at the beginning or you will overwrite data, so instead
+	   divide the fs up into distance size chunks and write them
+	   in reverse. */
+	if (move_mode && dest_offset > source_offset) {
+		distance = (dest_offset - source_offset) / fs->blocksize;
+		if (distance < ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super))
+			start = ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super) - distance;
+	}
+more_blocks:
+	if (distance)
+		ext2fs_llseek (fd, (start * fs->blocksize) + dest_offset, SEEK_SET);
+	for (blk = start; blk < end; blk++) {
 		if ((blk >= fs->super->s_first_data_block) &&
 		    ext2fs_test_block_bitmap2(meta_block_map, blk)) {
 			retval = io_channel_read_blk64(fs->io, blk, 1, buf);
@@ -532,9 +548,31 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (distance && start) {
+		if (start < distance) {
+			end = start;
+			start = 0;
+		} else {
+			end -= distance;
+			start -= distance;
+			if (end < distance) {
+				/* past overlap, do rest in one go */
+				end = start;
+				start = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		sparse = 0;
+		goto more_blocks;
+	}
 #ifdef HAVE_FTRUNCATE64
 	if (sparse) {
-		ext2_loff_t offset = ext2fs_llseek(fd, sparse, SEEK_CUR);
+		ext2_loff_t offset;
+		if (distance)
+			offset = ext2fs_llseek(
+				fd,
+				fs->blocksize * ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super) + dest_offset,
+				SEEK_SET);
+		else offset = ext2fs_llseek(fd, sparse, SEEK_CUR);
 
 		if (offset < 0)
 			lseek_error_and_exit(errno);
@@ -542,7 +580,7 @@
 			write_block(fd, zero_buf, -1, 1, -1);
 	}
 #else
-	if (sparse)
+	if (sparse && !distance)
 		write_block(fd, zero_buf, sparse-1, 1, -1);
 #endif
 	ext2fs_free_mem(&zero_buf);
@@ -1312,7 +1350,10 @@
 		default:
 			usage();
 		}
-	if (optind != argc - 2 )
+	if (optind == argc - 1 &&
+	    (source_offset || dest_offset))
+		    move_mode = 1;
+	else if (optind != argc - 2 )
 		usage();
 
 	if (all_data && !img_type) {
@@ -1325,8 +1366,20 @@
 			"Offsets are only allowed with raw images.");
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	if (move_mode && img_type != E2IMAGE_RAW) {
+		com_err(program_name, 0,
+			"Move mode is only allowed with raw images.");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (move_mode && !all_data) {
+		com_err(program_name, 0,
+			"Move mode requires all data mode.");
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	device_name = argv[optind];
-	image_fn = argv[optind+1];
+	if (move_mode)
+		image_fn = device_name;
+	else image_fn = argv[optind+1];
 
 	retval = ext2fs_check_if_mounted(device_name, &mount_flags);
 	if (retval) {
@@ -1373,10 +1426,14 @@
 	if (strcmp(image_fn, "-") == 0)
 		fd = 1;
 	else {
-		fd = ext2fs_open_file(image_fn, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 0600);
+		int o_flags = O_CREAT|O_WRONLY;
+
+		if (img_type != E2IMAGE_RAW)
+			o_flags |= O_TRUNC;
+		fd = ext2fs_open_file(image_fn, o_flags, 0600);
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			com_err(program_name, errno,
-				_("while trying to open %s"), argv[optind+1]);
+				_("while trying to open %s"), image_fn);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/i_e2image/script b/tests/i_e2image/script
index 0315ae2..adf59a4 100644
--- a/tests/i_e2image/script
+++ b/tests/i_e2image/script
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	bunzip2 < $SRCDIR/$ORIG_IMG.bz2 > $i
 	md5sum $i >> $MD5_TMP
 
+	rm -f $RAW_IMG
 	echo "e2image -r $ORIG_IMG $RAW_IMG"
 	$E2IMAGE      -r $i $RAW_IMG
 	md5sum $RAW_IMG >> $MD5_TMP
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 	$E2IMAGE      -Q $i $QCOW2_IMG
 	md5sum $QCOW2_IMG >> $MD5_TMP
 
+	rm -f $QCOW2_TO_RAW
 	echo "e2image -r $QCOW2_IMG $QCOW2_TO_RAW"
 	$E2IMAGE      -r $i $QCOW2_TO_RAW
 	md5sum $QCOW2_TO_RAW >> $MD5_TMP