diff --git a/cmd/climc/shell/image/images.go b/cmd/climc/shell/image/images.go
index 4fc7cb6b7f..9a7005364e 100644
--- a/cmd/climc/shell/image/images.go
+++ b/cmd/climc/shell/image/images.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func init() {
 		Protected  string   `help:"filter images by protected" choices:"true|false"`
 		IsUefi     bool     `help:"list uefi image"`
 		Format     []string `help:"Disk formats"`
+		SubFormats []string `help:"Sub formats"`
 		Name       string   `help:"Name filter"`
 	}
 	R(&ImageListOptions{}, "image-list", "List images", func(s *mcclient.ClientSession, args *ImageListOptions) error {
@@ -173,15 +174,14 @@ func init() {
 			params.Add(jsonutils.NewString(args.Name), "name")
 		}
 		if len(args.Format) > 0 {
-			if len(args.Format) == 1 {
-				params.Add(jsonutils.NewString(args.Format[0]), "disk_format")
-			} else {
-				fs := jsonutils.NewArray()
-				for _, f := range args.Format {
-					fs.Add(jsonutils.NewString(f))
-				}
-				params.Add(fs, "disk_formats")
+			fs := jsonutils.NewArray()
+			for _, f := range args.Format {
+				fs.Add(jsonutils.NewString(f))
 			}
+			params.Add(fs, "disk_formats")
+		}
+		if len(args.SubFormats) > 0 {
+			params.Add(jsonutils.Marshal(args.SubFormats), "sub_formats")
 		}
 		result, err := modules.Images.List(s, params)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/image/image.go b/pkg/apis/image/image.go
index c44ae5650d..f0e88fbc08 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/image/image.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ type ImageListInput struct {
 	// 列出是否支持UEFI启动的镜像
 	Uefi *bool `json:"uefi"`
 
+	// 根据已转换格式过滤, 可能值为: qcow2, vmdk, vhd, raw等
+	SubFormats []string `json:"subFormats"`
+
 	// 是否为标准镜像
 	IsStandard *bool `json:"is_standard"`
 
diff --git a/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/azure.go b/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/azure.go
index 2e7e7b45e5..e42f345c52 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/azure.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/guestdrivers/azure.go
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"yunion.io/x/jsonutils"
+	"yunion.io/x/pkg/errors"
 	"yunion.io/x/pkg/utils"
 
 	api "yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/apis/compute"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/cloudcommon/db/quotas"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/compute/models"
+	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/compute/options"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/httperrors"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/mcclient"
+	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/mcclient/auth"
+	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/mcclient/modules"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/util/billing"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/util/rbacutils"
 )
@@ -123,6 +127,37 @@ func (self *SAzureGuestDriver) ValidateCreateData(ctx context.Context, userCred
 	if len(input.Networks) > 2 {
 		return nil, httperrors.NewInputParameterError("cannot support more than 1 nic")
 	}
+	if len(input.Disks) > 0 && len(input.Disks[0].ImageId) > 0 {
+		_image, err := models.CachedimageManager.FetchById(input.Disks[0].ImageId)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "FetchById")
+		}
+		image := _image.(*models.SCachedimage)
+		if len(image.ExternalId) == 0 {
+			s := auth.GetAdminSession(ctx, options.Options.Region, "")
+			result, err := modules.Images.GetSpecific(s, image.Id, "subformats", nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "get subformats")
+			}
+			subFormats := []struct {
+				Format string
+			}{}
+			err = result.Unmarshal(&subFormats)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Unmarshal subformats")
+			}
+			find := false
+			for i := range subFormats {
+				if subFormats[i].Format == "vhd" {
+					find = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if !find {
+				return nil, httperrors.NewResourceNotFoundError("failed to find subformat vhd for image %s, please append 'vhd' for glance options(target_image_formats)", image.Name)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return input, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/image/models/images.go b/pkg/image/models/images.go
index 4cbf492a4d..c9e17f47e9 100644
--- a/pkg/image/models/images.go
+++ b/pkg/image/models/images.go
@@ -1156,6 +1156,10 @@ func (manager *SImageManager) ListItemFilter(
 	if len(query.DiskFormats) > 0 {
 		q = q.In("disk_format", query.DiskFormats)
 	}
+	if len(query.SubFormats) > 0 {
+		sq := ImageSubformatManager.Query().SubQuery()
+		q = q.Join(sq, sqlchemy.Equals(sq.Field("image_id"), q.Field("id"))).Filter(sqlchemy.In(sq.Field("format"), query.SubFormats))
+	}
 	if query.Uefi != nil && *query.Uefi {
 		imagePropertyQ := ImagePropertyManager.Query().
 			Equals("name", api.IMAGE_UEFI_SUPPORT).Equals("value", "true").SubQuery()