diff --git a/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c b/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
index 0cbb84bb3..71c155df2 100644
--- a/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
+++ b/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ grub_crypto_cipher_handle_t (*grub_zfs_load_key) (const struct grub_zfs_key *key
  */
 #define MAX_SUPPORTED_FEATURE_STRLEN 50
 static const char *spa_feature_names[] = {
-  "org.illumos:lz4_compress",NULL
+  "org.illumos:lz4_compress",
+  "com.delphix:hole_birth",
+  NULL
 };
 
 static int
@@ -1751,7 +1753,7 @@ zio_read_gang (blkptr_t * bp, grub_zfs_endian_t endian, dva_t * dva, void *buf,
 
   for (i = 0; i < SPA_GBH_NBLKPTRS; i++)
     {
-      if (zio_gb->zg_blkptr[i].blk_birth == 0)
+      if (BP_IS_HOLE(&zio_gb->zg_blkptr[i]))
 	continue;
 
       err = zio_read_data (&zio_gb->zg_blkptr[i], endian, buf, data);
diff --git a/include/grub/zfs/spa.h b/include/grub/zfs/spa.h
index 7edb8ab7d..df43b6b32 100644
--- a/include/grub/zfs/spa.h
+++ b/include/grub/zfs/spa.h
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ typedef struct blkptr {
 
 #define	BP_IDENTITY(bp)		(&(bp)->blk_dva[0])
 #define	BP_IS_GANG(bp)		DVA_GET_GANG(BP_IDENTITY(bp))
-#define	BP_IS_HOLE(bp)		((bp)->blk_birth == 0)
+#define	DVA_IS_EMPTY(dva)	((dva)->dva_word[0] == 0ULL && \
+				(dva)->dva_word[1] == 0ULL)
+#define	BP_IS_HOLE(bp)		DVA_IS_EMPTY(BP_IDENTITY(bp))
 
 /* BP_IS_RAIDZ(bp) assumes no block compression */
 #define	BP_IS_RAIDZ(bp)		(DVA_GET_ASIZE(&(bp)->blk_dva[0]) > \