diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/storpool.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/storpool.py
index 76b86cd0226..0051442edb5 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/storpool.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/storpool.py
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ class StorPoolDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
             'driver_version': self.VERSION,
             'storage_protocol': constants.STORPOOL,
             # Driver capabilities
+            'clone_across_pools': True,
             'sparse_copy_volume': True,
             # The actual pools data
             'pools': pools
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/storpool-clone-across-pools-b3f7923dee35503a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/storpool-clone-across-pools-b3f7923dee35503a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..511ac699b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/storpool-clone-across-pools-b3f7923dee35503a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The StorPool driver now declares the "clone across pools" capability,
+    which allows it to create a volume into an arbitrary StorPool-backed
+    volume type from a StorPool-backed Glance image.