diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index 51e60d21e383e0c3926541eee1fae71aaa2a34e9..804c424ca0d4ec2cb0ba5e29125180f2908643e9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1294,7 +1294,10 @@ int qemuAgentShutdown(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     if (!cmd)
         return -1;
 
-    mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SHUTDOWN;
+    if (mode == QEMU_AGENT_SHUTDOWN_REBOOT)
+        mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_RESET;
+    else
+        mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SHUTDOWN;
     ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply,
                            VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
index 528fee12e413bfffbd88bfa7bcd15752e2657f2f..18740ba6a59f1927367ca1ba177cb49e6c4dcc99 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ void qemuAgentClose(qemuAgentPtr mon);
 typedef enum {
     QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_NONE = 0,
     QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SHUTDOWN,
-    QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SUSPEND
+    QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SUSPEND,
+    QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_RESET,
 } qemuAgentEvent;
 
 void qemuAgentNotifyEvent(qemuAgentPtr mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 5c3b89ebe234ba5638838ab283b97a81e81d629d..93653c6da8c1ecdaf4887d9a138428d8f977a9ed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -511,9 +511,15 @@ qemuProcessHandleReset(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 {
     struct qemud_driver *driver = qemu_driver;
     virDomainEventPtr event;
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
 
     virDomainObjLock(vm);
+
     event = virDomainEventRebootNewFromObj(vm);
+    priv = vm->privateData;
+    if (priv->agent)
+        qemuAgentNotifyEvent(priv->agent, QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_RESET);
+
     virDomainObjUnlock(vm);
 
     if (event) {