diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 20239f139761d56ab53b82093268bf8e5621b6ea..fdc3549775e579ba7c1cbe6ff63d09a769c64610 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -16355,6 +16355,55 @@ cleanup:
     return result;
 }
 
+
+static int
+qemuConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventRegister(virConnectPtr conn,
+                                          virDomainPtr dom,
+                                          const char *event,
+                                          virConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventCallback callback,
+                                          void *opaque,
+                                          virFreeCallback freecb,
+                                          unsigned int flags)
+{
+    virQEMUDriverPtr driver = conn->privateData;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (virConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventRegisterEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virDomainQemuMonitorEventStateRegisterID(conn,
+                                                 driver->domainEventState,
+                                                 dom, event, callback,
+                                                 opaque, freecb, flags,
+                                                 &ret) < 0)
+        ret = -1;
+
+cleanup:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+static int
+qemuConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventDeregister(virConnectPtr conn,
+                                            int callbackID)
+{
+    virQEMUDriverPtr driver = conn->privateData;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (virConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventDeregisterEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virObjectEventStateDeregisterID(conn, driver->domainEventState,
+                                        callbackID) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainFSTrim(virDomainPtr dom,
                  const char *mountPoint,
@@ -16688,6 +16737,8 @@ static virDriver qemuDriver = {
     .domainQemuMonitorCommand = qemuDomainQemuMonitorCommand, /* 0.8.3 */
     .domainQemuAttach = qemuDomainQemuAttach, /* 0.9.4 */
     .domainQemuAgentCommand = qemuDomainQemuAgentCommand, /* 0.10.0 */
+    .connectDomainQemuMonitorEventRegister = qemuConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventRegister, /* 1.2.3 */
+    .connectDomainQemuMonitorEventDeregister = qemuConnectDomainQemuMonitorEventDeregister, /* 1.2.3 */
     .domainOpenConsole = qemuDomainOpenConsole, /* 0.8.6 */
     .domainOpenGraphics = qemuDomainOpenGraphics, /* 0.9.7 */
     .domainInjectNMI = qemuDomainInjectNMI, /* 0.9.2 */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 1783201872d86ba236e3d0667f27ca45adf22969..5f8a5f4cbbb5433d5a473b070090123d72d1cc79 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,20 @@ int qemuMonitorGetDiskSecret(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorEmitEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *event,
+                     long long seconds, unsigned int micros,
+                     const char *details)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p event=%s", mon, event);
+
+    QEMU_MONITOR_CALLBACK(mon, ret, domainEvent, mon->vm, event, seconds,
+                          micros, details);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 int qemuMonitorEmitShutdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 {
     int ret = -1;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 7bb465bea9fdec436b6277ed63a807f7af0ac447..f626cc1223a2a31148295f2138f7fdf5d78abf8c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * qemu_monitor.h: interaction with QEMU monitor console
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel P. Berrange
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ typedef int (*qemuMonitorDiskSecretLookupCallback)(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                                    char **secret,
                                                    size_t *secretLen,
                                                    void *opaque);
+typedef int (*qemuMonitorDomainEventCallback)(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                              virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                              const char *event,
+                                              long long seconds,
+                                              unsigned int micros,
+                                              const char *details,
+                                              void *opaque);
 typedef int (*qemuMonitorDomainShutdownCallback)(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                                  virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                                  void *opaque);
@@ -171,6 +178,7 @@ struct _qemuMonitorCallbacks {
     qemuMonitorEofNotifyCallback eofNotify;
     qemuMonitorErrorNotifyCallback errorNotify;
     qemuMonitorDiskSecretLookupCallback diskSecretLookup;
+    qemuMonitorDomainEventCallback domainEvent;
     qemuMonitorDomainShutdownCallback domainShutdown;
     qemuMonitorDomainResetCallback domainReset;
     qemuMonitorDomainPowerdownCallback domainPowerdown;
@@ -236,6 +244,9 @@ int qemuMonitorGetDiskSecret(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              char **secret,
                              size_t *secretLen);
 
+int qemuMonitorEmitEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *event,
+                         long long seconds, unsigned int micros,
+                         const char *details);
 int qemuMonitorEmitShutdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorEmitReset(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorEmitPowerdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index f38793315c3c876f1e91e1f1bef5385ea857d71d..7a6aac0afef41ffd22b077479b9ba19158f5a547 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 {
     const char *type;
     qemuEventHandler *handler;
+    virJSONValuePtr data;
+    char *details = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr timestamp;
+    long long seconds = -1;
+    unsigned int micros = 0;
+
     VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p obj=%p", mon, obj);
 
     type = virJSONValueObjectGetString(obj, "event");
@@ -138,10 +144,23 @@ qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /* Not all events have data; and event reporting is best-effort only */
+    if ((data = virJSONValueObjectGet(obj, "data")))
+        details = virJSONValueToString(data, false);
+    if ((timestamp = virJSONValueObjectGet(obj, "timestamp"))) {
+        virJSONValuePtr elt;
+
+        if ((elt = virJSONValueObjectGet(timestamp, "seconds")))
+            ignore_value(virJSONValueGetNumberLong(elt, &seconds));
+        if ((elt = virJSONValueObjectGet(timestamp, "microseconds")))
+            ignore_value(virJSONValueGetNumberUint(elt, &micros));
+    }
+    qemuMonitorEmitEvent(mon, type, seconds, micros, details);
+    VIR_FREE(details);
+
     handler = bsearch(type, eventHandlers, ARRAY_CARDINALITY(eventHandlers),
                       sizeof(eventHandlers[0]), qemuMonitorEventCompare);
     if (handler) {
-        virJSONValuePtr data = virJSONValueObjectGet(obj, "data");
         VIR_DEBUG("handle %s handler=%p data=%p", type,
                   handler->handler, data);
         (handler->handler)(mon, data);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 6c4543f0ef47247668a307811cabdef78c6a7259..73de945f3561598d79e60a31b0cd9e158ffc372b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -648,6 +648,34 @@ qemuProcessShutdownOrReboot(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
 }
 
+
+static int
+qemuProcessHandleEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                       virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                       const char *eventName,
+                       long long seconds,
+                       unsigned int micros,
+                       const char *details,
+                       void *opaque)
+{
+    virQEMUDriverPtr driver = opaque;
+    virObjectEventPtr event = NULL;
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("vm=%p", vm);
+
+    virObjectLock(vm);
+    event = virDomainQemuMonitorEventNew(vm->def->id, vm->def->name,
+                                         vm->def->uuid, eventName,
+                                         seconds, micros, details);
+
+    virObjectUnlock(vm);
+    if (event)
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuProcessHandleShutdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                           virDomainObjPtr vm,
@@ -1369,6 +1397,7 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks monitorCallbacks = {
     .eofNotify = qemuProcessHandleMonitorEOF,
     .errorNotify = qemuProcessHandleMonitorError,
     .diskSecretLookup = qemuProcessFindVolumeQcowPassphrase,
+    .domainEvent = qemuProcessHandleEvent,
     .domainShutdown = qemuProcessHandleShutdown,
     .domainStop = qemuProcessHandleStop,
     .domainResume = qemuProcessHandleResume,