diff --git a/daemon/remote.c b/daemon/remote.c
index ea1678967912c51b3ce46588fcaa8417b7839626..27d1aa8037c5f1b6c02e9fd2c549a5678a24b5f3 100644
--- a/daemon/remote.c
+++ b/daemon/remote.c
@@ -4398,6 +4398,50 @@ remoteDispatchDomainOpenGraphics(virNetServerPtr server ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     return rv;
 }
 
+static int
+remoteDispatchDomainOpenGraphicsFd(virNetServerPtr server ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                   virNetServerClientPtr client ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                   virNetMessagePtr msg,
+                                   virNetMessageErrorPtr rerr,
+                                   remote_domain_open_graphics_fd_args *args)
+{
+    virDomainPtr dom = NULL;
+    int rv = -1;
+    int fd = -1;
+    struct daemonClientPrivate *priv =
+        virNetServerClientGetPrivateData(client);
+
+    if (!priv->conn) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _("connection not open"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (!(dom = get_nonnull_domain(priv->conn, args->dom)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virDomainOpenGraphicsFD(dom,
+                                args->idx,
+                                &fd,
+                                args->flags) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virNetMessageAddFD(msg, fd) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    /* return 1 here to let virNetServerProgramDispatchCall know
+     * we are passing a FD */
+    rv = 1;
+
+ cleanup:
+    VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(fd);
+    if (rv < 0) {
+        virNetMessageSaveError(rerr);
+    }
+
+    if (dom)
+        virDomainFree(dom);
+    return rv;
+}
 static int
 remoteDispatchDomainGetInterfaceParameters(virNetServerPtr server ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                            virNetServerClientPtr client ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 9a1d78fc4f10a4a768d6fdbff5c7a5a4a535500c..e01216a86132248fc96eae00e5fd4754f2007b27 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -6445,6 +6445,48 @@ remoteDomainOpenGraphics(virDomainPtr dom,
 }
 
 
+static int
+remoteDomainOpenGraphicsFD(virDomainPtr dom,
+                           unsigned int idx,
+                           int *fd,
+                           unsigned int flags)
+{
+    int rv = -1;
+    remote_domain_open_graphics_args args;
+    struct private_data *priv = dom->conn->privateData;
+    int *fdout = NULL;
+    size_t fdoutlen = 0;
+
+    remoteDriverLock(priv);
+
+    make_nonnull_domain(&args.dom, dom);
+    args.idx = idx;
+    args.flags = flags;
+
+    if (callFull(dom->conn, priv, 0,
+                 NULL, 0,
+                 &fdout, &fdoutlen,
+                 REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_OPEN_GRAPHICS_FD,
+                 (xdrproc_t) xdr_remote_domain_open_graphics_fd_args, (char *) &args,
+                 (xdrproc_t) xdr_void, NULL) == -1)
+        goto done;
+
+    if (fdoutlen != 1) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("no file descriptor received"));
+        goto done;
+    }
+    *fd = fdout[0];
+
+    rv = 0;
+
+ done:
+    remoteDriverUnlock(priv);
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
+
 static int
 remoteConnectSetKeepAlive(virConnectPtr conn, int interval, unsigned int count)
 {
@@ -7963,6 +8005,7 @@ static virDriver remote_driver = {
     .domainOpenConsole = remoteDomainOpenConsole, /* 0.8.6 */
     .domainOpenChannel = remoteDomainOpenChannel, /* 1.0.2 */
     .domainOpenGraphics = remoteDomainOpenGraphics, /* 0.9.7 */
+    .domainOpenGraphicsFD = remoteDomainOpenGraphicsFD, /* 1.2.8 */
     .domainInjectNMI = remoteDomainInjectNMI, /* 0.9.2 */
     .domainMigrateBegin3 = remoteDomainMigrateBegin3, /* 0.9.2 */
     .domainMigratePrepare3 = remoteDomainMigratePrepare3, /* 0.9.2 */
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 5c316fb5769c1279743aba9323876b8e16e506b8..6dc2d292507ca77b3a355564623336f4737c9479 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -2733,6 +2733,12 @@ struct remote_domain_open_graphics_args {
     unsigned int flags;
 };
 
+struct remote_domain_open_graphics_fd_args {
+    remote_nonnull_domain dom;
+    unsigned int idx;
+    unsigned int flags;
+};
+
 struct remote_node_suspend_for_duration_args {
     unsigned int target;
     unsigned hyper duration;
@@ -5420,5 +5426,12 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @acl: connect:write
      */
-    REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_GET_DOMAIN_CAPABILITIES = 342
+    REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_GET_DOMAIN_CAPABILITIES = 342,
+
+    /**
+     * @generate: none
+     * @acl: domain:open_graphics
+     */
+    REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_OPEN_GRAPHICS_FD = 343
+
 };
diff --git a/src/remote_protocol-structs b/src/remote_protocol-structs
index 9bf09b84179b6243ffc7db4c598ff823e38283f3..38bf0b8582a434c4d01dcea36ee7aefacf844986 100644
--- a/src/remote_protocol-structs
+++ b/src/remote_protocol-structs
@@ -2153,6 +2153,11 @@ struct remote_domain_open_graphics_args {
         u_int                      idx;
         u_int                      flags;
 };
+struct remote_domain_open_graphics_fd_args {
+        remote_nonnull_domain      dom;
+        u_int                      idx;
+        u_int                      flags;
+};
 struct remote_node_suspend_for_duration_args {
         u_int                      target;
         uint64_t                   duration;
@@ -2862,4 +2867,5 @@ enum remote_procedure {
         REMOTE_PROC_NODE_GET_FREE_PAGES = 340,
         REMOTE_PROC_NETWORK_GET_DHCP_LEASES = 341,
         REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_GET_DOMAIN_CAPABILITIES = 342,
+        REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_OPEN_GRAPHICS_FD = 343,
 };
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetmessage.c b/src/rpc/virnetmessage.c
index 19b2d6ce21020f60d8137507ec0941ada7a6e089..5c57128c13ab1e3944c35e180ef9a430f9d78b09 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetmessage.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetmessage.c
@@ -564,3 +564,29 @@ int virNetMessageDupFD(virNetMessagePtr msg,
     }
     return fd;
 }
+
+int virNetMessageAddFD(virNetMessagePtr msg,
+                       int fd)
+{
+    int newfd = -1;
+
+    if ((newfd = dup(fd)) < 0) {
+        virReportSystemError(errno,
+                             _("Unable to duplicate FD %d"),
+                             fd);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if (virSetInherit(newfd, false) < 0) {
+        virReportSystemError(errno,
+                             _("Cannot set close-on-exec %d"),
+                             newfd);
+        goto error;
+    }
+    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(msg->fds, msg->nfds, newfd) < 0)
+        goto error;
+    return 0;
+ error:
+    VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(newfd);
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetmessage.h b/src/rpc/virnetmessage.h
index c94dddc2591c820afc7d79ded67da1a14f46d926..89a2ebf71692110cc9fbf39e2085e4e75fabb4ff 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetmessage.h
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetmessage.h
@@ -96,4 +96,7 @@ void virNetMessageSaveError(virNetMessageErrorPtr rerr)
 int virNetMessageDupFD(virNetMessagePtr msg,
                        size_t slot);
 
+int virNetMessageAddFD(virNetMessagePtr msg,
+                       int fd);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_NET_MESSAGE_H__ */