diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index e8318348314cec561360b907985d1ac39d45576e..96bb9cfbed89cfa5a7a3edd994bdd0b6d3dc3dfa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuMonitorMigrationStatus,
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuMonitorMigrationCaps,
               QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_LAST,
-              "xbzrle", "auto-converge", "rdma-pin-all", "events")
+              "xbzrle", "auto-converge", "rdma-pin-all", "events",
+              "postcopy-ram")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuMonitorVMStatus,
               QEMU_MONITOR_VM_STATUS_LAST,
@@ -3797,3 +3798,14 @@ qemuMonitorMigrateIncoming(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     return qemuMonitorJSONMigrateIncoming(mon, uri);
 }
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorMigrateStartPostCopy(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p", mon);
+
+    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONMigrateStartPostCopy(mon);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 9331dab66d38680a9ffd80f741c5b3ca47de7e93..c6e391cf7b2173b3da1f3b2bb5459d325068cdc2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_AUTO_CONVERGE,
     QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_RDMA_PIN_ALL,
     QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_EVENTS,
+    QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_POSTCOPY,
 
     QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATION_CAPS_LAST
 } qemuMonitorMigrationCaps;
@@ -933,4 +934,6 @@ int qemuMonitorGetMemoryDeviceInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorMigrateIncoming(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                const char *uri);
 
+int qemuMonitorMigrateStartPostCopy(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_MONITOR_H */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 8a2aed7a57de72c99551a17332385e2395d5e11a..fe9288a349a680a5efffdf599c67cb7aac8218ba 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -6737,3 +6737,25 @@ qemuMonitorJSONMigrateIncoming(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     virJSONValueFree(reply);
     return ret;
 }
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONMigrateStartPostCopy(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("migrate-start-postcopy", NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply);
+
+ cleanup:
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 4068187c40d75d0ba7d99b786d092870d819622c..486e660a7ac4103bbb2d4a699673bb270cb0c9a5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -488,4 +488,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONMigrateIncoming(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                    const char *uri)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
 
+int qemuMonitorJSONMigrateStartPostCopy(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+
 #endif /* QEMU_MONITOR_JSON_H */