diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 2c19e60c946188214ea37d99f69eb1c08278e71e..2d46f5cfa7cf0813722488531b20acd9288e5f21 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -4539,3 +4539,24 @@ qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
 {
     return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMerge(actions, node, target, sources);
 }
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                     const char *device,
+                                     const char *path,
+                                     const char *format,
+                                     bool existing)
+{
+    return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotLegacy(actions, device, path,
+                                                    format, existing);
+}
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                       const char *node,
+                                       const char *overlay)
+{
+    return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotBlockdev(actions, node, overlay);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 44ce139a9b63db8ace8fcadf3a1a22f5e048de1f..b42bdfbea8d09a02fe8e203966a1c76669a5b587 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1361,3 +1361,14 @@ qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                   const char *node,
                                   const char *target,
                                   virJSONValuePtr *sources);
+
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                     const char *device,
+                                     const char *path,
+                                     const char *format,
+                                     bool existing);
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                       const char *node,
+                                       const char *overlay);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index bfb6245082f930231de01254e8ea14bbaee53ad2..450b5828c5fb2a87022cd8f4a3e62f18fa9f9e93 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -9100,6 +9100,41 @@ qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                         const char *device,
+                                         const char *path,
+                                         const char *format,
+                                         bool existing)
+{
+    const char *mode = NULL;
+
+    if (existing)
+        mode = "existing";
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionAdd(actions,
+                                         "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
+                                         "s:device", device,
+                                         "s:snapshot-file", path,
+                                         "s:format", format,
+                                         "S:mode", mode,
+                                         NULL);
+}
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                           const char *node,
+                                           const char *overlay)
+{
+    return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionAdd(actions,
+                                         "blockdev-snapshot",
+                                         "s:node", node,
+                                         "s:overlay", overlay,
+                                         NULL);
+}
+
+
 static qemuMonitorJobInfoPtr
 qemuMonitorJSONGetJobInfoOne(virJSONValuePtr data)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 3915fb45b5d34098b4ee46b5d474f923f11bd42d..85f07676fa4ac181058406950092047aceaf9831 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -656,3 +656,14 @@ qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                       const char *node,
                                       const char *target,
                                       virJSONValuePtr *sources);
+
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                         const char *device,
+                                         const char *path,
+                                         const char *format,
+                                         bool existing);
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotBlockdev(virJSONValuePtr actions,
+                                           const char *node,
+                                           const char *overlay);