diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index a6dea6a5e993b3812bbb351333be3871b97a9df5..28e5a7ef88f42afc8df8f101ae449f664a9b8cc9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9799,3 +9799,33 @@ qemuBuildChrDeviceStr(char **deviceStr,
 
     return ret;
 }
+
+
+virJSONValuePtr
+qemuBuildHotpluggableCPUProps(const virDomainVcpuDef *vcpu)
+{
+    qemuDomainVcpuPrivatePtr vcpupriv = QEMU_DOMAIN_VCPU_PRIVATE(vcpu);
+    virJSONValuePtr ret = NULL;
+
+    if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(&ret, "s:driver", vcpupriv->type,
+                                       "s:id", vcpupriv->alias, NULL) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (vcpupriv->socket_id != -1 &&
+        virJSONValueObjectAdd(ret, "i:socket-id", vcpupriv->socket_id, NULL) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (vcpupriv->core_id != -1 &&
+        virJSONValueObjectAdd(ret, "i:core-id", vcpupriv->core_id, NULL) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (vcpupriv->thread_id != -1 &&
+        virJSONValueObjectAdd(ret, "i:thread-id", vcpupriv->thread_id, NULL) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    return ret;
+
+ error:
+    virJSONValueFree(ret);
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index dcf9ba63382a6adedfddcb1578f54cd0d9fa1216..9b9ccb6e00831185146b8045368bfd7c8aea76fd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -179,4 +179,7 @@ bool qemuCheckCCWS390AddressSupport(const virDomainDef *def,
                                     virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                     const char *devicename);
 
+virJSONValuePtr qemuBuildHotpluggableCPUProps(const virDomainVcpuDef *vcpu)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
+
 #endif /* __QEMU_COMMAND_H__*/