diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index b20d43059e59c0c185261988af8235d8365f5727..939b2a3da27e4fe73f8a9b9c372095e102f892ce 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -13505,3 +13505,32 @@ qemuDomainStorageIdReset(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
 {
     priv->nodenameindex = 0;
 }
+
+
+virDomainEventResumedDetailType
+qemuDomainRunningReasonToResumeEvent(virDomainRunningReason reason)
+{
+    switch (reason) {
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_RESTORED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_FROM_SNAPSHOT:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_FROM_SNAPSHOT;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_MIGRATED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_MIGRATION_CANCELED:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_MIGRATED;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_POSTCOPY:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_POSTCOPY;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_UNKNOWN:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_SAVE_CANCELED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_BOOTED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_UNPAUSED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_WAKEUP:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_CRASHED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_LAST:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_UNPAUSED;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 461859e37f01d8252868409502812f04106b4f85..2f8a1bf03c6d743a83bc0ee1675573cd27f6ef40 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -1082,4 +1082,7 @@ char * qemuDomainGetManagedPRSocketPath(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv);
 unsigned int qemuDomainStorageIdNew(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv);
 void qemuDomainStorageIdReset(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv);
 
+virDomainEventResumedDetailType
+qemuDomainRunningReasonToResumeEvent(virDomainRunningReason reason);
+
 #endif /* __QEMU_DOMAIN_H__ */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index f79db1d4cf70cd21542a7d0a4a05b40bc07ed049..a7d71962da5bff3a8872c27d4d3307a064710bd8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleResume(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv;
     virDomainRunningReason reason = VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING_UNPAUSED;
+    virDomainEventResumedDetailType eventDetail;
 
     virObjectLock(vm);
 
@@ -729,14 +730,16 @@ qemuProcessHandleResume(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             goto unlock;
         }
 
+        eventDetail = qemuDomainRunningReasonToResumeEvent(reason);
         VIR_DEBUG("Transitioned guest %s out of paused into resumed state, "
-                  "reason '%s'",
-                  vm->def->name, virDomainRunningReasonTypeToString(reason));
+                  "reason '%s', event detail %d",
+                  vm->def->name, virDomainRunningReasonTypeToString(reason),
+                  eventDetail);
 
         virDomainObjSetState(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING, reason);
         event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
-                                         VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED,
-                                         VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED_UNPAUSED);
+                                                  VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_RESUMED,
+                                                  eventDetail);
 
         if (virDomainSaveStatus(driver->xmlopt, cfg->stateDir, vm, driver->caps) < 0) {
             VIR_WARN("Unable to save status on vm %s after state change",