diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index bfe44555fd593b0289a746d517fb93ddf56090b0..f83da4229eb75bb3e5b5aec4468cd954488994fa 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ virsh_LDADD =							\
 		$(STATIC_BINARIES)				\
 		$(WARN_CFLAGS)					\
 		../src/libvirt.la				\
+		../src/libvirt-qemu.la				\
 		../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la				\
 		$(VIRSH_LIBS)
 virsh_CFLAGS =							\
diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index b485eff1908d8abe4eef06d1c5b9507d5662bffe..e7047999ab7b45334ed316def17612bf95dc436c 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "xml.h"
+#include "libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h"
 
 static char *progname;
 
@@ -9807,6 +9808,58 @@ cleanup:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * "qemu-monitor-command" command
+ */
+static const vshCmdInfo info_qemu_monitor_command[] = {
+    {"help", N_("Qemu Monitor Command")},
+    {"desc", N_("Qemu Monitor Command")},
+    {NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+static const vshCmdOptDef opts_qemu_monitor_command[] = {
+    {"domain", VSH_OT_DATA, VSH_OFLAG_REQ, N_("domain name, id or uuid")},
+    {"cmd", VSH_OT_DATA, VSH_OFLAG_REQ, N_("command")},
+    {NULL, 0, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+static int
+cmdQemuMonitorCommand(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
+{
+    virDomainPtr dom = NULL;
+    int ret = FALSE;
+    char *monitor_cmd;
+    char *result = NULL;
+
+    if (!vshConnectionUsability(ctl, ctl->conn))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    dom = vshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL);
+    if (dom == NULL)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    monitor_cmd = vshCommandOptString(cmd, "cmd", NULL);
+    if (monitor_cmd == NULL) {
+        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("missing monitor command"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (virDomainQemuMonitorCommand(dom, monitor_cmd, &result, 0) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    printf("%s\n", result);
+
+    ret = TRUE;
+
+cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(result);
+    if (dom)
+        virDomainFree(dom);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Commands
  */
@@ -9976,6 +10029,8 @@ static const vshCmdDef commands[] = {
     {"snapshot-list", cmdSnapshotList, opts_snapshot_list, info_snapshot_list},
     {"snapshot-revert", cmdDomainSnapshotRevert, opts_snapshot_revert, info_snapshot_revert},
 
+    {"qemu-monitor-command", cmdQemuMonitorCommand, opts_qemu_monitor_command, info_qemu_monitor_command},
+
     {NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 5932aaa1182094b4b8014621a115ac30db338990..ec57f2bb7ee72e049a4b75faa62a0171bf36d9c2 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -1138,6 +1138,22 @@ variables, and defaults to C<vi>.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 QEMU-SPECIFIC COMMANDS
+
+NOTE: Use of the following commands is B<strongly> discouraged.  They
+can cause libvirt to become confused and do the wrong thing on subsequent
+operations.  Once you have used this command, please do not report
+problems to the libvirt developers; the reports will be ignored.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<qemu-monitor-command> I<domain> I<command>
+
+Send an arbitrary monitor command I<command> to domain I<domain> through the
+qemu monitor.  The results of the command will be printed on stdout.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT
 
 The following environment variables can be set to alter the behaviour