diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index fab237d0ae19c9e112f8163b38ebca94118e9fcb..f0bf1aa4fe380a175bf624e2361a2a145b4344db 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -13988,3 +13988,37 @@ qemuDomainNVRAMPathGenerate(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+
+virDomainEventSuspendedDetailType
+qemuDomainPausedReasonToSuspendedEvent(virDomainPausedReason reason)
+{
+    switch (reason) {
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_MIGRATION:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_MIGRATED;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_FROM_SNAPSHOT:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_FROM_SNAPSHOT;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_POSTCOPY_FAILED:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY_FAILED;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_POSTCOPY:
+        return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY;
+
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_UNKNOWN:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_USER:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_SAVE:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_DUMP:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_IOERROR:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_WATCHDOG:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_SHUTTING_DOWN:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_SNAPSHOT:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_CRASHED:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_STARTING_UP:
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_LAST:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 4de12280208df2f3e848ee2109423ed50d9cd550..8857044d41a87acf9afa10cf9d721a8db7251156 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -1118,4 +1118,7 @@ int
 qemuDomainNVRAMPathGenerate(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                             virDomainDefPtr def);
 
+virDomainEventSuspendedDetailType
+qemuDomainPausedReasonToSuspendedEvent(virDomainPausedReason reason);
+
 #endif /* LIBVIRT_QEMU_DOMAIN_H */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index a142e30f88f7d591bc3c3380f03fc09ef9643849..0ccd1718868a1684c460edee46d0e15db1278b28 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleStop(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     virQEMUDriverPtr driver = opaque;
     virObjectEventPtr event = NULL;
     virDomainPausedReason reason;
-    virDomainEventSuspendedDetailType detail = VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED;
+    virDomainEventSuspendedDetailType detail;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
 
@@ -658,18 +658,17 @@ qemuProcessHandleStop(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) == VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
         if (priv->job.asyncJob == QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_MIGRATION_OUT) {
-            if (priv->job.current->status ==
-                        QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_POSTCOPY) {
+            if (priv->job.current->status == QEMU_DOMAIN_JOB_STATUS_POSTCOPY)
                 reason = VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_POSTCOPY;
-                detail = VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY;
-            } else {
+            else
                 reason = VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_MIGRATION;
-                detail = VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_MIGRATED;
-            }
         }
 
-        VIR_DEBUG("Transitioned guest %s to paused state, reason %s",
-                  vm->def->name, virDomainPausedReasonTypeToString(reason));
+        detail = qemuDomainPausedReasonToSuspendedEvent(reason);
+        VIR_DEBUG("Transitioned guest %s to paused state, "
+                  "reason %s, event detail %d",
+                  vm->def->name, virDomainPausedReasonTypeToString(reason),
+                  detail);
 
         if (priv->job.current)
             ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&priv->job.current->stopped));