diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 501996bc84f1829324e6f996a611ec86d3b26f61..c9e96a6c90bc9ab6b0d7d2ad923a451297a0a55f 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -3117,6 +3117,31 @@ int virDomainGetJobStats(virDomainPtr domain,
                          unsigned int flags);
 int virDomainAbortJob(virDomainPtr dom);
 
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_UNKNOWN = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_START = 1,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_SAVE = 2,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_RESTORE = 3,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_MIGRATION_IN = 4,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_MIGRATION_OUT = 5,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_SNAPSHOT = 6,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_SNAPSHOT_REVERT = 7,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_DUMP = 8,
+
+# ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
+    VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_LAST
+# endif
+} virDomainJobOperation;
+
+/**
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION:
+ *
+ * virDomainGetJobStats field: the operation which started the job as
+ * VIR_TYPED_PARAM_INT. The values correspond to the items in
+ * virDomainJobOperation enum.
+ */
+# define VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION                "operation"
+
 /**
  * VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_TIME_ELAPSED:
  *
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index db8accfe436b9504415869ac4b0fd683ffcb2e7b..0d19d0e0126e4d6fa10a5f072788365b9cffcaac 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -5658,6 +5658,26 @@ virshDomainJobToString(int type)
     return str ? _(str) : _("unknown");
 }
 
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virshDomainJobOperation);
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virshDomainJobOperation,
+              VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_LAST,
+              N_("Unknown"),
+              N_("Start"),
+              N_("Save"),
+              N_("Restore"),
+              N_("Incoming migration"),
+              N_("Outgoing migration"),
+              N_("Snapshot"),
+              N_("Snapshot revert"),
+              N_("Dump"))
+
+static const char *
+virshDomainJobOperationToString(int op)
+{
+    const char *str = virshDomainJobOperationTypeToString(op);
+    return str ? _(str) : _("unknown");
+}
+
 static bool
 cmdDomjobinfo(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
 {
@@ -5671,6 +5691,7 @@ cmdDomjobinfo(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     unsigned long long value;
     unsigned int flags = 0;
     int ivalue;
+    int op;
     int rc;
 
     if (!(dom = virshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL)))
@@ -5740,6 +5761,14 @@ cmdDomjobinfo(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    op = VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION_UNKNOWN;
+    if ((rc = virTypedParamsGetInt(params, nparams,
+                                   VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_OPERATION, &op)) < 0)
+        goto save_error;
+
+    vshPrint(ctl, "%-17s %-12s\n", _("Operation:"),
+             virshDomainJobOperationToString(op));
+
     vshPrint(ctl, "%-17s %-12llu ms\n", _("Time elapsed:"), info.timeElapsed);
     if ((rc = virTypedParamsGetULLong(params, nparams,
                                       VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_TIME_ELAPSED_NET,