diff --git a/QMP/qmp-events.txt b/QMP/qmp-events.txt
index 1e87eb16c6ecace8dfa16a52b91f79bb191836a4..dc48cccea17444eb8ae1b083d2e2e1f8decd8761 100644
--- a/QMP/qmp-events.txt
+++ b/QMP/qmp-events.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ except that authentication ID is not provided.
 
 Description: Issued when the conection is closed.
 Data: 'server' and 'client' keys with the same keys as 'query-vnc'.
+
+6 VNC_INITIALIZED
+-----------------
+
+Description: Issued when the VNC session is made active.
+Data: 'server' and 'client' keys with the same keys as 'query-vnc'.
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 2540d9467df590907a11ffcc1feb5f080e6261af..fea73834d0da9510e42e452cbbc371ced8facda1 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
         case QEVENT_VNC_CONNECTED:
             event_name = "VNC_CONNECTED";
             break;
+        case QEVENT_VNC_INITIALIZED:
+            event_name = "VNC_INITIALIZED";
+            break;
         case QEVENT_VNC_DISCONNECTED:
             event_name = "VNC_DISCONNECTED";
             break;
diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
index 42386de222ce6b9554e260d3b9c601cdd3fc82fe..2da30e880429ced0a9aedd100e4b1a8e4dbff630 100644
--- a/monitor.h
+++ b/monitor.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typedef enum MonitorEvent {
     QEVENT_POWERDOWN,
     QEVENT_STOP,
     QEVENT_VNC_CONNECTED,
+    QEVENT_VNC_INITIALIZED,
     QEVENT_VNC_DISCONNECTED,
     QEVENT_MAX,
 } MonitorEvent;
diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
index a590bb9c81eb428606e1a84d459969b64b9199a5..c7d6652e1556d5c99ea0e7a5da7512f9f66f898c 100644
--- a/vnc.c
+++ b/vnc.c
@@ -2112,6 +2112,7 @@ static int protocol_client_init(VncState *vs, uint8_t *data, size_t len)
     vnc_flush(vs);
 
     vnc_client_cache_auth(vs);
+    vnc_qmp_event(vs, QEVENT_VNC_INITIALIZED);
 
     vnc_read_when(vs, protocol_client_msg, 1);