diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 867c135a22e50f549f6cee296cc2021bb57e4631..165475c88b881211090d1ad8708ce402bd9f20bb 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ trace-events-y += hw/block/trace-events
 trace-events-y += hw/char/trace-events
 trace-events-y += hw/intc/trace-events
 trace-events-y += hw/net/trace-events
+trace-events-y += hw/virtio/trace-events
diff --git a/hw/virtio/trace-events b/hw/virtio/trace-events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..285305350571b7b9d4c955be64e08a0a72523cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/virtio/trace-events
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# See docs/trace-events.txt for syntax documentation.
+
+# hw/virtio/virtio.c
+virtqueue_fill(void *vq, const void *elem, unsigned int len, unsigned int idx) "vq %p elem %p len %u idx %u"
+virtqueue_flush(void *vq, unsigned int count) "vq %p count %u"
+virtqueue_pop(void *vq, void *elem, unsigned int in_num, unsigned int out_num) "vq %p elem %p in_num %u out_num %u"
+virtio_queue_notify(void *vdev, int n, void *vq) "vdev %p n %d vq %p"
+virtio_irq(void *vq) "vq %p"
+virtio_notify(void *vdev, void *vq) "vdev %p vq %p"
+virtio_set_status(void *vdev, uint8_t val) "vdev %p val %u"
+
+# hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
+virtio_rng_guest_not_ready(void *rng) "rng %p: guest not ready"
+virtio_rng_pushed(void *rng, size_t len) "rng %p: %zd bytes pushed"
+virtio_rng_request(void *rng, size_t size, unsigned quota) "rng %p: %zd bytes requested, %u bytes quota left"
+
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 37cac33fd0ab2bf79e78f4eb24648fad9a5c4dfd..d2ac19929e73a83b48e71aef8cc61a427e2756d8 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -25,20 +25,6 @@
 #
 # The <format-string> should be a sprintf()-compatible format string.
 
-# hw/virtio/virtio.c
-virtqueue_fill(void *vq, const void *elem, unsigned int len, unsigned int idx) "vq %p elem %p len %u idx %u"
-virtqueue_flush(void *vq, unsigned int count) "vq %p count %u"
-virtqueue_pop(void *vq, void *elem, unsigned int in_num, unsigned int out_num) "vq %p elem %p in_num %u out_num %u"
-virtio_queue_notify(void *vdev, int n, void *vq) "vdev %p n %d vq %p"
-virtio_irq(void *vq) "vq %p"
-virtio_notify(void *vdev, void *vq) "vdev %p vq %p"
-virtio_set_status(void *vdev, uint8_t val) "vdev %p val %u"
-
-# hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
-virtio_rng_guest_not_ready(void *rng) "rng %p: guest not ready"
-virtio_rng_pushed(void *rng, size_t len) "rng %p: %zd bytes pushed"
-virtio_rng_request(void *rng, size_t size, unsigned quota) "rng %p: %zd bytes requested, %u bytes quota left"
-
 # thread-pool.c
 thread_pool_submit(void *pool, void *req, void *opaque) "pool %p req %p opaque %p"
 thread_pool_complete(void *pool, void *req, void *opaque, int ret) "pool %p req %p opaque %p ret %d"