diff --git a/hw/arm/musicpal.c b/hw/arm/musicpal.c
index cce71275985104de14cae53f8221129e1e29f13e..d10b5dbb493ce69f49284f285054064bd710a4d2 100644
--- a/hw/arm/musicpal.c
+++ b/hw/arm/musicpal.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static int musicpal_lcd_init(SysBusDevice *sbd)
                           "musicpal-lcd", MP_LCD_SIZE);
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->iomem);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, &musicpal_gfx_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &musicpal_gfx_ops, s);
     qemu_console_resize(s->con, 128*3, 64*3);
 
     qdev_init_gpio_in(dev, musicpal_lcd_gpio_brightness_in, 3);
diff --git a/hw/display/blizzard.c b/hw/display/blizzard.c
index 4a466c8323db8893d5e7ffffc04793541539ed6a..55c0ddf00bd70669a31c99953cf9577ac34a0907 100644
--- a/hw/display/blizzard.c
+++ b/hw/display/blizzard.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ void *s1d13745_init(qemu_irq gpio_int)
 
     s->fb = g_malloc(0x180000);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, &blizzard_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, &blizzard_ops, s);
     surface = qemu_console_surface(s->con);
 
     switch (surface_bits_per_pixel(surface)) {
diff --git a/hw/display/cg3.c b/hw/display/cg3.c
index 6db8ca362aa06e39cd5799c7e2970571a09272f9..a042b9ecbe481e5db878746f67d5b6a9f3cd0b74 100644
--- a/hw/display/cg3.c
+++ b/hw/display/cg3.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static void cg3_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &cg3_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &cg3_ops, s);
     qemu_console_resize(s->con, s->width, s->height);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c b/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
index 3a8fc0bf8e300a126392684dadae627f61dc44d3..0d3127da2191da4d6947e63bd6b6c54e47b4e295 100644
--- a/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ static void isa_cirrus_vga_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     cirrus_init_common(&d->cirrus_vga, OBJECT(dev), CIRRUS_ID_CLGD5430, 0,
                        isa_address_space(isadev),
                        isa_address_space_io(isadev));
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, s->hw_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, s->hw_ops, s);
     rom_add_vga(VGABIOS_CIRRUS_FILENAME);
     /* XXX ISA-LFB support */
     /* FIXME not qdev yet */
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ static int pci_cirrus_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
      vga_common_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev));
      cirrus_init_common(s, OBJECT(dev), device_id, 1, pci_address_space(dev),
                         pci_address_space_io(dev));
-     s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), s->vga.hw_ops, &s->vga);
+     s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, s->vga.hw_ops, &s->vga);
 
      /* setup PCI */
 
diff --git a/hw/display/exynos4210_fimd.c b/hw/display/exynos4210_fimd.c
index 65cca1d707a54baeac5187c010d2d34fba58b2ad..9750330c25683b3a993231d7d42b8f53ad5dfbbd 100644
--- a/hw/display/exynos4210_fimd.c
+++ b/hw/display/exynos4210_fimd.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ static int exynos4210_fimd_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, OBJECT(s), &exynos4210_fimd_mmio_ops, s,
             "exynos4210.fimd", FIMD_REGS_SIZE);
     sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->iomem);
-    s->console = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &exynos4210_fimd_ops, s);
+    s->console = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &exynos4210_fimd_ops, s);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/g364fb.c b/hw/display/g364fb.c
index bc909bb3de631f651fc04643860f5d9042a89ff4..5c6a2d360539a243216f97782a1ec63604a1ff82 100644
--- a/hw/display/g364fb.c
+++ b/hw/display/g364fb.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static void g364fb_init(DeviceState *dev, G364State *s)
 {
     s->vram = g_malloc0(s->vram_size);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, &g364fb_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &g364fb_ops, s);
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->mem_ctrl, NULL, &g364fb_ctrl_ops, s, "ctrl", 0x180000);
     memory_region_init_ram_ptr(&s->mem_vram, NULL, "vram",
diff --git a/hw/display/jazz_led.c b/hw/display/jazz_led.c
index 8407e6c2ef13519814f9eb76f0cef46ac93a9399..f9e7d7c98102cd4ac1fc69c203af0df576a3a39a 100644
--- a/hw/display/jazz_led.c
+++ b/hw/display/jazz_led.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int jazz_led_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, OBJECT(s), &led_ops, s, "led", 1);
     sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->iomem);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &jazz_led_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &jazz_led_ops, s);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/milkymist-vgafb.c b/hw/display/milkymist-vgafb.c
index 5150cb48b74e46da4ea87325e150b78e4965ddfc..603537aabb0989845edad72c65ae2e2c4a8f2f93 100644
--- a/hw/display/milkymist-vgafb.c
+++ b/hw/display/milkymist-vgafb.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int milkymist_vgafb_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
             "milkymist-vgafb", R_MAX * 4);
     sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->regs_region);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &vgafb_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &vgafb_ops, s);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/omap_lcdc.c b/hw/display/omap_lcdc.c
index c3b9b68971e7cced6a2aa991b3b5e13080e50cad..fda81baff0cdcfd0fb852a8722daa463ea1629e3 100644
--- a/hw/display/omap_lcdc.c
+++ b/hw/display/omap_lcdc.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ struct omap_lcd_panel_s *omap_lcdc_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
     memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, NULL, &omap_lcdc_ops, s, "omap.lcdc", 0x100);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, base, &s->iomem);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, &omap_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, &omap_ops, s);
 
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/pl110.c b/hw/display/pl110.c
index ab689e9aae69d469d80092821d944c480ddc9687..c574cf1a814e87e116550988953cf2712a4ba33f 100644
--- a/hw/display/pl110.c
+++ b/hw/display/pl110.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int pl110_initfn(SysBusDevice *sbd)
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->iomem);
     sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
     qdev_init_gpio_in(dev, pl110_mux_ctrl_set, 1);
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, &pl110_gfx_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &pl110_gfx_ops, s);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/pxa2xx_lcd.c b/hw/display/pxa2xx_lcd.c
index 990931ae457db56a490b0d30fd6f277a0858a337..09cdf17ab998db3ab4a1e370b25188c022371af2 100644
--- a/hw/display/pxa2xx_lcd.c
+++ b/hw/display/pxa2xx_lcd.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ PXA2xxLCDState *pxa2xx_lcdc_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem,
                           "pxa2xx-lcd-controller", 0x00100000);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, base, &s->iomem);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, &pxa2xx_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, &pxa2xx_ops, s);
     surface = qemu_console_surface(s->con);
 
     switch (surface_bits_per_pixel(surface)) {
diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 2a559ebcc9667cf8cf68ebb076aefb84120775eb..47bbf1f1fe400aa3415f6d3369f1cbf726119700 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ static int qxl_init_primary(PCIDevice *dev)
     portio_list_set_flush_coalesced(qxl_vga_port_list);
     portio_list_add(qxl_vga_port_list, pci_address_space_io(dev), 0x3b0);
 
-    vga->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &qxl_ops, qxl);
+    vga->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &qxl_ops, qxl);
     qemu_spice_display_init_common(&qxl->ssd);
 
     rc = qxl_init_common(qxl);
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ static int qxl_init_secondary(PCIDevice *dev)
                            qxl->vga.vram_size);
     vmstate_register_ram(&qxl->vga.vram, &qxl->pci.qdev);
     qxl->vga.vram_ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&qxl->vga.vram);
-    qxl->vga.con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &qxl_ops, qxl);
+    qxl->vga.con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &qxl_ops, qxl);
 
     return qxl_init_common(qxl);
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/sm501.c b/hw/display/sm501.c
index 0b5f993594d0358ec7851cc72761e68f9846977b..eedf2d48e021a64f213f0f74b54cc32dde5fb455 100644
--- a/hw/display/sm501.c
+++ b/hw/display/sm501.c
@@ -1449,5 +1449,5 @@ void sm501_init(MemoryRegion *address_space_mem, uint32_t base,
     }
 
     /* create qemu graphic console */
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &sm501_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &sm501_ops, s);
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/ssd0303.c b/hw/display/ssd0303.c
index 89804e108b2a1f3f6e0c49a99f9c7e3c8629d05b..c2eea0493436099943b5dfce5700baf5ccc6841e 100644
--- a/hw/display/ssd0303.c
+++ b/hw/display/ssd0303.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int ssd0303_init(I2CSlave *i2c)
 {
     ssd0303_state *s = SSD0303(i2c);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(i2c), &ssd0303_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(i2c), 0, &ssd0303_ops, s);
     qemu_console_resize(s->con, 96 * MAGNIFY, 16 * MAGNIFY);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/ssd0323.c b/hw/display/ssd0323.c
index c3231c61167c2d09861a0fff4ea87c324e094486..46c3b40c795a8b9e49a2afc0901255d22b382112 100644
--- a/hw/display/ssd0323.c
+++ b/hw/display/ssd0323.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int ssd0323_init(SSISlave *dev)
 
     s->col_end = 63;
     s->row_end = 79;
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &ssd0323_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &ssd0323_ops, s);
     qemu_console_resize(s->con, 128 * MAGNIFY, 64 * MAGNIFY);
 
     qdev_init_gpio_in(&dev->qdev, ssd0323_cd, 1);
diff --git a/hw/display/tc6393xb.c b/hw/display/tc6393xb.c
index 3dd9b98ecaf4de61f099e0df1be43f3f0a5ba038..f4011d2db00dd2668f21bbe6c6a82281d78fb5b1 100644
--- a/hw/display/tc6393xb.c
+++ b/hw/display/tc6393xb.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ TC6393xbState *tc6393xb_init(MemoryRegion *sysmem, uint32_t base, qemu_irq irq)
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, base + 0x100000, &s->vram);
     s->scr_width = 480;
     s->scr_height = 640;
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, &tc6393xb_gfx_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, &tc6393xb_gfx_ops, s);
 
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/tcx.c b/hw/display/tcx.c
index e60769c2c94bc9c616aacb600f384824c1d108ad..2b37ffac4c265af27d369ad09854f1098abf794f 100644
--- a/hw/display/tcx.c
+++ b/hw/display/tcx.c
@@ -602,14 +602,14 @@ static int tcx_init1(SysBusDevice *dev)
                                  &s->vram_mem, vram_offset, size);
         sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->vram_cplane);
 
-        s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &tcx24_ops, s);
+        s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &tcx24_ops, s);
     } else {
         /* THC 8 bit (dummy) */
         memory_region_init_io(&s->thc8, OBJECT(s), &dummy_ops, s, "tcx.thc8",
                               TCX_THC_NREGS_8);
         sysbus_init_mmio(dev, &s->thc8);
 
-        s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), &tcx_ops, s);
+        s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, &tcx_ops, s);
     }
 
     qemu_console_resize(s->con, s->width, s->height);
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c b/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
index 8b514cc39ddc8312ea02f3cb09f0cb859bdbaebc..afc46b8c9d9797245f21aee739598e7429268237 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int isa_vga_mm_init(hwaddr vram_base,
     vga_common_init(&s->vga, NULL);
     vga_mm_init(s, vram_base, ctrl_base, it_shift, address_space);
 
-    s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(NULL, s->vga.hw_ops, s);
+    s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, s->vga.hw_ops, s);
 
     vga_init_vbe(&s->vga, NULL, address_space);
     return 0;
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-isa.c b/hw/display/vga-isa.c
index c2a19ad6babc63812e3faefd4c475326dffa0996..1d9ea6b51ddd43ab96ea2ff91e1d27afbd752eba 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-isa.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-isa.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void vga_isa_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                                         isa_mem_base + 0x000a0000,
                                         vga_io_memory, 1);
     memory_region_set_coalescing(vga_io_memory);
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), s->hw_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, s->hw_ops, s);
 
     vga_init_vbe(s, OBJECT(dev), isa_address_space(isadev));
     /* ROM BIOS */
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-pci.c b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
index f74fc43aa6110434b3945e78eaa618ed264c8331..574ea0e7f9ef9174470c4d789e9ff2b743d986a5 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-pci.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int pci_std_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
     vga_init(s, OBJECT(dev), pci_address_space(dev), pci_address_space_io(dev),
              true);
 
-    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), s->hw_ops, s);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, s->hw_ops, s);
 
     /* XXX: VGA_RAM_SIZE must be a power of two */
     pci_register_bar(&d->dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_PREFETCH, &s->vram);
diff --git a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
index 334e71856eef795691be392aeaf8eaf224c0511b..bd2c108c42f29fdc73fd9a8c3f291264095f75a2 100644
--- a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ static void vmsvga_init(DeviceState *dev, struct vmsvga_state_s *s,
     s->scratch_size = SVGA_SCRATCH_SIZE;
     s->scratch = g_malloc(s->scratch_size * 4);
 
-    s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(dev, &vmsvga_ops, s);
+    s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &vmsvga_ops, s);
 
     s->fifo_size = SVGA_FIFO_SIZE;
     memory_region_init_ram(&s->fifo_ram, NULL, "vmsvga.fifo", s->fifo_size);
diff --git a/hw/unicore32/puv3.c b/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
index e05cbc131ed93cf6e55a3354dbccf6731b113713..42913b6a5a30c44ee9d30ee23519fa6687cb9bb6 100644
--- a/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
+++ b/hw/unicore32/puv3.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void puv3_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename)
     }
 
     /* cheat curses that we have a graphic console, only under ocd console */
-    graphic_console_init(NULL, &no_ops, NULL);
+    graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, &no_ops, NULL);
 }
 
 static void puv3_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 3bf69ee2c28a103bf4018675a0f098e2dc0bea76..b2af53e5e64889febd47bb9fd7c3349b1782f153 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ typedef struct GraphicHwOps {
     void (*update_interval)(void *opaque, uint64_t interval);
 } GraphicHwOps;
 
-QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev,
+QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
                                   const GraphicHwOps *ops,
                                   void *opaque);
 
@@ -277,11 +277,12 @@ void graphic_hw_invalidate(QemuConsole *con);
 void graphic_hw_text_update(QemuConsole *con, console_ch_t *chardata);
 
 QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_index(unsigned int index);
-QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev);
+QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head);
 bool qemu_console_is_visible(QemuConsole *con);
 bool qemu_console_is_graphic(QemuConsole *con);
 bool qemu_console_is_fixedsize(QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_console_get_index(QemuConsole *con);
+uint32_t qemu_console_get_head(QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_console_get_width(QemuConsole *con, int fallback);
 int qemu_console_get_height(QemuConsole *con, int fallback);
 
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 0bbefe545f7f3eb1738b34a54235c9f1919448e1..0a4f9128a5c74f6a341b37eb8739d845ed066a69 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct QemuConsole {
 
     /* Graphic console state.  */
     Object *device;
+    uint32_t head;
     const GraphicHwOps *hw_ops;
     void *hw;
 
@@ -1179,6 +1180,8 @@ static QemuConsole *new_console(DisplayState *ds, console_type_t console_type)
     s = QEMU_CONSOLE(obj);
     object_property_add_link(obj, "device", TYPE_DEVICE,
                              (Object **)&s->device, &local_err);
+    object_property_add_uint32_ptr(obj, "head",
+                                   &s->head, &local_err);
 
     if (!active_console || ((active_console->console_type != GRAPHIC_CONSOLE) &&
         (console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE))) {
@@ -1569,7 +1572,7 @@ DisplayState *init_displaystate(void)
     return display_state;
 }
 
-QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev,
+QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
                                   const GraphicHwOps *hw_ops,
                                   void *opaque)
 {
@@ -1587,6 +1590,8 @@ QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev,
     if (dev) {
         object_property_set_link(OBJECT(s), OBJECT(dev),
                                  "device", &local_err);
+        object_property_set_int(OBJECT(s), head,
+                                "head", &local_err);
     }
 
     s->surface = qemu_create_displaysurface(width, height);
@@ -1601,10 +1606,11 @@ QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_index(unsigned int index)
     return consoles[index];
 }
 
-QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev)
+QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     Object *obj;
+    uint32_t h;
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < nb_consoles; i++) {
@@ -1613,9 +1619,15 @@ QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev)
         }
         obj = object_property_get_link(OBJECT(consoles[i]),
                                        "device", &local_err);
-        if (DEVICE(obj) == dev) {
-            return consoles[i];
+        if (DEVICE(obj) != dev) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        h = object_property_get_int(OBJECT(consoles[i]),
+                                    "head", &local_err);
+        if (h != head) {
+            continue;
         }
+        return consoles[i];
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -1649,6 +1661,14 @@ int qemu_console_get_index(QemuConsole *con)
     return con ? con->index : -1;
 }
 
+uint32_t qemu_console_get_head(QemuConsole *con)
+{
+    if (con == NULL) {
+        con = active_console;
+    }
+    return con ? con->head : -1;
+}
+
 int qemu_console_get_width(QemuConsole *con, int fallback)
 {
     if (con == NULL) {