diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 0e2682d28b2d90d140a3e2a0bd2c870aca8eaf44..62d0c80dcfa7b9ca75965ff43d10039d81f6cb86 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -992,6 +992,34 @@ static uint32_t qxl_crc32(const uint8_t *p, unsigned len)
     return crc32(0xffffffff, p, len) ^ 0xffffffff;
 }
 
+static bool qxl_rom_monitors_config_changed(QXLRom *rom,
+        VDAgentMonitorsConfig *monitors_config,
+        unsigned int max_outputs)
+{
+    int i;
+    unsigned int monitors_count;
+
+    monitors_count = MIN(monitors_config->num_of_monitors, max_outputs);
+
+    if (rom->client_monitors_config.count != monitors_count) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0 ; i < rom->client_monitors_config.count ; ++i) {
+        VDAgentMonConfig *monitor = &monitors_config->monitors[i];
+        QXLURect *rect = &rom->client_monitors_config.heads[i];
+        /* monitor->depth ignored */
+        if ((rect->left != monitor->x) ||
+            (rect->top != monitor->y)  ||
+            (rect->right != monitor->x + monitor->width) ||
+            (rect->bottom != monitor->y + monitor->height)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /* called from main context only */
 static int interface_client_monitors_config(QXLInstance *sin,
                                         VDAgentMonitorsConfig *monitors_config)
@@ -1000,6 +1028,7 @@ static int interface_client_monitors_config(QXLInstance *sin,
     QXLRom *rom = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&qxl->rom_bar);
     int i;
     unsigned max_outputs = ARRAY_SIZE(rom->client_monitors_config.heads);
+    bool config_changed = false;
 
     if (qxl->revision < 4) {
         trace_qxl_client_monitors_config_unsupported_by_device(qxl->id,
@@ -1030,6 +1059,10 @@ static int interface_client_monitors_config(QXLInstance *sin,
     }
 #endif
 
+    config_changed = qxl_rom_monitors_config_changed(rom,
+                                                     monitors_config,
+                                                     max_outputs);
+
     memset(&rom->client_monitors_config, 0,
            sizeof(rom->client_monitors_config));
     rom->client_monitors_config.count = monitors_config->num_of_monitors;
@@ -1059,7 +1092,9 @@ static int interface_client_monitors_config(QXLInstance *sin,
     trace_qxl_interrupt_client_monitors_config(qxl->id,
                         rom->client_monitors_config.count,
                         rom->client_monitors_config.heads);
-    qxl_send_events(qxl, QXL_INTERRUPT_CLIENT_MONITORS_CONFIG);
+    if (config_changed) {
+        qxl_send_events(qxl, QXL_INTERRUPT_CLIENT_MONITORS_CONFIG);
+    }
     return 1;
 }