diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 1e63ace2d4f6de1d70a2f4f087d743eba97fb781..fcf4fad47b54fbb688cf32efb57f1c446f1a8fbb 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3088,6 +3088,8 @@ static void handle_hmp_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
     QDict *qdict;
     const mon_cmd_t *cmd;
 
+    trace_handle_hmp_command(mon, cmdline);
+
     cmd = monitor_parse_command(mon, &cmdline, mon->cmd_table);
     if (!cmd) {
         return;
@@ -3807,6 +3809,7 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
     QDict *qdict = NULL;
     Monitor *mon = cur_mon;
     Error *err = NULL;
+    QString *req_json;
 
     req = json_parser_parse_err(tokens, NULL, &err);
     if (!req && !err) {
@@ -3824,6 +3827,10 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
         qdict_del(qdict, "id");
     } /* else will fail qmp_dispatch() */
 
+    req_json = qobject_to_json(req);
+    trace_handle_qmp_command(mon, qstring_get_str(req_json));
+    qobject_decref(QOBJECT(req_json));
+
     rsp = qmp_dispatch(cur_mon->qmp.commands, req);
 
     if (mon->qmp.commands == &qmp_cap_negotiation_commands) {
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index b496be94d4dbc01e48e3246c880be0dc5c121ffb..fd83087e3941204c29f47ed929625b20a3c4a1f1 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ qemu_system_powerdown_request(void) ""
 monitor_protocol_event_handler(uint32_t event, void *qdict) "event=%d data=%p"
 monitor_protocol_event_emit(uint32_t event, void *data) "event=%d data=%p"
 monitor_protocol_event_queue(uint32_t event, void *qdict, uint64_t rate) "event=%d data=%p rate=%" PRId64
+handle_hmp_command(void *mon, const char *cmdline) "mon %p cmdline: %s"
+handle_qmp_command(void *mon, const char *req) "mon %p req: %s"
 
 # dma-helpers.c
 dma_blk_io(void *dbs, void *bs, int64_t offset, bool to_dev) "dbs=%p bs=%p offset=%" PRId64 " to_dev=%d"