diff --git a/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_extern.c b/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_extern.c
index 05b91212e17dd44c90303b08035a723c45c16459..56073b37aea4499ea9c9014682cb225f05a82fe3 100644
--- a/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_extern.c
+++ b/hw/ipmi/ipmi_bmc_extern.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/ipmi/ipmi.h"
 
 #define VM_MSG_CHAR        0xA0 /* Marks end of message */
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
 #define   VM_CAPABILITIES_IRQ      0x04
 #define   VM_CAPABILITIES_NMI      0x08
 #define   VM_CAPABILITIES_ATTN     0x10
+#define VM_CMD_FORCEOFF            0x09
 
 #define TYPE_IPMI_BMC_EXTERN "ipmi-bmc-extern"
 #define IPMI_BMC_EXTERN(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(IPMIBmcExtern, (obj), \
@@ -268,6 +270,10 @@ static void handle_hw_op(IPMIBmcExtern *ibe, unsigned char hw_op)
     case VM_CMD_SEND_NMI:
         k->do_hw_op(s, IPMI_SEND_NMI, 0);
         break;
+
+    case VM_CMD_FORCEOFF:
+        qemu_system_shutdown_request();
+        break;
     }
 }