diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 11de403edfd01b747155763c367fb7621b7c0b94..fcf4fad47b54fbb688cf32efb57f1c446f1a8fbb 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3809,6 +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) {
@@ -3826,6 +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 6fe78180f0e3a728c187fde7f7b0f9bc1b6bc63f..fd83087e3941204c29f47ed929625b20a3c4a1f1 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ 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"