diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index 4971fcbbb525cb0020d100e61f34d55f95d116be..116bb80119d10b82deb6d6bb7f5cd287a4bf3374 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_NET_H
 #define QEMU_NET_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qdict.h"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ typedef enum {
     NET_CLIENT_TYPE_DUMP
 } net_client_type;
 
+typedef void (NetPoll)(VLANClientState *, bool enable);
 typedef int (NetCanReceive)(VLANClientState *);
 typedef ssize_t (NetReceive)(VLANClientState *, const uint8_t *, size_t);
 typedef ssize_t (NetReceiveIOV)(VLANClientState *, const struct iovec *, int);
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ typedef struct NetClientInfo {
     NetCanReceive *can_receive;
     NetCleanup *cleanup;
     LinkStatusChanged *link_status_changed;
+    NetPoll *poll;
 } NetClientInfo;
 
 struct VLANClientState {
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index 0d8b42412321a75d5a529560ab67ad1055b06ac9..d3492de1164d9b30cb6fb9b9e6151a84b8541b1d 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -262,6 +262,13 @@ static void tap_cleanup(VLANClientState *nc)
     close(s->fd);
 }
 
+static void tap_poll(VLANClientState *nc, bool enable)
+{
+    TAPState *s = DO_UPCAST(TAPState, nc, nc);
+    tap_read_poll(s, enable);
+    tap_write_poll(s, enable);
+}
+
 /* fd support */
 
 static NetClientInfo net_tap_info = {
@@ -270,6 +277,7 @@ static NetClientInfo net_tap_info = {
     .receive = tap_receive,
     .receive_raw = tap_receive_raw,
     .receive_iov = tap_receive_iov,
+    .poll = tap_poll,
     .cleanup = tap_cleanup,
 };