diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index ac9594d66dfe36c49f7bb9a300e8228de6eb9573..7f4cf86ee508dedfdb47a1e76069f164b1874c25 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1561,8 +1561,8 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'qom-get',
   'data': { 'path': 'str', 'property': 'str' },
-  'returns': 'visitor',
-  'gen': 'no' }
+  'returns': '**',
+  'gen': false }
 
 ##
 # @qom-set:
@@ -1579,8 +1579,8 @@
 # Since: 1.2
 ##
 { 'command': 'qom-set',
-  'data': { 'path': 'str', 'property': 'str', 'value': 'visitor' },
-  'gen': 'no' }
+  'data': { 'path': 'str', 'property': 'str', 'value': '**' },
+  'gen': false }
 
 ##
 # @set_password:
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'netdev_add',
   'data': {'type': 'str', 'id': 'str', '*props': '**'},
-  'gen': 'no' }
+  'gen': false }
 
 ##
 # @netdev_del:
@@ -1976,8 +1976,8 @@
 # Since: 2.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'object-add',
-  'data': {'qom-type': 'str', 'id': 'str', '*props': 'dict'},
-  'gen': 'no' }
+  'data': {'qom-type': 'str', 'id': 'str', '*props': '**'},
+  'gen': false }
 
 ##
 # @object-del:
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
index 5c4cd40a92b971c3a7f76cb31ec7b0fd257235ef..fecc4427d59637a31be5f3980d2bc077a501bc1c 100644
--- a/qga/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 # Since: 0.15.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'guest-shutdown', 'data': { '*mode': 'str' },
-  'success-response': 'no' }
+  'success-response': false }
 
 ##
 # @guest-file-open:
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 #
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
-{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-disk', 'success-response': 'no' }
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-disk', 'success-response': false }
 
 ##
 # @guest-suspend-ram
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
 #
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
-{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-ram', 'success-response': 'no' }
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-ram', 'success-response': false }
 
 ##
 # @guest-suspend-hybrid
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 #
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
-{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-hybrid', 'success-response': 'no' }
+{ 'command': 'guest-suspend-hybrid', 'success-response': false }
 
 ##
 # @GuestIpAddressType:
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 053ba85b5f17af721f192dc73f86e78fdedfee3a..cb786825ee91d6aa23a174252a56e5b94ee165e6 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # QAPI command marshaller generator
 #
 # Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
 #  Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
@@ -293,17 +293,12 @@ out:
 
     return ret
 
-def option_value_matches(opt, val, cmd):
-    if opt in cmd and cmd[opt] == val:
-        return True
-    return False
-
 def gen_registry(commands):
     registry=""
     push_indent()
     for cmd in commands:
         options = 'QCO_NO_OPTIONS'
-        if option_value_matches('success-response', 'no', cmd):
+        if not cmd.get('success-response', True):
             options = 'QCO_NO_SUCCESS_RESP'
 
         registry += mcgen('''
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index c27940c41792cb3060f0153034ab7deb884418f8..64e678502c200155ea8ff39b08c856ba5eb07311 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ check-qapi-schema-y := $(addprefix tests/qapi-schema/, \
 	bad-type-dict.json double-data.json unknown-expr-key.json \
 	redefined-type.json redefined-command.json redefined-builtin.json \
 	redefined-event.json command-int.json event-max.json \
+	type-bypass.json type-bypass-no-gen.json type-bypass-bad-gen.json \
 	missing-colon.json missing-comma-list.json \
 	missing-comma-object.json non-objects.json \
 	qapi-schema-test.json quoted-structural-chars.json \
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.err b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..573541ac9702dd3969c9bc859d2b91ec1f7e6e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.json b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb70bee085b81938374de6ddcddbdfdc6f7a709b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# FIXME: 'gen' should only appear with value false
+{ 'command': 'foo', 'gen': 'whatever' }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.out b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e678f2c18e116d13fc4c98349b91768e449944d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-bad-gen.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[OrderedDict([('command', 'foo'), ('gen', 'whatever')])]
+[]
+[]
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.err b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..573541ac9702dd3969c9bc859d2b91ec1f7e6e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.json b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af87c191adf88b58d69f1eb4a23ebd28ef6644db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# FIXME: type bypass should only work with 'gen':false
+{ 'command': 'unsafe', 'data': { 'arg': '**' }, 'returns': '**' }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.out b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b2a9ac94a48f45ef424b7ea80d492429607bc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass-no-gen.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[OrderedDict([('command', 'unsafe'), ('data', OrderedDict([('arg', '**')])), ('returns', '**')])]
+[]
+[]
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.err b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..573541ac9702dd3969c9bc859d2b91ec1f7e6e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.json b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48b213783363c6eb51647303c6361ca69f85c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Use of 'gen':false allows bypassing type system
+{ 'command': 'unsafe', 'data': { 'arg': '**' }, 'returns': '**', 'gen': false }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.out b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eaf20f834449c319f0986233197acffa41fb78be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/type-bypass.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[OrderedDict([('command', 'unsafe'), ('data', OrderedDict([('arg', '**')])), ('returns', '**'), ('gen', False)])]
+[]
+[]