diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7de868d1eab4f502b62364d423b5602db1cf92e4..efad605e1adffaa3ad1547ff1f591e7b81c96d90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 /qapi/qapi-emit-events.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-events-*.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-events.[ch]
+/qapi/qapi-init-commands.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-introspect.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-types-*.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-types.[ch]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 32bd554480e61b3aba58d8c79b9d8262e7f299b9..afa5cb6548d5d9797563c42c31241a9d912e497e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-builtin-visit.h qapi/qapi-builtin-visit.c
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-visit.h qapi/qapi-visit.c
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-visit-%.h)
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-visit-%.c)
+GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-init-commands.h qapi/qapi-init-commands.c
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += qapi/qapi-commands.h qapi/qapi-commands.c
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-commands-%.h)
 GENERATED_QAPI_FILES += $(QAPI_MODULES:%=qapi/qapi-commands-%.c)
@@ -602,6 +603,7 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-gen.py
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h \
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h \
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-commands.c \
+qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.c \
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-doc.texi: \
 qga/qapi-generated/qapi-gen-timestamp ;
 qga/qapi-generated/qapi-gen-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(qapi-py)
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ qapi-gen-timestamp: $(qapi-modules) $(qapi-py)
 		"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
 	@>$@
 
-QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qapi-commands.h)
+QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qapi-commands.h qga-qapi-init-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y): $(QGALIB_GEN)
 
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): $(qga-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 45c93a43cc36c900f666b973164957ec8e81b08b..59d6973e1ec38be6e2a5cb2476816a2b7f730c34 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -1493,6 +1493,10 @@ $(prefix)qapi-commands.c: Command marshal/dispatch functions for each
 $(prefix)qapi-commands.h: Function prototypes for the QMP commands
                           specified in the schema
 
+$(prefix)qapi-init-commands.h - Command initialization prototype
+
+$(prefix)qapi-init-commands.c - Command initialization code
+
 Example:
 
     $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-commands.h
@@ -1502,11 +1506,9 @@ Example:
     #define EXAMPLE_QAPI_COMMANDS_H
 
     #include "example-qapi-types.h"
-    #include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
 
     UserDefOne *qmp_my_command(UserDefOneList *arg1, Error **errp);
     void qmp_marshal_my_command(QDict *args, QObject **ret, Error **errp);
-    void example_qmp_init_marshal(QmpCommandList *cmds);
 
     #endif /* EXAMPLE_QAPI_COMMANDS_H */
     $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-commands.c
@@ -1566,7 +1568,19 @@ Example:
         visit_end_struct(v, NULL);
         visit_free(v);
     }
+[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+    $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-init-commands.h
+[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+    #ifndef EXAMPLE_QAPI_INIT_COMMANDS_H
+    #define EXAMPLE_QAPI_INIT_COMMANDS_H
 
+    #include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
+
+    void example_qmp_init_marshal(QmpCommandList *cmds);
+
+    #endif /* EXAMPLE_QAPI_INIT_COMMANDS_H */
+    $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-init-commands.c
+[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
     void example_qmp_init_marshal(QmpCommandList *cmds)
     {
         QTAILQ_INIT(cmds);
@@ -1574,7 +1588,6 @@ Example:
         qmp_register_command(cmds, "my-command",
                              qmp_marshal_my_command, QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
     }
-
 [Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
 
 For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for
diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index a04d7edde09acc00e1f55eebc63a88cc7e2d2233..de1ca4d11474b6930bb1069bf1cd2cdf01312838 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "block/qapi.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-commands.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-char.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-migration.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-qom.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-trace.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-emit-events.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-init-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp-event.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-introspect.h"
diff --git a/qapi/Makefile.objs b/qapi/Makefile.objs
index dd3f5e6f94f82e0a67fa2b0732ba03c2fe080312..a8f1f4c35e34d3d7a279e6aed1e403310587bff0 100644
--- a/qapi/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qapi/Makefile.objs
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ obj-y += $(QAPI_TARGET_MODULES:%=qapi-events-%.o)
 obj-y += qapi-events.o
 obj-y += $(QAPI_TARGET_MODULES:%=qapi-commands-%.o)
 obj-y += qapi-commands.o
+obj-y += qapi-init-commands.o
diff --git a/qga/Makefile.objs b/qga/Makefile.objs
index 80e6bb3c2e46af60979c1d79a9adde69699b79c8..9c558ae51c8e29db744ded1ec99af52b010ed60b 100644
--- a/qga/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qga/Makefile.objs
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ qga-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += commands-win32.o channel-win32.o service-win32.o
 qga-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += vss-win32.o
 qga-obj-y += qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.o qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.o
 qga-obj-y += qapi-generated/qga-qapi-commands.o
+qga-obj-y += qapi-generated/qga-qapi-init-commands.o
 
 qga-vss-dll-obj-$(CONFIG_QGA_VSS) += vss-win32/
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index c35c2a2120947bc5d4a70fdaac3220155e27ed47..e5c39c189ae20619092515cf1b4ca9d530eade45 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "guest-agent-core.h"
-#include "qga-qapi-commands.h"
+#include "qga-qapi-init-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "channel.h"
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
index ab98e504f338f804a8425189c1e847a24fc08c83..afa55b055c9c724d7b076ac7c512dc280469dd3c 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
     def __init__(self, prefix):
         QAPISchemaModularCVisitor.__init__(
             self, prefix, 'qapi-commands',
-            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', __doc__)
+            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__)
         self._regy = QAPIGenCCode(None)
         self._visited_ret_types = {}
 
@@ -263,18 +263,25 @@ class QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
                              commands=commands, visit=visit))
         self._genh.add(mcgen('''
 #include "%(types)s.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
 
 ''',
                              types=types))
 
     def visit_end(self):
-        (genc, genh) = self._module[self._main_module]
-        genh.add(mcgen('''
+        self._add_system_module('init', ' * QAPI Commands initialization')
+        self._genh.add(mcgen('''
+#include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
+
 void %(c_prefix)sqmp_init_marshal(QmpCommandList *cmds);
 ''',
                        c_prefix=c_name(self._prefix, protect=False)))
-        genc.add(gen_registry(self._regy.get_content(), self._prefix))
+        self._genc.preamble_add(mcgen('''
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-commands.h"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-init-commands.h"
+''',
+                                      prefix=self._prefix))
+        self._genc.add(gen_registry(self._regy.get_content(), self._prefix))
 
     def visit_command(self, name, info, ifcond, arg_type, ret_type, gen,
                       success_response, boxed, allow_oob, allow_preconfig,
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/events.py b/scripts/qapi/events.py
index 10fc509fa99bbb35e2e0321218e81a9caea5eb06..2bde3e61288006d9bbbdb83b3f418c367258ce0f 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/events.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/events.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class QAPISchemaGenEventVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
     def __init__(self, prefix):
         QAPISchemaModularCVisitor.__init__(
             self, prefix, 'qapi-events',
-            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP events', __doc__)
+            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP events', None, __doc__)
         self._event_enum_name = c_name(prefix + 'QAPIEvent', protect=False)
         self._event_enum_members = []
         self._event_emit_name = c_name(prefix + 'qapi_event_emit')
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/gen.py b/scripts/qapi/gen.py
index 112b6d94c5df93f54125fe8d0b3b155a9e6fd8c5..95afae0615af1d23f0a50fa3d730bf135b74cff7 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/gen.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/gen.py
@@ -201,10 +201,11 @@ class QAPISchemaMonolithicCVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
 
 class QAPISchemaModularCVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
 
-    def __init__(self, prefix, what, blurb, pydoc):
+    def __init__(self, prefix, what, user_blurb, builtin_blurb, pydoc):
         self._prefix = prefix
         self._what = what
-        self._blurb = blurb
+        self._user_blurb = user_blurb
+        self._builtin_blurb = builtin_blurb
         self._pydoc = pydoc
         self._genc = None
         self._genh = None
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ class QAPISchemaModularCVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
         genc = QAPIGenC(basename + '.c', blurb, self._pydoc)
         genh = QAPIGenH(basename + '.h', blurb, self._pydoc)
         self._module[name] = (genc, genh)
-        self._set_module(name)
+        self._genc, self._genh = self._module[name]
 
     def _add_user_module(self, name, blurb):
         assert self._is_user_module(name)
@@ -256,9 +257,6 @@ class QAPISchemaModularCVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
     def _add_system_module(self, name, blurb):
         self._add_module(name and './' + name, blurb)
 
-    def _set_module(self, name):
-        self._genc, self._genh = self._module[name]
-
     def write(self, output_dir, opt_builtins=False):
         for name in self._module:
             if self._is_builtin_module(name) and not opt_builtins:
@@ -271,15 +269,17 @@ class QAPISchemaModularCVisitor(QAPISchemaVisitor):
         pass
 
     def visit_module(self, name):
-        if name in self._module:
-            self._set_module(name)
-        elif self._is_builtin_module(name):
-            # The built-in module has not been created.  No code may
-            # be generated.
-            self._genc = None
-            self._genh = None
+        if name is None:
+            if self._builtin_blurb:
+                self._add_system_module(None, self._builtin_blurb)
+                self._begin_system_module(name)
+            else:
+                # The built-in module has not been created.  No code may
+                # be generated.
+                self._genc = None
+                self._genh = None
         else:
-            self._add_user_module(name, self._blurb)
+            self._add_user_module(name, self._user_blurb)
             self._begin_user_module(name)
 
     def visit_include(self, name, info):
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/schema.py b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
index cf0045f34e5ed28f0ebec013ad9c88b5430a84d4..0bfc5256fb9ed7eb66ed4070f5147706cadf3288 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/schema.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ class QAPISchemaEntity(object):
 
     def check(self, schema):
         assert not self._checked
-        if self.info:
-            self._module = os.path.relpath(self.info.fname,
-                                           os.path.dirname(schema.fname))
         seen = {}
         for f in self.features:
             f.check_clash(self.info, seen)
@@ -68,15 +65,18 @@ class QAPISchemaEntity(object):
         if self.doc:
             self.doc.check()
 
-    @property
-    def ifcond(self):
+    def _set_module(self, schema, info):
         assert self._checked
-        return self._ifcond
+        self._module = schema.module_by_fname(info and info.fname)
+        self._module.add_entity(self)
+
+    def set_module(self, schema):
+        self._set_module(schema, self.info)
 
     @property
-    def module(self):
+    def ifcond(self):
         assert self._checked
-        return self._module
+        return self._ifcond
 
     def is_implicit(self):
         return not self.info
@@ -135,15 +135,29 @@ class QAPISchemaVisitor(object):
         pass
 
 
-class QAPISchemaInclude(QAPISchemaEntity):
+class QAPISchemaModule(object):
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        self._entity_list = []
+
+    def add_entity(self, ent):
+        self._entity_list.append(ent)
+
+    def visit(self, visitor):
+        visitor.visit_module(self.name)
+        for entity in self._entity_list:
+            if visitor.visit_needed(entity):
+                entity.visit(visitor)
 
-    def __init__(self, fname, info):
+
+class QAPISchemaInclude(QAPISchemaEntity):
+    def __init__(self, sub_module, info):
         QAPISchemaEntity.__init__(self, None, info, None)
-        self.fname = fname
+        self._sub_module = sub_module
 
     def visit(self, visitor):
         QAPISchemaEntity.visit(self, visitor)
-        visitor.visit_include(self.fname, self.info)
+        visitor.visit_include(self._sub_module.name, self.info)
 
 
 class QAPISchemaType(QAPISchemaEntity):
@@ -276,16 +290,14 @@ class QAPISchemaArrayType(QAPISchemaType):
             self.info and self.info.defn_meta)
         assert not isinstance(self.element_type, QAPISchemaArrayType)
 
+    def set_module(self, schema):
+        self._set_module(schema, self.element_type.info)
+
     @property
     def ifcond(self):
         assert self._checked
         return self.element_type.ifcond
 
-    @property
-    def module(self):
-        assert self._checked
-        return self.element_type.module
-
     def is_implicit(self):
         return True
 
@@ -711,10 +723,11 @@ class QAPISchemaCommand(QAPISchemaEntity):
             self.ret_type = schema.resolve_type(
                 self._ret_type_name, self.info, "command's 'returns'")
             if self.name not in self.info.pragma.returns_whitelist:
-                if not (isinstance(self.ret_type, QAPISchemaObjectType)
-                        or (isinstance(self.ret_type, QAPISchemaArrayType)
-                            and isinstance(self.ret_type.element_type,
-                                           QAPISchemaObjectType))):
+                typ = self.ret_type
+                if isinstance(typ, QAPISchemaArrayType):
+                    typ = self.ret_type.element_type
+                    assert typ
+                if not isinstance(typ, QAPISchemaObjectType):
                     raise QAPISemError(
                         self.info,
                         "command's 'returns' cannot take %s"
@@ -782,6 +795,10 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
         self.docs = parser.docs
         self._entity_list = []
         self._entity_dict = {}
+        self._module_dict = {}
+        self._schema_dir = os.path.dirname(fname)
+        self._make_module(None) # built-ins
+        self._make_module(fname)
         self._predefining = True
         self._def_predefineds()
         self._predefining = False
@@ -825,14 +842,26 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
                 info, "%s uses unknown type '%s'" % (what, name))
         return typ
 
+    def _module_name(self, fname):
+        if fname is None:
+            return None
+        return os.path.relpath(fname, self._schema_dir)
+
+    def _make_module(self, fname):
+        name = self._module_name(fname)
+        if not name in self._module_dict:
+            self._module_dict[name] = QAPISchemaModule(name)
+        return self._module_dict[name]
+
+    def module_by_fname(self, fname):
+        name = self._module_name(fname)
+        assert name in self._module_dict
+        return self._module_dict[name]
+
     def _def_include(self, expr, info, doc):
         include = expr['include']
         assert doc is None
-        main_info = info
-        while main_info.parent:
-            main_info = main_info.parent
-        fname = os.path.relpath(include, os.path.dirname(main_info.fname))
-        self._def_entity(QAPISchemaInclude(fname, info))
+        self._def_entity(QAPISchemaInclude(self._make_module(include), info))
 
     def _def_builtin_type(self, name, json_type, c_type):
         self._def_entity(QAPISchemaBuiltinType(name, json_type, c_type))
@@ -1064,15 +1093,12 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
             ent.check(self)
             ent.connect_doc()
             ent.check_doc()
+        for ent in self._entity_list:
+            ent.set_module(self)
 
     def visit(self, visitor):
         visitor.visit_begin(self)
         module = None
-        visitor.visit_module(module)
-        for entity in self._entity_list:
-            if visitor.visit_needed(entity):
-                if entity.module != module:
-                    module = entity.module
-                    visitor.visit_module(module)
-                entity.visit(visitor)
+        for mod in self._module_dict.values():
+            mod.visit(visitor)
         visitor.visit_end()
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/types.py b/scripts/qapi/types.py
index d8751daa0498be286f3ee3a0b08a95d26fcd711c..99dcaf70747cec8151ac08a820fb00a13bcca743 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/types.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/types.py
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ class QAPISchemaGenTypeVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
     def __init__(self, prefix):
         QAPISchemaModularCVisitor.__init__(
             self, prefix, 'qapi-types', ' * Schema-defined QAPI types',
-            __doc__)
-        self._add_system_module(None, ' * Built-in QAPI types')
+            ' * Built-in QAPI types', __doc__)
+
+    def _begin_system_module(self, name):
         self._genc.preamble_add(mcgen('''
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h"
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/visit.py b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
index c72f2bc5c008ddc6db254b8fd969e438ff8144f6..4efce62b0c3d89602f3195ffd412ccb270079dd2 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ class QAPISchemaGenVisitVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
     def __init__(self, prefix):
         QAPISchemaModularCVisitor.__init__(
             self, prefix, 'qapi-visit', ' * Schema-defined QAPI visitors',
-            __doc__)
-        self._add_system_module(None, ' * Built-in QAPI visitors')
+            ' * Built-in QAPI visitors', __doc__)
+
+    def _begin_system_module(self, name):
         self._genc.preamble_add(mcgen('''
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -296,8 +297,7 @@ class QAPISchemaGenVisitVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-builtin-types.h"
 
-''',
-                                      prefix=prefix))
+'''))
 
     def _begin_user_module(self, name):
         types = self._module_basename('qapi-types', name)
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index f9c017088126761ab3ca9312cb2b3dec4e80bba2..7306866f216d0858b743051e869d38f1959623b7 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test-*
 !test-*.c
 !docker/test-*
 test-qapi-commands.[ch]
+test-qapi-init-commands.[ch]
 include/test-qapi-commands-sub-module.[ch]
 test-qapi-commands-sub-sub-module.[ch]
 test-qapi-emit-events.[ch]
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 1ae14a8b158276a67d00d78c65a650acfd8fc731..c6827ce8c29323a0eca8b7084c5373c9083499f3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -350,8 +350,10 @@ generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-visit.h
 generated-files-y += tests/include/test-qapi-visit-sub-module.h
 generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-visit-sub-sub-module.h
 generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-commands.h
+generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-init-commands.h
 generated-files-y += tests/include/test-qapi-commands-sub-module.h
 generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-commands-sub-sub-module.h
+generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-emit-events.h
 generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-events.h
 generated-files-y += tests/include/test-qapi-events-sub-module.h
 generated-files-y += tests/test-qapi-events-sub-sub-module.h
@@ -465,7 +467,10 @@ tests/include/test-qapi-commands-sub-module.h \
 tests/include/test-qapi-commands-sub-module.c \
 tests/test-qapi-commands-sub-sub-module.h \
 tests/test-qapi-commands-sub-sub-module.c \
+tests/test-qapi-emit-events.c tests/test-qapi-emit-events.h \
 tests/test-qapi-events.c tests/test-qapi-events.h \
+tests/test-qapi-init-commands.c \
+tests/test-qapi-init-commands.h \
 tests/include/test-qapi-events-sub-module.c \
 tests/include/test-qapi-events-sub-module.h \
 tests/test-qapi-events-sub-sub-module.c \
@@ -505,11 +510,11 @@ tests/qtest/dbus-vmstate-test.o: tests/qtest/dbus-vmstate1.h
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
-tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-event.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) tests/test-qapi-events.o
+tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-event.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) tests/test-qapi-emit-events.o tests/test-qapi-events.o
 tests/test-qobject-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-clone-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-clone-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-qobject-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qobject-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
-tests/test-qmp-cmds$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-cmds.o tests/test-qapi-commands.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
+tests/test-qmp-cmds$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-cmds.o tests/test-qapi-commands.o tests/test-qapi-init-commands.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-visitor-serialization$(EXESUF): tests/test-visitor-serialization.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-opts-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-opts-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/empty.out b/tests/qapi-schema/empty.out
index 5b53d007021d3b7abab07202893de85df9685a97..69666c39ad2dfc823962ea379bec9ff31ecfc610 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/empty.out
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/empty.out
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ enum QType
     member qdict
     member qlist
     member qbool
+module empty.json
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-repetition.out b/tests/qapi-schema/include-repetition.out
index 5423983239cd0a9dc6d5e2471355815039a15733..0b654ddebb6aa8f885a5fdf3451582aaf5be0fc2 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/include-repetition.out
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/include-repetition.out
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ enum QType
     member qbool
 module include-repetition.json
 include comments.json
+include include-repetition-sub.json
+include comments.json
 module comments.json
 enum Status
     member good
     member bad
     member ugly
-module include-repetition.json
-include include-repetition-sub.json
 module include-repetition-sub.json
 include comments.json
 include comments.json
-module include-repetition.json
-include comments.json
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
index 3660e75a481421caf9e195349426f8970176f65f..9bd3c4a4906cc4a49e439a7a6d244da3677f4d45 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ object q_obj_sizeList-wrapper
     member data: sizeList optional=False
 object q_obj_anyList-wrapper
     member data: anyList optional=False
-module sub-sub-module.json
-array StatusList Status
-module qapi-schema-test.json
 object q_obj_StatusList-wrapper
     member data: StatusList optional=False
 enum UserDefListUnionKind
@@ -193,17 +190,6 @@ object UserDefListUnion
     case any: q_obj_anyList-wrapper
     case user: q_obj_StatusList-wrapper
 include include/sub-module.json
-module include/sub-module.json
-include sub-sub-module.json
-module sub-sub-module.json
-enum Status
-    member good
-    member bad
-    member ugly
-module include/sub-module.json
-object SecondArrayRef
-    member s: StatusList optional=False
-module qapi-schema-test.json
 command user_def_cmd None -> None
     gen=True success_response=True boxed=False oob=False preconfig=False
 object q_obj_user_def_cmd1-arg
@@ -435,3 +421,13 @@ command test-command-cond-features3 None -> None
     gen=True success_response=True boxed=False oob=False preconfig=False
     feature feature1
         if ['defined(TEST_IF_COND_1)', 'defined(TEST_IF_COND_2)']
+module include/sub-module.json
+include sub-sub-module.json
+object SecondArrayRef
+    member s: StatusList optional=False
+module sub-sub-module.json
+array StatusList Status
+enum Status
+    member good
+    member bad
+    member ugly
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-cmds.c b/tests/test-qmp-cmds.c
index 27b0afe55a4dcc0f86bab545fc87d43fba742857..79507d9e543dfde56312083500e755bcdf5a0fa1 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "tests/test-qapi-types.h"
 #include "tests/test-qapi-visit.h"
 #include "test-qapi-commands.h"
+#include "test-qapi-init-commands.h"
 
 static QmpCommandList qmp_commands;