diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index acbad134ecba49433c1417dc2302eac6f5e177f3..575ea6e68d041a574e875b990a63da4682989b56 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ F: qapi/run-state.json
 Human Monitor (HMP)
 M: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
-F: monitor.c
+F: monitor/misc.c
 F: hmp.[ch]
 F: hmp-commands*.hx
 F: include/monitor/hmp-target.h
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ QMP
 M: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: qmp.c
-F: monitor.c
+F: monitor/misc.c
 F: docs/devel/*qmp-*
 F: docs/interop/*qmp-*
 F: scripts/qmp/
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index c8337fa34be8c9cd26a9cf7a8fc99722b4312a49..dd39a70b481bac7ef7b20969239bda9458cc6696 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ trace-events-subdirs =
 trace-events-subdirs += accel/kvm
 trace-events-subdirs += accel/tcg
 trace-events-subdirs += crypto
+trace-events-subdirs += monitor
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_USER_ONLY),y)
 trace-events-subdirs += linux-user
 endif
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index ecd856e3a3f0c4b8e868af3d547695a9cb3dfd0a..72c267f7dc0c87df21cb61d1604c4175dd5169ed 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ endif #CONFIG_BSD_USER
 #########################################################
 # System emulator target
 ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
-obj-y += arch_init.o cpus.o monitor.o gdbstub.o balloon.o ioport.o numa.o
+obj-y += arch_init.o cpus.o gdbstub.o balloon.o ioport.o numa.o
 obj-y += qtest.o
 obj-y += hw/
+obj-y += monitor/
 obj-y += qapi/
 obj-y += memory.o
 obj-y += memory_mapping.o
diff --git a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
index 9dfc62bf5a3a37907dbd39b5fc4a7c4c2b24d957..cc6ecd6d5d4dd8520e4ad5e2612f3f60cd1a7812 100644
--- a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ it's good practice to always check for errors.
 
 Another important detail is that HMP's "info" commands don't go into the
 hmp-commands.hx. Instead, they go into the info_cmds[] table, which is defined
-in the monitor.c file. The entry for the "info alarmclock" follows:
+in the monitor/misc.c file. The entry for the "info alarmclock" follows:
 
     {
         .name       = "alarmclock",
diff --git a/monitor/Makefile.objs b/monitor/Makefile.objs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e783b0616b3ffe6387706192170ee11b5e9a87f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitor/Makefile.objs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-y += misc.o
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor/misc.c
similarity index 99%
rename from monitor.c
rename to monitor/misc.c
index 3015b6e9c756e3850836f1ed56c4ea7d0a08742f..c5f8483b7e80c70f343f58960fcfba38c836f784 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-parser.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
-#include "trace-root.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "monitor/hmp-target.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE
diff --git a/monitor/trace-events b/monitor/trace-events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..abfdf20b1495154a904cfb0b9e7893997a07566a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitor/trace-events
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# See docs/devel/tracing.txt for syntax documentation.
+
+# misc.c
+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"
+monitor_suspend(void *ptr, int cnt) "mon %p: %d"
+monitor_qmp_cmd_in_band(const char *id) "%s"
+monitor_qmp_cmd_out_of_band(const char *id) "%s"
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 844ee58dd97ac8e9a1d7583c80d2c64f1d8a930e..aeea3c2bdbfd368d186e274abfa8680666fd5dfa 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@ system_wakeup_request(int reason) "reason=%d"
 qemu_system_shutdown_request(int reason) "reason=%d"
 qemu_system_powerdown_request(void) ""
 
-# monitor.c
-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"
-monitor_suspend(void *ptr, int cnt) "mon %p: %d"
-monitor_qmp_cmd_in_band(const char *id) "%s"
-monitor_qmp_cmd_out_of_band(const char *id) "%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"
 dma_aio_cancel(void *dbs) "dbs=%p"