diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 109107eaae..9687746703 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -4486,3 +4486,15 @@ qemuMonitorMigrateRecover(qemuMonitor *mon,
 
     return qemuMonitorJSONMigrateRecover(mon, uri);
 }
+
+
+int
+qemuMonitorGetMigrationBlockers(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                char ***blockers)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("blockers=%p", blockers);
+
+    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationBlockers(mon, blockers);
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index cc1a0bc8c9..b82f198285 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1543,3 +1543,7 @@ qemuMonitorChangeMemoryRequestedSize(qemuMonitor *mon,
 int
 qemuMonitorMigrateRecover(qemuMonitor *mon,
                           const char *uri);
+
+int
+qemuMonitorGetMigrationBlockers(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                char ***blockers);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 5e4a86e5ad..941596563a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -3338,6 +3338,52 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONMigrate(qemuMonitor *mon,
     return 0;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Get the exposed migration blockers.
+ *
+ * This function assume qemu has the capability of request them.
+ *
+ * It returns a NULL terminated array on blockers if there are any, or it set
+ * it to NULL otherwise.
+ */
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationBlockers(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                    char ***blockers)
+{
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) cmd = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) reply = NULL;
+    virJSONValue *data;
+    virJSONValue *jblockers;
+    size_t i;
+
+    *blockers = NULL;
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("query-migrate", NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCheckReply(cmd, reply, VIR_JSON_TYPE_OBJECT) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    data = virJSONValueObjectGetObject(reply, "return");
+
+    if (!(jblockers = virJSONValueObjectGetArray(data, "blocked-reasons")))
+        return 0;
+
+    *blockers = g_new0(char *, virJSONValueArraySize(jblockers) + 1);
+    for (i = 0; i < virJSONValueArraySize(jblockers); i++) {
+        virJSONValue *jblocker = virJSONValueArrayGet(jblockers, i);
+        const char *blocker = virJSONValueGetString(jblocker);
+
+        (*blockers)[i] = g_strdup(blocker);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 int qemuMonitorJSONMigrateCancel(qemuMonitor *mon)
 {
     g_autoptr(virJSONValue) cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("migrate_cancel", NULL);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 2759566892..e4c65e250e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ qemuMonitorJSONMigrate(qemuMonitor *mon,
                        unsigned int flags,
                        const char *uri);
 int
+qemuMonitorJSONGetMigrationBlockers(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                    char ***blockers);
+int
 qemuMonitorJSONGetSpiceMigrationStatus(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                        bool *spice_migrated);