diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 271089800a..19d34725d2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3034,3 +3034,16 @@ qemuDomainMemoryDeviceAlignSize(virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem)
 {
     mem->size = VIR_ROUND_UP(mem->size, 1024);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * qemuDomainGetMonitor:
+ * @vm: domain object
+ *
+ * Returns the monitor pointer corresponding to the domain object @vm.
+ */
+qemuMonitorPtr
+qemuDomainGetMonitor(virDomainObjPtr vm)
+{
+    return ((qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr) vm->privateData)->mon;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 0ea6d2f49a..fa2e4f9803 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ void qemuDomainObjDiscardAsyncJob(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                   virDomainObjPtr obj);
 void qemuDomainObjReleaseAsyncJob(virDomainObjPtr obj);
 
+qemuMonitorPtr qemuDomainGetMonitor(virDomainObjPtr vm)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 void qemuDomainObjEnterMonitor(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                virDomainObjPtr obj)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);