diff --git a/scripts/vm-util.py b/scripts/vm-util.py
index c11083fb9..c4f828eb7 100755
--- a/scripts/vm-util.py
+++ b/scripts/vm-util.py
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ def do_qemu(args):
             qemu_args += ["-chardev", f"socket,id=usb-redir-chardev{num},port={port},host={host}"]
             qemu_args += ["-device", f"usb-redir,chardev=usb-redir-chardev{num},id=usb-redir{num},bus=xhci.0"]
 
+    if args.qmp:
+        qemu_args += ["-qmp", "tcp:0.0.0.0:4444,server"]
+
     # TODO: Support virtio-console via:
     #       -chardev file,id=virtio-trace,path=virtio-trace.bin
     #       -device virtio-serial -device virtconsole,chardev=virtio-trace
@@ -354,6 +357,7 @@ def do_qemu(args):
 qemu_parser.add_argument("--usb-passthrough-pcap", type=str, action='append')
 qemu_parser.add_argument("--usb-redir", type=str, action='append')
 qemu_parser.add_argument("--cmd", type=str)
+qemu_parser.add_argument("--qmp", action="store_true")
 qemu_parser.add_argument("--use-system-qemu", action="store_true")
 
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