diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 3ef7c24528..796f2e1408 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -2055,6 +2055,8 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_SHUTOFF = VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_SHUTOFF,
     VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_OTHER = VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_OTHER,
 
+    VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_NOWAIT = 1 << 29, /* report statistics that can be obtained
+                                                           immediately without any blocking */
     VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_BACKING = 1 << 30, /* include backing chain for block stats */
     VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_ENFORCE_STATS = 1U << 31, /* enforce requested stats */
 } virConnectGetAllDomainStatsFlags;
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 4a899f31c8..c71f2e6877 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11502,6 +11502,12 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
  * fields for offline domains if the statistics are meaningful only for a
  * running domain.
  *
+ * Passing VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_NOWAIT in
+ * @flags means when libvirt is unable to fetch stats for any of
+ * the domains (for whatever reason) only a subset of statistics
+ * is returned for the domain.  That subset being statistics that
+ * don't involve querying the underlying hypervisor.
+ *
  * Similarly to virConnectListAllDomains, @flags can contain various flags to
  * filter the list of domains to provide stats for.
  *
@@ -11586,6 +11592,12 @@ virConnectGetAllDomainStats(virConnectPtr conn,
  * fields for offline domains if the statistics are meaningful only for a
  * running domain.
  *
+ * Passing VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_NOWAIT in
+ * @flags means when libvirt is unable to fetch stats for any of
+ * the domains (for whatever reason) only a subset of statistics
+ * is returned for the domain.  That subset being statistics that
+ * don't involve querying the underlying hypervisor.
+ *
  * Note that any of the domain list filtering flags in @flags may be rejected
  * by this function.
  *
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 7fe86d4d2e..3abbe41895 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -20426,6 +20426,7 @@ qemuConnectGetAllDomainStats(virConnectPtr conn,
     virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_FILTERS_ACTIVE |
                   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_FILTERS_PERSISTENT |
                   VIR_CONNECT_LIST_DOMAINS_FILTERS_STATE |
+                  VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_NOWAIT |
                   VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_BACKING |
                   VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_ENFORCE_STATS, -1);
 
@@ -20460,9 +20461,17 @@ qemuConnectGetAllDomainStats(virConnectPtr conn,
 
         virObjectLock(vm);
 
-        if (HAVE_JOB(privflags) &&
-            qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY) == 0)
-            domflags |= QEMU_DOMAIN_STATS_HAVE_JOB;
+        if (HAVE_JOB(privflags)) {
+            int rv;
+
+            if (flags & VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_NOWAIT)
+                rv = qemuDomainObjBeginJobNowait(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY);
+            else
+                rv = qemuDomainObjBeginJob(driver, vm, QEMU_JOB_QUERY);
+
+            if (rv == 0)
+                domflags |= QEMU_DOMAIN_STATS_HAVE_JOB;
+        }
         /* else: without a job it's still possible to gather some data */
 
         if (flags & VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_BACKING)