diff --git a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
index 3dc4b674f3..0d9427f1d1 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ struct _qemuMonitorTest {
 
     bool allowUnusedCommands;
 
+    bool skipValidationDeprecated;
+    bool skipValidationRemoved;
+
     char *incoming;
     size_t incomingLength;
     size_t incomingCapacity;
@@ -1298,6 +1301,31 @@ qemuMonitorTestAllowUnusedCommands(qemuMonitorTestPtr test)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * qemuMonitorTestSkipDeprecatedValidation:
+ * @test: test monitor object
+ * @allowRemoved: don't produce errors if command was removed from QMP schema
+ *
+ * By default if the QMP schema is provided all test items/commands are
+ * validated against the schema. This function allows to override the validation
+ * and additionally if @allowRemoved is true and if such a command is no longer
+ * present in the QMP, only a warning is printed.
+ *
+ * '@allowRemoved' must be used only if a suitable replacement is already in
+ * use and the code tests legacy interactions.
+ *
+ * Note that currently '@allowRemoved' influences only removed commands. If an
+ * argument is removed it will still fail validation.
+ */
+void
+qemuMonitorTestSkipDeprecatedValidation(qemuMonitorTestPtr test,
+                                        bool allowRemoved)
+{
+    test->skipValidationDeprecated = true;
+    test->skipValidationRemoved = allowRemoved;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuMonitorTestFullAddItem(qemuMonitorTestPtr test,
                            const char *filename,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
index f45e850000..1073ef4100 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
+++ b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ void *qemuMonitorTestItemGetPrivateData(qemuMonitorTestItemPtr item);
 int qemuMonitorTestAddErrorResponse(qemuMonitorTestPtr test, const char *errmsg, ...);
 
 void qemuMonitorTestAllowUnusedCommands(qemuMonitorTestPtr test);
+void qemuMonitorTestSkipDeprecatedValidation(qemuMonitorTestPtr test,
+                                             bool allowRemoved);
 
 int qemuMonitorTestAddItem(qemuMonitorTestPtr test,
                            const char *command_name,