diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 925c97d578..85633bd116 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2682,6 +2682,7 @@ virResctrlInfoGetMonitorPrefix;
 virResctrlInfoMonFree;
 virResctrlInfoNew;
 virResctrlMonitorAddPID;
+virResctrlMonitorCreate;
 virResctrlMonitorDeterminePath;
 virResctrlMonitorNew;
 
diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.c b/src/util/virresctrl.c
index 3036f9de04..3a8b6e2cf0 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.c
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.c
@@ -2546,3 +2546,27 @@ virResctrlMonitorAddPID(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
 {
     return virResctrlAddPID(monitor->path, pid);
 }
+
+
+int
+virResctrlMonitorCreate(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
+                        const char *machinename)
+{
+    int lockfd = -1;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!monitor)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (virResctrlMonitorDeterminePath(monitor, machinename) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    lockfd = virResctrlLockWrite();
+    if (lockfd < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    ret = virResctrlCreateGroupPath(monitor->path);
+
+    virResctrlUnlock(lockfd);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virresctrl.h b/src/util/virresctrl.h
index 52d283aac1..76e40a243d 100644
--- a/src/util/virresctrl.h
+++ b/src/util/virresctrl.h
@@ -201,4 +201,8 @@ virResctrlMonitorDeterminePath(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
 int
 virResctrlMonitorAddPID(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
                         pid_t pid);
+
+int
+virResctrlMonitorCreate(virResctrlMonitorPtr monitor,
+                        const char *machinename);
 #endif /*  __VIR_RESCTRL_H__ */