diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index bf08871f18..ee0798789a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,50 @@ qemuAgentUpdateCPUInfo(unsigned int nvcpus,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuAgentGetHostname(qemuAgentPtr mon,
+                     char **hostname)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr data = NULL;
+    const char *result = NULL;
+
+    cmd = qemuAgentMakeCommand("guest-get-host-name",
+                               NULL);
+
+    if (!cmd)
+        return ret;
+
+    if (qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, true,
+                         VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (!(data = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return"))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("malformed return value"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (!(result = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data, "host-name"))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("'host-name' missing in guest-get-host-name reply"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(*hostname, result) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+ cleanup:
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 int
 qemuAgentGetTime(qemuAgentPtr mon,
                  long long *seconds,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
index 6dd9c702dd..4354b7e0cf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.h
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ int qemuAgentUpdateCPUInfo(unsigned int nvcpus,
                            qemuAgentCPUInfoPtr cpuinfo,
                            int ncpuinfo);
 
+int
+qemuAgentGetHostname(qemuAgentPtr mon,
+                     char **hostname);
+
 int qemuAgentGetTime(qemuAgentPtr mon,
                      long long *seconds,
                      unsigned int *nseconds);