diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index c213919223..0f0efc1a4e 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -2567,6 +2567,8 @@ typedef enum {
                                                           snapshot current */
     VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_NO_METADATA = (1 << 2), /* Make snapshot without
                                                           remembering it */
+    VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT        = (1 << 3), /* Stop running guest
+                                                          after snapshot */
 } virDomainSnapshotCreateFlags;
 
 /* Take a snapshot of the current VM state */
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 9b6d69303b..b29779ef7d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -15637,6 +15637,12 @@ error:
  * the just-created snapshot has its metadata deleted.  This flag is
  * incompatible with VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REDEFINE.
  *
+ * If @flags includes VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT, then the domain
+ * will be inactive after the snapshot completes, regardless of whether
+ * it was active before; otherwise, a running domain will still be
+ * running after the snapshot.  This flag is invalid on transient domains,
+ * and is incompatible with VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REDEFINE.
+ *
  * Returns an (opaque) virDomainSnapshotPtr on success, NULL on failure.
  */
 virDomainSnapshotPtr
@@ -15680,6 +15686,12 @@ virDomainSnapshotCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
                    _("redefine and no metadata flags are mutually exclusive"));
         goto error;
     }
+    if ((flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REDEFINE) &&
+        (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT)) {
+        virLibDomainError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG,
+                   _("redefine and halt flags are mutually exclusive"));
+        goto error;
+    }
 
     if (conn->driver->domainSnapshotCreateXML) {
         virDomainSnapshotPtr ret;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 1bb83cd129..843a4971da 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -8693,7 +8693,8 @@ static int
 qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActive(virConnectPtr conn,
                                struct qemud_driver *driver,
                                virDomainObjPtr *vmptr,
-                               virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snap)
+                               virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snap,
+                               unsigned int flags)
 {
     virDomainObjPtr vm = *vmptr;
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
@@ -8723,6 +8724,24 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActive(virConnectPtr conn,
     qemuDomainObjEnterMonitorWithDriver(driver, vm);
     ret = qemuMonitorCreateSnapshot(priv->mon, snap->def->name);
     qemuDomainObjExitMonitorWithDriver(driver, vm);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT) {
+        virDomainEventPtr event;
+
+        event = virDomainEventNewFromObj(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STOPPED,
+                                         VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STOPPED_FROM_SNAPSHOT);
+        qemuProcessStop(driver, vm, 0, VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF_FROM_SNAPSHOT);
+        virDomainAuditStop(vm, "from-snapshot");
+        /* We already filtered the _HALT flag for persistent domains
+         * only, so this end job never drops the last reference.  */
+        ignore_value(qemuDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm));
+        resume = false;
+        vm = NULL;
+        if (event)
+            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    }
 
 cleanup:
     if (resume && virDomainObjIsActive(vm) &&
@@ -8734,7 +8753,7 @@ cleanup:
                         _("resuming after snapshot failed"));
     }
 
-    if (qemuDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm) == 0) {
+    if (vm && qemuDomainObjEndJob(driver, vm) == 0) {
         /* Only possible if a transient vm quit while our locks were down,
          * in which case we don't want to save snapshot metadata.  */
         *vmptr = NULL;
@@ -8761,7 +8780,8 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
 
     virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REDEFINE |
                   VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_CURRENT |
-                  VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_NO_METADATA, NULL);
+                  VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_NO_METADATA |
+                  VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT, NULL);
 
     if (((flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_REDEFINE) &&
          !(flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_CURRENT)) ||
@@ -8784,6 +8804,11 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
                         "%s", _("domain is marked for auto destroy"));
         goto cleanup;
     }
+    if (!vm->persistent && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_HALT)) {
+        qemuReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
+                        _("cannot halt after transient domain snapshot"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
 
     if (!(def = virDomainSnapshotDefParseString(xmlDesc, driver->caps,
                                                 QEMU_EXPECTED_VIRT_TYPES,
@@ -8924,7 +8949,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateXML(virDomainPtr domain,
             goto cleanup;
     } else {
         if (qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActive(domain->conn, driver,
-                                           &vm, snap) < 0)
+                                           &vm, snap, flags) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
     }