diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index 75c6f603c9..8b63ba2183 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -1566,6 +1566,33 @@ char *                  virStorageVolGetXMLDesc         (virStorageVolPtr pool,
 
 char *                  virStorageVolGetPath            (virStorageVolPtr vol);
 
+/**
+ * virKeycodeSet:
+ *
+ * Enum to specify which keycode mapping is in use for virDomainSendKey().
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_KEYCODE_SET_LINUX          = 0,
+    VIR_KEYCODE_SET_XT             = 1,
+    VIR_KEYCODE_SET_ATSET1         = 2,
+    VIR_KEYCODE_SET_ATSET2         = 3,
+    VIR_KEYCODE_SET_ATSET3         = 4,
+} virKeycodeSet;
+
+/**
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_SEND_KEY_MAX_KEYS:
+ *
+ * Maximum number of keycodes that can be sent in one virDomainSendKey() call.
+ */
+#define VIR_DOMAIN_SEND_KEY_MAX_KEYS  16
+
+int virDomainSendKey(virDomainPtr domain,
+                     unsigned int codeset,
+                     unsigned int holdtime,
+                     unsigned int *keycodes,
+                     unsigned int nkeycodes,
+                     unsigned int flags);
+
 /*
  * Deprecated calls
  */
diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index 2cbe16812e..634b78877f 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ skip_impl = (
     'virNodeDeviceListCaps',
     'virConnectBaselineCPU',
     'virDomainRevertToSnapshot',
+    'virDomainSendKey',
 )
 
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index ff58e9d58c..a7be36bb78 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ LIBVIRT_0.9.2 {
 
 LIBVIRT_0.9.3 {
     global:
-         virDomainPinVcpuFlags;
+        virDomainPinVcpuFlags;
+        virDomainSendKey;
 } LIBVIRT_0.9.2;
 
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....