diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index db27b0e796..224d6a76c9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -4598,6 +4598,15 @@ qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(virJSONValuePtr sources,
+                                                 const char *sourcenode,
+                                                 const char *sourcebitmap)
+{
+    return qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(sources, sourcenode, sourcebitmap);
+}
+
+
 int
 qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                      const char *device,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 36eb5f342d..c4b7196794 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1383,6 +1383,10 @@ qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                   const char *node,
                                   const char *target,
                                   virJSONValuePtr *sources);
+int
+qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(virJSONValuePtr sources,
+                                                 const char *sourcenode,
+                                                 const char *sourcebitmap);
 
 int
 qemuMonitorTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 4bdc4d5569..b63bdadd25 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -9281,6 +9281,27 @@ qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(virJSONValuePtr sources,
+                                                     const char *sourcenode,
+                                                     const char *sourcebitmap)
+{
+    g_autoptr(virJSONValue) sourceobj = NULL;
+
+    if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(&sourceobj,
+                                 "s:node", sourcenode,
+                                 "s:name", sourcebitmap,
+                                 NULL) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (virJSONValueArrayAppend(sources, sourceobj) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    sourceobj = NULL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 int
 qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                          const char *device,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 6ee3e912f9..e85a606792 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -669,6 +669,11 @@ qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMerge(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                       const char *target,
                                       virJSONValuePtr *sources);
 
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(virJSONValuePtr sources,
+                                                     const char *sourcenode,
+                                                     const char *sourcebitmap);
+
 int
 qemuMonitorJSONTransactionSnapshotLegacy(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                                          const char *device,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index c0eee921cf..31cd6f88d7 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -3018,8 +3018,8 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONTransaction(const void *opaque)
         !(mergebitmaps = virJSONValueNewArray()))
         return -1;
 
-    if (virJSONValueArrayAppendString(mergebitmaps, "mergemap1") < 0 ||
-        virJSONValueArrayAppendString(mergebitmaps, "mergemap2") < 0)
+    if (qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(mergebitmaps, "node1", "bitmap1") < 0 ||
+        qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapMergeSourceAddBitmap(mergebitmaps, "node2", "bitmap2") < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (qemuMonitorTransactionBitmapAdd(actions, "node1", "bitmap1", true, true) < 0 ||