diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index de2456812c..8011cf9fe1 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -5119,4 +5119,13 @@ int virDomainAuthorizedSSHKeysSet(virDomainPtr domain,
                                   unsigned int nkeys,
                                   unsigned int flags);
 
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MESSAGE_DEPRECATION = (1 << 0),
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MESSAGE_TAINTING = (1 << 1),
+} virDomainMessageType;
+
+int virDomainGetMessages(virDomainPtr domain,
+                         char ***msgs,
+                         unsigned int flags);
+
 #endif /* LIBVIRT_DOMAIN_H */
diff --git a/src/driver-hypervisor.h b/src/driver-hypervisor.h
index 9e8fe89921..05d7dfb5c7 100644
--- a/src/driver-hypervisor.h
+++ b/src/driver-hypervisor.h
@@ -1400,6 +1400,11 @@ typedef int
                                     unsigned int nkeys,
                                     unsigned int flags);
 
+typedef int
+(*virDrvDomainGetMessages)(virDomainPtr domain,
+                           char ***msgs,
+                           unsigned int flags);
+
 typedef struct _virHypervisorDriver virHypervisorDriver;
 typedef virHypervisorDriver *virHypervisorDriverPtr;
 
@@ -1665,4 +1670,5 @@ struct _virHypervisorDriver {
     virDrvDomainBackupGetXMLDesc domainBackupGetXMLDesc;
     virDrvDomainAuthorizedSSHKeysGet domainAuthorizedSSHKeysGet;
     virDrvDomainAuthorizedSSHKeysSet domainAuthorizedSSHKeysSet;
+    virDrvDomainGetMessages domainGetMessages;
 };
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index dba89a7d3a..ae318f4a1a 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -13102,3 +13102,57 @@ virDomainAuthorizedSSHKeysSet(virDomainPtr domain,
     virDispatchError(conn);
     return -1;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * virDomainGetMessages:
+ * @domain: a domain object
+ * @msgs: pointer to a variable to store messages
+ * @flags: zero or more virDomainMessageType flags
+ *
+ * Fetch a list of all messages recorded against the VM and
+ * store them into @msgs array which is allocated upon
+ * successful return and is NULL terminated. The caller is
+ * responsible for freeing @msgs when no longer needed.
+ *
+ * If @flags is zero then all messages are reported. The
+ * virDomainMessageType constants can be used to restrict
+ * results to certain types of message.
+ *
+ * Note it is hypervisor dependant whether messages are
+ * available for shutoff guests, or running guests, or
+ * both. Thus a client should be prepared to re-fetch
+ * messages when a guest transitions between running
+ * and shutoff states.
+ *
+ * Returns: number of messages stored in @msgs,
+ *          -1 otherwise.
+ */
+int
+virDomainGetMessages(virDomainPtr domain,
+                     char ***msgs,
+                     unsigned int flags)
+{
+    virConnectPtr conn;
+
+    VIR_DOMAIN_DEBUG(domain, "msgs=%p, flags=0x%x", msgs, flags);
+
+    virResetLastError();
+
+    virCheckDomainReturn(domain, -1);
+    conn = domain->conn;
+    virCheckNonNullArgGoto(msgs, error);
+
+    if (conn->driver->domainGetMessages) {
+        int ret;
+        ret = conn->driver->domainGetMessages(domain, msgs, flags);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto error;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    virReportUnsupportedError();
+ error:
+    virDispatchError(conn);
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index cf31f937d5..d851333eb0 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -879,4 +879,9 @@ LIBVIRT_6.10.0 {
         virDomainAuthorizedSSHKeysSet;
 } LIBVIRT_6.0.0;
 
+LIBVIRT_7.1.0 {
+    global:
+        virDomainGetMessages;
+} LIBVIRT_6.10.0;
+
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....