diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index cf2b20aee1..47cc185ad3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -4507,6 +4507,104 @@ cleanup:
 }
 
 
+int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectListPaths(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                      const char *path,
+                                      qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr **paths)
+{
+    int ret;
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+    virJSONValuePtr data;
+    qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr *pathlist = NULL;
+    int n = 0;
+    size_t i;
+
+    *paths = NULL;
+
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("qom-list",
+                                           "s:path", path,
+                                           NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    ret = qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply);
+
+    if (ret == 0)
+        ret = qemuMonitorJSONCheckError(cmd, reply);
+
+    if (ret < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = -1;
+
+    if (!(data = virJSONValueObjectGet(reply, "return"))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("qom-list reply was missing return data"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if ((n = virJSONValueArraySize(data)) < 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("qom-list reply data was not an array"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /* null-terminated list */
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(pathlist, n + 1) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        virJSONValuePtr child = virJSONValueArrayGet(data, i);
+        const char *tmp;
+        qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr info;
+
+        if (VIR_ALLOC(info) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        pathlist[i] = info;
+
+        if (!(tmp = virJSONValueObjectGetString(child, "name"))) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                           _("qom-list reply data was missing 'name'"));
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(info->name, tmp) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        if (virJSONValueObjectHasKey(child, "type")) {
+            if (!(tmp = virJSONValueObjectGetString(child, "type"))) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                               _("qom-list reply has malformed 'type' data"));
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            if (VIR_STRDUP(info->type, tmp) < 0)
+                goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = n;
+    *paths = pathlist;
+
+cleanup:
+    if (ret < 0 && pathlist) {
+        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+            qemuMonitorJSONListPathFree(pathlist[i]);
+        VIR_FREE(pathlist);
+    }
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void qemuMonitorJSONListPathFree(qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr paths)
+{
+    if (!paths)
+        return;
+    VIR_FREE(paths->name);
+    VIR_FREE(paths->type);
+    VIR_FREE(paths);
+}
+
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   const char *type,
                                   char ***props)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 266077395c..f83db00058 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -332,6 +332,23 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetKVMState(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectTypes(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   char ***types)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
+
+/* ListPath structures and API's are public only for qemumonitorjsontest */
+typedef struct _qemuMonitorJSONListPath qemuMonitorJSONListPath;
+typedef qemuMonitorJSONListPath *qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr;
+
+struct _qemuMonitorJSONListPath {
+    char *name;
+    char *type;
+};
+
+int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectListPaths(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                      const char *path,
+                                      qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr **paths)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
+
+void qemuMonitorJSONListPathFree(qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr paths);
+
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   const char *type,
                                   char ***props)
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 7edaf395d1..e3d08fc4d7 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "testutilsqemu.h"
 #include "qemumonitortestutils.h"
 #include "qemu/qemu_conf.h"
+#include "qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h"
 #include "virthread.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
@@ -699,6 +700,83 @@ cleanup:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This test will request to return a list of paths for "/". It should be
+ * a simple list of 1 real element that being the "machine". The following
+ * is the execution and expected return:
+ *
+ *  {"execute":"qom-list", "arguments": { "path": "/"}}"
+ *  {"return": [{"name": "machine", "type": "child<container>"}, \
+ *              {"name": "type", "type": "string"}]}
+ */
+static int
+testQemuMonitorJSONGetListPaths(const void *data)
+{
+    const virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = (virDomainXMLOptionPtr)data;
+    qemuMonitorTestPtr test = qemuMonitorTestNew(true, xmlopt);
+    int ret = -1;
+    qemuMonitorJSONListPathPtr *paths;
+    int npaths = 0;
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (!test)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorTestAddItem(test, "qom-list",
+                               "{ "
+                               "  \"return\": [ "
+                               "  {\"name\": \"machine\", "
+                               "   \"type\": \"child<container>\"}, "
+                               "  {\"name\": \"type\", "
+                               "   \"type\": \"string\"} "
+                               " ]"
+                               "}") < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    /* present with path */
+    if ((npaths = qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectListPaths(
+                                                qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(test),
+                                                "/",
+                                                &paths)) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (npaths != 2) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       "npaths was %d, expected 1", npaths);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+#define CHECK(i, wantname, wanttype)                                    \
+    do {                                                                \
+        if (STRNEQ(paths[i]->name, (wantname))) {                       \
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,                      \
+                           "name was %s, expected %s",                  \
+                           paths[i]->name, (wantname));                 \
+            goto cleanup;                                               \
+        }                                                               \
+        if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(paths[i]->type, (wanttype))) {              \
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,                      \
+                           "type was %s, expected %s",                  \
+                           NULLSTR(paths[i]->type), (wanttype));        \
+            goto cleanup;                                               \
+        }                                                               \
+    } while (0)
+
+    CHECK(0, "machine", "child<container>");
+
+#undef CHECK
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+    qemuMonitorTestFree(test);
+    for (i = 0; i < npaths; i++)
+        qemuMonitorJSONListPathFree(paths[i]);
+    VIR_FREE(paths);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 static int
 mymain(void)
 {
@@ -729,6 +807,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST(GetCommandLineOptionParameters);
     DO_TEST(AttachChardev);
     DO_TEST(DetachChardev);
+    DO_TEST(GetListPaths);
 
     virObjectUnref(xmlopt);