diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 39187915b0..3d7ca3ccfc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -3932,6 +3932,19 @@ qemuMonitorGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                          const char *object,
+                          char ***props)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("object=%s props=%p", object, props);
+
+    QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR_JSON(mon);
+
+    return qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(mon, object, props);
+}
+
+
 char *
 qemuMonitorGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index a93844f77b..33dc521e83 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -1048,6 +1048,9 @@ int qemuMonitorGetObjectTypes(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int qemuMonitorGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               const char *device,
                               char ***props);
+int qemuMonitorGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                              const char *object,
+                              char ***props);
 char *qemuMonitorGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
 int qemuMonitorNBDServerStart(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index ce7bc9e8e3..e2e0004e4d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -6127,6 +6127,38 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 }
 
 
+int
+qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                              const char *object,
+                              char ***props)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    virJSONValuePtr cmd;
+    virJSONValuePtr reply = NULL;
+
+    *props = NULL;
+
+    if (!(cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("qom-list-properties",
+                                           "s:typename", object,
+                                           NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONCommand(mon, cmd, &reply) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (qemuMonitorJSONHasError(reply, "DeviceNotFound")) {
+        ret = 0;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemuMonitorJSONParsePropsList(cmd, reply, props);
+ cleanup:
+    virJSONValueFree(reply);
+    virJSONValueFree(cmd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 char *
 qemuMonitorJSONGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index ed5f29b20a..e86b58f7ea 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   const char *device,
                                   char ***props)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
+int qemuMonitorJSONGetObjectProps(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                  const char *object,
+                                  char ***props)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
 char *qemuMonitorJSONGetTargetArch(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONNBDServerStart(qemuMonitorPtr mon,