diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 9ad8ffa422..810dac209d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,18 @@ qemuMonitorEmitDeviceDeleted(qemuMonitor *mon,
 }
 
 
+void
+qemuMonitorEmitDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                               const char *devPath,
+                               const char *devAlias)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p", mon);
+
+    QEMU_MONITOR_CALLBACK(mon, domainDeviceUnplugError, mon->vm,
+                          devPath, devAlias);
+}
+
+
 void
 qemuMonitorEmitNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                   const char *devAlias)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index cd1c1c4291..0dd7b1c4e2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -294,6 +294,11 @@ typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainDeviceDeletedCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                                        virDomainObj *vm,
                                                        const char *devAlias,
                                                        void *opaque);
+typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainDeviceUnplugErrCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                                         virDomainObj *vm,
+                                                         const char *devPath,
+                                                         const char *devAlias,
+                                                         void *opaque);
 typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainNicRxFilterChangedCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                                             virDomainObj *vm,
                                                             const char *devAlias,
@@ -454,6 +459,7 @@ struct _qemuMonitorCallbacks {
     qemuMonitorDomainGuestCrashloadedCallback domainGuestCrashloaded;
     qemuMonitorDomainMemoryFailureCallback domainMemoryFailure;
     qemuMonitorDomainMemoryDeviceSizeChange domainMemoryDeviceSizeChange;
+    qemuMonitorDomainDeviceUnplugErrCallback domainDeviceUnplugError;
 };
 
 qemuMonitor *qemuMonitorOpen(virDomainObj *vm,
@@ -542,6 +548,9 @@ void qemuMonitorEmitGuestPanic(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                qemuMonitorEventPanicInfo *info);
 void qemuMonitorEmitDeviceDeleted(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                   const char *devAlias);
+void qemuMonitorEmitDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                    const char *devPath,
+                                    const char *devAlias);
 void qemuMonitorEmitNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                        const char *devAlias);
 void qemuMonitorEmitSerialChange(qemuMonitor *mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 9186d59ca2..4669b9135d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ static void qemuMonitorJSONHandlePRManagerStatusChanged(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSO
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleRdmaGidStatusChanged(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleMemoryFailure(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleMemoryDeviceSizeChange(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
+static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 
 typedef struct {
     const char *type;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ static qemuEventHandler eventHandlers[] = {
     { "BLOCK_WRITE_THRESHOLD", qemuMonitorJSONHandleBlockThreshold, },
     { "DEVICE_DELETED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceDeleted, },
     { "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleTrayChange, },
+    { "DEVICE_UNPLUG_GUEST_ERROR", qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceUnplugErr, },
     { "DUMP_COMPLETED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleDumpCompleted, },
     { "GUEST_CRASHLOADED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleGuestCrashloaded, },
     { "GUEST_PANICKED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleGuestPanic, },
@@ -1111,6 +1113,23 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceDeleted(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
 }
 
 
+static void
+qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
+{
+    const char *device;
+    const char *path;
+
+    if (!(path = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data, "path"))) {
+        VIR_DEBUG("missing path in device unplug guest error event");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    device = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data, "device");
+
+    qemuMonitorEmitDeviceUnplugErr(mon, path, device);
+}
+
+
 static void
 qemuMonitorJSONHandleNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index ec5e6999f5..b6c81dd23a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,42 @@ qemuProcessHandleDeviceDeleted(qemuMonitor *mon G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
+static void
+qemuProcessHandleDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon G_GNUC_UNUSED,
+                                 virDomainObj *vm,
+                                 const char *devPath,
+                                 const char *devAlias,
+                                 void *opaque)
+{
+    virQEMUDriver *driver = opaque;
+    virObjectEvent *event = NULL;
+
+    virObjectLock(vm);
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Device %s QOM path %s failed to be removed from domain %p %s",
+              devAlias, devPath, vm, vm->def->name);
+
+    /*
+     * DEVICE_UNPLUG_GUEST_ERROR will always contain the QOM path
+     * but QEMU will not guarantee that devAlias will be provided.
+     *
+     * However, given that all Libvirt devices have a devAlias, we
+     * can ignore the case where QEMU emitted this event without it.
+     */
+    if (!devAlias)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    qemuDomainSignalDeviceRemoval(vm, devAlias,
+                                  QEMU_DOMAIN_UNPLUGGING_DEVICE_STATUS_GUEST_REJECTED);
+
+    event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovalFailedNewFromObj(vm, devAlias);
+
+ cleanup:
+    virObjectUnlock(vm);
+    virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->domainEventState, event);
+}
+
+
 /**
  *
  * Meaning of fields reported by the event according to the ACPI standard:
@@ -1891,6 +1927,7 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks monitorCallbacks = {
     .domainGuestCrashloaded = qemuProcessHandleGuestCrashloaded,
     .domainMemoryFailure = qemuProcessHandleMemoryFailure,
     .domainMemoryDeviceSizeChange = qemuProcessHandleMemoryDeviceSizeChange,
+    .domainDeviceUnplugError = qemuProcessHandleDeviceUnplugErr,
 };
 
 static void