diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index e9bc0f375d..4cf9a259ea 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -11238,6 +11238,7 @@ qemuProcessEventFree(struct qemuProcessEvent *event)
         break;
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_WATCHDOG:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_DEVICE_DELETED:
+    case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_SERIAL_CHANGED:
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_MONITOR_EOF:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 1053d1d4cb..6adc067681 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_WATCHDOG = 0,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_GUESTPANIC,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_DEVICE_DELETED,
+    QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_SERIAL_CHANGED,
     QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_JOB_STATUS_CHANGE,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 6154fe9bfe..d00eb1796f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "qemu_hostdev.h"
 #include "qemu_hotplug.h"
 #include "qemu_monitor.h"
+#include "qemu_passt.h"
 #include "qemu_process.h"
 #include "qemu_migration.h"
 #include "qemu_migration_params.h"
@@ -3622,6 +3623,78 @@ processDeviceDeletedEvent(virQEMUDriver *driver,
 }
 
 
+static void
+processNetdevStreamDisconnectedEvent(virDomainObj *vm,
+                                     const char *netdevId)
+{
+    virDomainDeviceDef dev;
+    virDomainNetDef *def;
+    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps = QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(vm)->qemuCaps;
+    const char *devAlias = STRSKIP(netdevId, "host");
+
+    /* The event sends us the "netdev-id", but we don't store the
+     * netdev-id in the NetDef and thus can't use it to find the
+     * correct NetDef. We *do* keep the device alias in the NetDef,
+     * and by convention the netdev-id is always "host" + devAlias, so
+     * we just need to remove "host" from the front of netdev-id to
+     * get the alias, which we can then use to find the proper NetDef.
+     */
+
+    if (!devAlias) {
+        VIR_WARN("Received NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event for unrecognized netdev %s from domain %p %s",
+                  netdevId, vm, vm->def->name);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Received NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event for device %s from domain %p %s",
+              devAlias, vm, vm->def->name);
+
+    if (virDomainObjBeginJob(vm, VIR_JOB_QUERY) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
+        VIR_DEBUG("Domain is not running");
+        goto endjob;
+    }
+
+    if (virDomainDefFindDevice(vm->def, devAlias, &dev, true) < 0) {
+        VIR_WARN("NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event received for non-existent device %s in domain %s",
+                 devAlias, vm->def->name);
+        goto endjob;
+    }
+    if (dev.type != VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET) {
+        VIR_WARN("NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event received for non-network device %s in domain %s",
+                 devAlias, vm->def->name);
+        goto endjob;
+    }
+    def = dev.data.net;
+
+    if (def->backend.type != VIR_DOMAIN_NET_BACKEND_PASST) {
+        VIR_DEBUG("ignore NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event for non-passt network device %s in domain %s",
+                  def->info.alias, vm->def->name);
+        goto endjob;
+    }
+
+    if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_NETDEV_STREAM_RECONNECT)) {
+        VIR_WARN("ignore NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event for passt network device %s in domain %s - QEMU binary does not support reconnect",
+                  def->info.alias, vm->def->name);
+        goto endjob;
+    }
+
+    /* handle the event - restart the passt process with its original
+     * parameters
+     */
+    VIR_DEBUG("process NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event for network device %s in domain %s",
+              def->info.alias, vm->def->name);
+
+    if (qemuPasstStart(vm, def) < 0)
+        goto endjob;
+
+ endjob:
+    virDomainObjEndJob(vm);
+}
+
+
 static void
 processNicRxFilterChangedEvent(virDomainObj *vm,
                                const char *devAlias)
@@ -3971,6 +4044,9 @@ static void qemuProcessEventHandler(void *data, void *opaque)
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_DEVICE_DELETED:
         processDeviceDeletedEvent(driver, vm, processEvent->data);
         break;
+    case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED:
+        processNetdevStreamDisconnectedEvent(vm, processEvent->data);
+        break;
     case QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED:
         processNicRxFilterChangedEvent(vm, processEvent->data);
         break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 38f89167e0..1fa35f03cc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,17 @@ qemuMonitorEmitNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon,
 }
 
 
+void
+qemuMonitorEmitNetdevStreamDisconnected(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                        const char *devAlias)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p", mon);
+
+    QEMU_MONITOR_CALLBACK(mon, domainNetdevStreamDisconnected,
+                          mon->vm, devAlias);
+}
+
+
 void
 qemuMonitorEmitSerialChange(qemuMonitor *mon,
                             const char *devAlias,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 2d16214ba2..2fa06b99a3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainDeviceUnplugErrCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                                          virDomainObj *vm,
                                                          const char *devPath,
                                                          const char *devAlias);
+typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainNetdevStreamDisconnectedCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                                                  virDomainObj *vm,
+                                                                  const char *devAlias);
 typedef void (*qemuMonitorDomainNicRxFilterChangedCallback)(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                                             virDomainObj *vm,
                                                             const char *devAlias);
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ struct _qemuMonitorCallbacks {
     qemuMonitorDomainMemoryFailureCallback domainMemoryFailure;
     qemuMonitorDomainMemoryDeviceSizeChange domainMemoryDeviceSizeChange;
     qemuMonitorDomainDeviceUnplugErrCallback domainDeviceUnplugError;
+    qemuMonitorDomainNetdevStreamDisconnectedCallback domainNetdevStreamDisconnected;
 };
 
 qemuMonitor *qemuMonitorOpen(virDomainObj *vm,
@@ -480,6 +484,8 @@ void qemuMonitorEmitDeviceDeleted(qemuMonitor *mon,
 void qemuMonitorEmitDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                     const char *devPath,
                                     const char *devAlias);
+void qemuMonitorEmitNetdevStreamDisconnected(qemuMonitor *mon,
+                                             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 ba6276ec8e..e81b464eea 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleRdmaGidStatusChanged(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONV
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleMemoryFailure(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleMemoryDeviceSizeChange(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
+static void qemuMonitorJSONHandleNetdevStreamDisconnected(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data);
 
 typedef struct {
     const char *type;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ static qemuEventHandler eventHandlers[] = {
     { "MEMORY_FAILURE", qemuMonitorJSONHandleMemoryFailure, },
     { "MIGRATION", qemuMonitorJSONHandleMigrationStatus, },
     { "MIGRATION_PASS", qemuMonitorJSONHandleMigrationPass, },
+    { "NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleNetdevStreamDisconnected, },
     { "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleNicRxFilterChanged, },
     { "PR_MANAGER_STATUS_CHANGED", qemuMonitorJSONHandlePRManagerStatusChanged, },
     { "RDMA_GID_STATUS_CHANGED", qemuMonitorJSONHandleRdmaGidStatusChanged, },
@@ -1021,6 +1023,20 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHandleDeviceUnplugErr(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
 }
 
 
+static void
+qemuMonitorJSONHandleNetdevStreamDisconnected(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
+{
+    const char *name;
+
+    if (!(name = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data, "netdev-id"))) {
+        VIR_WARN("missing device in NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED event");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qemuMonitorEmitNetdevStreamDisconnected(mon, name);
+}
+
+
 static void
 qemuMonitorJSONHandleNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon, virJSONValue *data)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index d4499c6f84..63d7e1138d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,23 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockThreshold(qemuMonitor *mon G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
+static void
+qemuProcessHandleNetdevStreamDisconnected(qemuMonitor *mon G_GNUC_UNUSED,
+                                          virDomainObj *vm,
+                                          const char *devAlias)
+{
+    virObjectLock(vm);
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Device %s Netdev Stream Disconnected in domain %p %s",
+              devAlias, vm, vm->def->name);
+
+    qemuProcessEventSubmit(vm, QEMU_PROCESS_EVENT_NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED,
+                           0, 0, g_strdup(devAlias));
+
+    virObjectUnlock(vm);
+}
+
+
 static void
 qemuProcessHandleNicRxFilterChanged(qemuMonitor *mon G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                                     virDomainObj *vm,
@@ -1802,6 +1819,7 @@ static qemuMonitorCallbacks monitorCallbacks = {
     .domainMemoryFailure = qemuProcessHandleMemoryFailure,
     .domainMemoryDeviceSizeChange = qemuProcessHandleMemoryDeviceSizeChange,
     .domainDeviceUnplugError = qemuProcessHandleDeviceUnplugErr,
+    .domainNetdevStreamDisconnected = qemuProcessHandleNetdevStreamDisconnected,
 };
 
 static void