diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 84ef88160006..5f70ea16a566 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/interop/index.html: $(call manual-deps,interop)
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/specs/index.html: $(call manual-deps,specs)
 	$(call build-manual,specs,html)
 
-$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/system/index.html: $(call manual-deps,system) $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx
+$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/system/index.html: $(call manual-deps,system) $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-virtio.hx
 	$(call build-manual,system,html)
 
 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/tools/index.html: $(call manual-deps,tools) $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/docs/qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 8ed1eba95b9c..66d3ff9bc350 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ else
 obj-y += hw/$(TARGET_BASE_ARCH)/
 endif
 
-generated-files-y += hmp-commands.h hmp-commands-info.h
+generated-files-y += hmp-commands.h hmp-commands-info.h hmp-commands-virtio.h
 generated-files-y += config-devices.h
 
 endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU
@@ -220,10 +220,13 @@ hmp-commands.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 hmp-commands-info.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
+hmp-commands-virtio.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-virtio.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+
 clean: clean-target
 	rm -f *.a *~ $(PROGS)
 	rm -f $(shell find . -name '*.[od]')
-	rm -f hmp-commands.h gdbstub-xml.c
+	rm -f hmp-commands.h hmp-commands-virtio.h gdbstub-xml.c
 	rm -f trace/generated-helpers.c trace/generated-helpers.c-timestamp
 ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SYSTEMTAP
 	rm -f *.stp
diff --git a/docs/system/monitor.rst b/docs/system/monitor.rst
index 0bcd5da21644..985c3f51ffe7 100644
--- a/docs/system/monitor.rst
+++ b/docs/system/monitor.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ The following commands are available:
 
 .. hxtool-doc:: hmp-commands.hx
 
+.. hxtool-doc:: hmp-commands-virtio.hx
+
 .. hxtool-doc:: hmp-commands-info.hx
 
 Integer expressions
diff --git a/hmp-commands-virtio.hx b/hmp-commands-virtio.hx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8d49f0b2b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hmp-commands-virtio.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+HXCOMM Use DEFHEADING() to define headings in both help text and rST.
+HXCOMM Text between SRST and ERST is copied to the rST version and
+HXCOMM discarded from C version.
+HXCOMM DEF(command, args, callback, arg_string, help) is used to construct
+HXCOMM monitor info commands
+HXCOMM HXCOMM can be used for comments, discarded from both rST and C.
+HXCOMM
+HXCOMM In this file, generally SRST fragments should have two extra
+HXCOMM spaces of indent, so that the documentation list item for "virtio cmd"
+HXCOMM appears inside the documentation list item for the top level
+HXCOMM "virtio" documentation entry. The exception is the first SRST
+HXCOMM fragment that defines that top level entry.
+
+SRST
+``virtio`` *subcommand*
+  Show various information about virtio.
+
+ERST
+
+    {
+        .name       = "query",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "List all available virtio devices",
+        .cmd        = hmp_virtio_query,
+        .flags      = "p",
+    },
+
+SRST
+  ``virtio query``
+    List all available virtio devices
+
+    Example:
+
+    List all available virtio devices in the machine::
+
+      (qemu) virtio query
+      /machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend [virtio-net]
+      /machine/peripheral-anon/device[1]/virtio-backend [virtio-serial]
+      /machine/peripheral-anon/device[0]/virtio-backend [virtio-blk]
+
+ERST
+
+    {
+        .name       = "status",
+        .args_type  = "path:s",
+        .params     = "path",
+        .help       = "Display status of a given virtio device",
+        .cmd        = hmp_virtio_status,
+        .flags      = "p",
+    },
+
+SRST
+  ``virtio status`` *path*
+    Display status of a given virtio device
+
+    Example:
+
+    Dump the status of the first virtio device::
+
+      (qemu) virtio status /machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend
+      /machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend:
+        Device Id:        1
+        Guest features:   0x0000000130afffa7
+        Host features:    0x0000000179bfffe7
+        Backend features: 0x0000000000000000
+        Endianness:       little
+        VirtQueues:       3
+
+ERST
+
+    {
+        .name       = "queue-status",
+        .args_type  = "path:s,queue:i",
+        .params     = "path queue",
+        .help       = "Display status of a given virtio queue",
+        .cmd        = hmp_virtio_queue_status,
+        .flags      = "p",
+    },
+
+SRST
+  ``virtio queue-status`` *path* *queue*
+    Display status of a given virtio queue
+
+    Example:
+
+    Dump the status of the first queue of the first virtio device::
+
+      (qemu) virtio queue-status /machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend 0
+      /machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend:
+        index:                0
+        inuse:                0
+        last_avail_idx:       61
+        shadow_avail_idx:     292
+        signalled_used:       61
+        signalled_used_valid: 1
+        VRing:
+          num:         256
+          num_default: 256
+          align:       4096
+          desc:        0x000000006c352000
+          avail:       0x000000006c353000
+          used:        0x000000006c353240
+
+ERST
+
+    {
+        .name       = "queue-element",
+        .args_type  = "path:s,queue:i,index:i?",
+        .params     = "path queue [index]",
+        .help       = "Display element of a given virtio queue",
+        .cmd        = hmp_virtio_queue_element,
+        .flags      = "p",
+    },
+
+SRST
+  ``virtio queue-element`` *path* *queue* [*index*]
+    Display element of a given virtio queue
+
+    Example:
+
+    Dump the information of the head element of the first queue of
+    the first virtio device::
+
+      (qemu) virtio queue-element/machine/peripheral-anon/device[3]/virtio-backend 0
+      index:  67
+      ndescs: 1
+      descs:  addr 0x6fe69800 len 1536 (write-only)
+
+      (qemu) xp/128bx 0x6fe69800
+      000000006fe69800: 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
+      000000006fe69808: 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x52 0x54 0x00 0x12
+      000000006fe69810: 0x34 0x56 0x52 0x54 0x00 0x09 0x51 0xde
+      000000006fe69818: 0x08 0x00 0x45 0x00 0x00 0x4c 0x8f 0x32
+
+    device[3] is a virtio-net device and we can see in the element buffer the
+    MAC address of the card::
+
+      [root@localhost ~]# ip link show ens4
+      2: ens4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP m0
+          link/ether 52:54:00:12:34:56 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+
+    and the MAC address of the gateway::
+
+      [root@localhost ~]# arp -a
+      _gateway (192.168.122.1) at 52:54:00:09:51:de [ether] on ens4
+
+ERST
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 7f0f3974ad90..14568b406dbc 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1804,6 +1804,16 @@ SRST
   Set QOM property *property* of object at location *path* to value *value*
 ERST
 
+    {
+        .name       = "virtio",
+        .args_type  = "name:S?",
+        .params     = "[cmd]",
+        .help       = "show various information about virtio",
+        .cmd        = hmp_virtio_help,
+        .sub_table  = hmp_virtio_cmds,
+        .flags      = "p",
+    },
+
     {
         .name       = "info",
         .args_type  = "item:s?",
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 28848b9e64cf..d52d41169fb4 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "monitor/hmp.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, VirtIODevice) virtio_list;
 
@@ -3839,6 +3842,29 @@ VirtioInfoList *qmp_query_virtio(Error **errp)
     return list;
 }
 
+void hmp_virtio_query(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    VirtioInfoList *l = qmp_query_virtio(&err);
+
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (l == NULL) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "No VirtIO devices\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (l) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s [%s]\n", l->value->path, l->value->type);
+        l = l->next;
+    }
+
+    qapi_free_VirtioInfoList(l);
+}
+
 static VirtIODevice *virtio_device_find(const char *path)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev;
@@ -3890,6 +3916,36 @@ VirtQueueStatus *qmp_virtio_queue_status(const char *path, uint16_t queue,
     return status;
 }
 
+void hmp_virtio_queue_status(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    const char *path = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "path");
+    int queue = qdict_get_int(qdict, "queue");
+    VirtQueueStatus *s = qmp_virtio_queue_status(path, queue, &err);
+
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%s:\n", path);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  index:                %d\n", s->queue_index);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  inuse:                %d\n", s->inuse);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  last_avail_idx:       %d\n", s->last_avail_idx);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  shadow_avail_idx:     %d\n", s->shadow_avail_idx);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  signalled_used:       %d\n", s->signalled_used);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  signalled_used_valid: %d\n",
+                   s->signalled_used_valid);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  VRing:\n");
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    num:         %"PRId64"\n", s->vring_num);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    num_default: %"PRId64"\n", s->vring_num_default);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    align:       %"PRId64"\n", s->vring_align);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    desc:        0x%016"PRIx64"\n", s->vring_desc);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    avail:       0x%016"PRIx64"\n", s->vring_avail);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "    used:        0x%016"PRIx64"\n", s->vring_used);
+
+    qapi_free_VirtQueueStatus(s);
+}
+
 VirtioStatus *qmp_virtio_status(const char* path, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev;
@@ -3925,6 +3981,31 @@ VirtioStatus *qmp_virtio_status(const char* path, Error **errp)
     return status;
 }
 
+void hmp_virtio_status(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    const char *path = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "path");
+    VirtioStatus *s = qmp_virtio_status(path, &err);
+
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%s:\n", path);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  Device Id:        %"PRId64"\n", s->device_id);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  Guest features:   0x%016"PRIx64"\n",
+                   s->guest_features);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  Host features:    0x%016"PRIx64"\n",
+                   s->host_features);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  Backend features: 0x%016"PRIx64"\n",
+                   s->backend_features);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  Endianness:       %s\n", s->device_endian);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "  VirtQueues:       %d\n", s->num_vqs);
+
+    qapi_free_VirtioStatus(s);
+}
+
 VirtioQueueElement *qmp_virtio_queue_element(const char* path, uint16_t queue,
                                              bool has_index, uint16_t index,
                                              Error **errp)
@@ -4010,6 +4091,40 @@ VirtioQueueElement *qmp_virtio_queue_element(const char* path, uint16_t queue,
     return element;
 }
 
+void hmp_virtio_queue_element(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    const char *path = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "path");
+    int queue = qdict_get_int(qdict, "queue");
+    int index = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "index", -1);
+    VirtioQueueElement *element;
+    VirtioRingDescList *list;
+
+    element = qmp_virtio_queue_element(path, queue, index != -1, index, &err);
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    monitor_printf(mon, "index:  %d\n", element->index);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "ndescs: %d\n", element->ndescs);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "descs:  ");
+
+    list = element->descs;
+    while (list) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "addr 0x%"PRIx64" len %d %s", list->value->addr,
+                       list->value->len, list->value->flags &
+                       VRING_DESC_F_WRITE ? "(write-only)" : "(read-only)");
+        list = list->next;
+        if (list) {
+            monitor_printf(mon, ", ");
+        }
+    }
+    monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
+
+    qapi_free_VirtioQueueElement(element);
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo virtio_device_info = {
     .name = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
     .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
diff --git a/include/monitor/hmp.h b/include/monitor/hmp.h
index e33ca5a911a5..9f1c118dde31 100644
--- a/include/monitor/hmp.h
+++ b/include/monitor/hmp.h
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ void hmp_info_memory_devices(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_qom_list(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_qom_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_info_qom_tree(Monitor *mon, const QDict *dict);
+void hmp_virtio_query(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_virtio_status(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_virtio_queue_status(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_virtio_queue_element(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void object_add_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
 void object_del_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
 void device_add_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index 6c45fa490ff5..5eacfa7079fc 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "config-devices.h"
 #include "monitor-internal.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "monitor/qdev.h"
@@ -232,6 +233,15 @@ static void hmp_info_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     help_cmd(mon, "info");
 }
 
+static void hmp_virtio_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_VIRTIO)
+    help_cmd(mon, "virtio");
+#else
+    monitor_printf(mon, "Virtio is disabled\n");
+#endif
+}
+
 static void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void)
 {
     /*
@@ -1683,6 +1693,13 @@ static HMPCommand hmp_info_cmds[] = {
     { NULL, NULL, },
 };
 
+static HMPCommand hmp_virtio_cmds[] = {
+#if defined(CONFIG_VIRTIO)
+#include "hmp-commands-virtio.h"
+#endif
+    { NULL, NULL, },
+};
+
 /* hmp_cmds and hmp_info_cmds would be sorted at runtime */
 HMPCommand hmp_cmds[] = {
 #include "hmp-commands.h"
