diff --git a/migration/channel.c b/migration/channel.c
index 20e4c8e2dc..498af99104 100644
--- a/migration/channel.c
+++ b/migration/channel.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void migration_channel_process_incoming(QIOChannel *ioc)
     trace_migration_set_incoming_channel(
         ioc, object_get_typename(OBJECT(ioc)));
 
+    qio_channel_set_yank(ioc, s->parameters.yank);
     if (s->parameters.tls_creds &&
         *s->parameters.tls_creds &&
         !object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(ioc),
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ void migration_channel_connect(MigrationState *s,
         ioc, object_get_typename(OBJECT(ioc)), hostname, error);
 
     if (!error) {
+        qio_channel_set_yank(ioc, s->parameters.yank);
         if (s->parameters.tls_creds &&
             *s->parameters.tls_creds &&
             !object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(ioc),
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 187ac0410c..b6f2f82dfb 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -814,6 +814,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->max_postcopy_bandwidth = s->parameters.max_postcopy_bandwidth;
     params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
     params->max_cpu_throttle = s->parameters.max_cpu_throttle;
+    params->has_yank = true;
+    params->yank = s->parameters.yank;
     params->has_announce_initial = true;
     params->announce_initial = s->parameters.announce_initial;
     params->has_announce_max = true;
@@ -1364,6 +1366,9 @@ static void migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
     if (params->has_max_cpu_throttle) {
         dest->max_cpu_throttle = params->max_cpu_throttle;
     }
+    if (params->has_yank) {
+        dest->yank = params->yank;
+    }
     if (params->has_announce_initial) {
         dest->announce_initial = params->announce_initial;
     }
@@ -1472,6 +1477,9 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params, Error **errp)
     if (params->has_max_cpu_throttle) {
         s->parameters.max_cpu_throttle = params->max_cpu_throttle;
     }
+    if (params->has_yank) {
+        s->parameters.yank = params->yank;
+    }
     if (params->has_announce_initial) {
         s->parameters.announce_initial = params->announce_initial;
     }
@@ -3623,6 +3631,8 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("max-cpu-throttle", MigrationState,
                       parameters.max_cpu_throttle,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_MAX_CPU_THROTTLE),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("yank", MigrationState,
+                      parameters.yank, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_SIZE("announce-initial", MigrationState,
                       parameters.announce_initial,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_ANNOUNCE_INITIAL),
@@ -3711,6 +3721,7 @@ static void migration_instance_init(Object *obj)
     params->has_xbzrle_cache_size = true;
     params->has_max_postcopy_bandwidth = true;
     params->has_max_cpu_throttle = true;
+    params->has_yank = true;
     params->has_announce_initial = true;
     params->has_announce_max = true;
     params->has_announce_rounds = true;
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index eca2981d0a..ad9e431a8f 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @yank: Shutdown the migration socket when the 'yank' qmp command is
+#        executed. (Since: 5.1)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
@@ -636,7 +639,7 @@
            'multifd-channels',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth',
            'max-cpu-throttle', 'multifd-compression',
-           'multifd-zlib-level' ,'multifd-zstd-level' ] }
+           'multifd-zlib-level' ,'multifd-zstd-level', 'yank' ] }
 
 ##
 # @MigrateSetParameters:
@@ -747,6 +750,9 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @yank: Shutdown the migration socket when the 'yank' qmp command is
+#        executed. (Since: 5.1)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 # TODO either fuse back into MigrationParameters, or make
@@ -776,7 +782,8 @@
             '*max-cpu-throttle': 'int',
             '*multifd-compression': 'MultiFDCompression',
             '*multifd-zlib-level': 'int',
-            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'int' } }
+            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'int',
+            '*yank': 'bool'} }
 
 ##
 # @migrate-set-parameters:
@@ -907,6 +914,9 @@
 #          will consume more CPU.
 #          Defaults to 1. (Since 5.0)
 #
+# @yank: Shutdown the migration socket when the 'yank' qmp command is
+#        executed. (Since: 5.1)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -934,7 +944,8 @@
             '*max-cpu-throttle': 'uint8',
             '*multifd-compression': 'MultiFDCompression',
             '*multifd-zlib-level': 'uint8',
-            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'uint8' } }
+            '*multifd-zstd-level': 'uint8',
+            '*yank': 'bool'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters:
