diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 05e772df4a..68e7138d56 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3798,7 +3798,7 @@ qemuDumpToFd(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         }
     }
 
-    ret = qemuMonitorDumpToFd(priv->mon, fd, dumpformat);
+    ret = qemuMonitorDumpToFd(priv->mon, fd, dumpformat, false);
 
  cleanup:
     ignore_value(qemuDomainObjExitMonitor(driver, vm));
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index fd19699afe..9b5ad72cf9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2805,7 +2805,10 @@ qemuMonitorGetDumpGuestMemoryCapability(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 
 int
-qemuMonitorDumpToFd(qemuMonitorPtr mon, int fd, const char *dumpformat)
+qemuMonitorDumpToFd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                    int fd,
+                    const char *dumpformat,
+                    bool detach)
 {
     int ret;
     VIR_DEBUG("fd=%d dumpformat=%s", fd, dumpformat);
@@ -2815,7 +2818,7 @@ qemuMonitorDumpToFd(qemuMonitorPtr mon, int fd, const char *dumpformat)
     if (qemuMonitorSendFileHandle(mon, "dump", fd) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    ret = qemuMonitorJSONDump(mon, "fd:dump", dumpformat);
+    ret = qemuMonitorJSONDump(mon, "fd:dump", dumpformat, detach);
 
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (qemuMonitorCloseFileHandle(mon, "dump") < 0)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 83187599ac..ea0c01ae7f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -795,7 +795,8 @@ int qemuMonitorQueryDump(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int qemuMonitorDumpToFd(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                         int fd,
-                        const char *dumpformat);
+                        const char *dumpformat,
+                        bool detach);
 
 int qemuMonitorGraphicsRelocate(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                 int type,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 0acce144cd..242b92ea3f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -3263,7 +3263,8 @@ qemuMonitorJSONGetDumpGuestMemoryCapability(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 int
 qemuMonitorJSONDump(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                     const char *protocol,
-                    const char *dumpformat)
+                    const char *dumpformat,
+                    bool detach)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     virJSONValuePtr cmd = NULL;
@@ -3273,6 +3274,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONDump(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                      "b:paging", false,
                                      "s:protocol", protocol,
                                      "S:format", dumpformat,
+                                     "B:detach", detach,
                                      NULL);
     if (!cmd)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 2f59518ba8..a62e2418dc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetDumpGuestMemoryCapability(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONDump(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                         const char *protocol,
-                        const char *dumpformat);
+                        const char *dumpformat,
+                        bool detach);
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONGraphicsRelocate(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                     int type,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index fe46a33eb0..1eeefbce9b 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -1330,7 +1330,8 @@ GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONSetMigrationDowntime, 1)
 GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONMigrate, QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATE_BACKGROUND |
               QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK |
               QEMU_MONITOR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC, "tcp:localhost:12345")
-GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONDump, "dummy_protocol", "dummy_memory_dump_format")
+GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONDump, "dummy_protocol", "dummy_memory_dump_format",
+              true)
 GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONGraphicsRelocate, VIR_DOMAIN_GRAPHICS_TYPE_SPICE,
               "localhost", 12345, 12346, NULL)
 GEN_TEST_FUNC(qemuMonitorJSONAddNetdev, "some_dummy_netdevstr")