diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
index 0c5d650cc8..2bb8ee8685 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK = -2,
     VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_DEFAULT = -1,
     VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_NOWAIT = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_SHUTDOWN = 60,
 } virDomainQemuAgentCommandTimeoutValues;
 
 char *virDomainQemuAgentCommand(virDomainPtr domain, const char *cmd,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index a7b327969d..548d58065d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ int qemuAgentShutdown(qemuAgentPtr mon,
     else
         mon->await_event = QEMU_AGENT_EVENT_SHUTDOWN;
     ret = qemuAgentCommand(mon, cmd, &reply, false,
-                           VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK);
+                           VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_SHUTDOWN);
 
     virJSONValueFree(cmd);
     virJSONValueFree(reply);