diff --git a/QMP/qmp-events.txt b/QMP/qmp-events.txt
index 682a5e53ac..d36da468ad 100644
--- a/QMP/qmp-events.txt
+++ b/QMP/qmp-events.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ Data: None.
 
 Description: Issued when the Virtual Machine enters debug mode.
 Data: None.
+
+4 VNC_CONNECTED
+---------------
+
+Description: Issued when a VNC client establishes a connection.
+Data: 'server' and 'client' keys with the same keys as 'query-vnc',
+except that authentication ID is not provided.
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index b824e7c7cd..c92668045a 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
         case QEVENT_STOP:
             event_name = "STOP";
             break;
+        case QEVENT_VNC_CONNECTED:
+            event_name = "VNC_CONNECTED";
+            break;
         default:
             abort();
             break;
diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
index 6ed117a920..4d57679000 100644
--- a/monitor.h
+++ b/monitor.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ typedef enum MonitorEvent {
     QEVENT_RESET,
     QEVENT_POWERDOWN,
     QEVENT_STOP,
+    QEVENT_VNC_CONNECTED,
     QEVENT_MAX,
 } MonitorEvent;
 
diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
index d37fa6021f..6d488e52ce 100644
--- a/vnc.c
+++ b/vnc.c
@@ -269,6 +269,30 @@ static void vnc_client_cache_addr(VncState *client)
     client->info = QOBJECT(qdict);
 }
 
+static void vnc_qmp_event(VncState *vs, MonitorEvent event)
+{
+    QDict *server;
+    QObject *data;
+
+    if (!vs->info) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    server = qdict_new();
+    if (vnc_server_info_put(server) < 0) {
+        QDECREF(server);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'client': %p, 'server': %p }",
+                              vs->info, QOBJECT(server));
+
+    monitor_protocol_event(event, data);
+
+    qobject_incref(vs->info);
+    qobject_decref(data);
+}
+
 static void info_vnc_iter(QObject *obj, void *opaque)
 {
     QDict *client;
@@ -2396,6 +2420,7 @@ static void vnc_connect(VncDisplay *vd, int csock)
     qemu_set_fd_handler2(vs->csock, NULL, vnc_client_read, NULL, vs);
 
     vnc_client_cache_addr(vs);
+    vnc_qmp_event(vs, QEVENT_VNC_CONNECTED);
 
     vs->vd = vd;
     vs->ds = vd->ds;