diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 28159d837a..17aa7c88dc 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ def qmp_to_opts(self, obj):
             output_list += [key + '=' + obj[key]]
         return ','.join(output_list)
 
+    def get_qmp_events_filtered(self, wait=True):
+        result = []
+        for ev in self.get_qmp_events(wait=wait):
+            result.append(filter_qmp_event(ev))
+        return result
 
 
 index_re = re.compile(r'([^\[]+)\[([^\]]+)\]')