2 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.c b/tests/libqtest.c
index d4e6bff121..6f6975248f 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/libqtest.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void qtest_qmp_discard_response(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, ...)
     QDECREF(response);
 }
 
-void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
+QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event)
 {
     QDict *response;
 
@@ -541,13 +541,20 @@ void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
         response = qtest_qmp_receive(s);
         if ((qdict_haskey(response, "event")) &&
             (strcmp(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), event) == 0)) {
-            QDECREF(response);
-            break;
+            return response;
         }
         QDECREF(response);
     }
 }
 
+void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event)
+{
+    QDict *response;
+
+    response = qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(s, event);
+    QDECREF(response);
+}
+
 char *qtest_hmpv(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     char *cmd;
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.h b/tests/libqtest.h
index 0224f06d65..90f182e1d8 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/libqtest.h
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ QDict *qtest_qmp_receive(QTestState *s);
 void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event);
 
 /**
+ * qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref:
+ * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
+ * @s: #event event to wait for.
+ *
+ * Continuosly polls for QMP responses until it receives the desired event.
+ * Returns a copy of the event for further investigation.
+ */
+QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event);
+
+/**
  * qtest_hmpv:
  * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
  * @fmt...: HMP command to send to QEMU
@@ -559,6 +569,18 @@ static inline void qmp_eventwait(const char *event)
 }
 
 /**
+ * qmp_eventwait_ref:
+ * @s: #event event to wait for.
+ *
+ * Continuosly polls for QMP responses until it receives the desired event.
+ * Returns a copy of the event for further investigation.
+ */
+static inline QDict *qmp_eventwait_ref(const char *event)
+{
+    return qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(global_qtest, event);
+}
+
+/**
  * hmp:
  * @fmt...: HMP command to send to QEMU
  *