1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c81cc86607..5fd01bd5f6 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2404,6 +2404,11 @@ static int mon_init_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "pretty", 0))
         flags |= MONITOR_USE_PRETTY;
 
+    /* OOB is off by default */
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "x-oob", 0)) {
+        flags |= MONITOR_USE_OOB;
+    }
+
     chardev = qemu_opt_get(opts, "chardev");
     chr = qemu_chr_find(chardev);
     if (chr == NULL) {