diff --git a/include/migration/colo.h b/include/migration/colo.h
index bf84b99cc5..b40676c748 100644
--- a/include/migration/colo.h
+++ b/include/migration/colo.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
 
 bool colo_supported(void);
 void colo_info_init(void);
@@ -22,4 +24,9 @@ void colo_info_init(void);
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s);
 bool migration_in_colo_state(void);
 
+/* loadvm */
+bool migration_incoming_enable_colo(void);
+void migration_incoming_exit_colo(void);
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque);
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index 34f442b2b3..c309d23370 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/coroutine_int.h"
 
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC           0x5145564d
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION_COMPAT  0x00000002
@@ -107,6 +108,12 @@ struct MigrationIncomingState {
     QEMUBH *bh;
 
     int state;
+
+    bool have_colo_incoming_thread;
+    QemuThread colo_incoming_thread;
+    /* The coroutine we should enter (back) after failover */
+    Coroutine *migration_incoming_co;
+
     /* See savevm.c */
     LoadStateEntry_Head loadvm_handlers;
 };
diff --git a/migration/colo-comm.c b/migration/colo-comm.c
index a2d5185a8a..bf44f76440 100644
--- a/migration/colo-comm.c
+++ b/migration/colo-comm.c
@@ -49,3 +49,13 @@ void colo_info_init(void)
 {
     vmstate_register(NULL, 0, &colo_state, &colo_info);
 }
+
+bool migration_incoming_enable_colo(void)
+{
+    return colo_info.colo_requested;
+}
+
+void migration_incoming_exit_colo(void)
+{
+    colo_info.colo_requested = false;
+}
diff --git a/migration/colo.c b/migration/colo.c
index f480431972..550cc5f122 100644
--- a/migration/colo.c
+++ b/migration/colo.c
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
     return (s->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
 }
 
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = migration_incoming_get_current();
+
+    return mis && (mis->state == MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
+}
+
 static void colo_process_checkpoint(MigrationState *s)
 {
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
@@ -46,3 +53,17 @@ void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
     colo_process_checkpoint(s);
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 }
+
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    MigrationIncomingState *mis = opaque;
+
+    migrate_set_state(&mis->state, MIGRATION_STATUS_ACTIVE,
+                      MIGRATION_STATUS_COLO);
+
+    /* TODO: COLO checkpoint restore loop */
+
+    migration_incoming_exit_colo();
+
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index aff3eb460d..d8421b5085 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -407,6 +407,18 @@ static void process_incoming_migration_co(void *opaque)
         /* Else if something went wrong then just fall out of the normal exit */
     }
 
+    /* we get COLO info, and know if we are in COLO mode */
+    if (!ret && migration_incoming_enable_colo()) {
+        mis->migration_incoming_co = qemu_coroutine_self();
+        qemu_thread_create(&mis->colo_incoming_thread, "COLO incoming",
+             colo_process_incoming_thread, mis, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+        mis->have_colo_incoming_thread = true;
+        qemu_coroutine_yield();
+
+        /* Wait checkpoint incoming thread exit before free resource */
+        qemu_thread_join(&mis->colo_incoming_thread);
+    }
+
     qemu_fclose(f);
     free_xbzrle_decoded_buf();
 
diff --git a/stubs/migration-colo.c b/stubs/migration-colo.c
index 0c8eef4f38..7b723954d5 100644
--- a/stubs/migration-colo.c
+++ b/stubs/migration-colo.c
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ bool migration_in_colo_state(void)
     return false;
 }
 
+bool migration_incoming_in_colo_state(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
 void migrate_start_colo_process(MigrationState *s)
 {
 }
+
+void *colo_process_incoming_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}