diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 08f6197863..cf59442754 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 #include "json-parser.h"
 #include "osdep.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE
 #include "trace/simple.h"
 #endif
-#include "trace/control.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ static void monitor_protocol_emitter(Monitor *mon, QObject *data)
 {
     QDict *qmp;
 
+    trace_monitor_protocol_emitter(mon);
+
     qmp = qdict_new();
 
     if (!monitor_has_error(mon)) {
@@ -5102,6 +5104,7 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
     qobject_incref(mon->mc->id);
 
     cmd_name = qdict_get_str(input, "execute");
+    trace_handle_qmp_command(mon, cmd_name);
     if (invalid_qmp_mode(mon, cmd_name)) {
         qerror_report(QERR_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND, cmd_name);
         goto err_out;
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index f408564775..c9fd8e5ad5 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -534,3 +534,7 @@ esp_mem_writeb_cmd_sel(uint32_t val) "Select without ATN (%2.2x)"
 esp_mem_writeb_cmd_selatn(uint32_t val) "Select with ATN (%2.2x)"
 esp_mem_writeb_cmd_selatns(uint32_t val) "Select with ATN & stop (%2.2x)"
 esp_mem_writeb_cmd_ensel(uint32_t val) "Enable selection (%2.2x)"
+
+# monitor.c
+handle_qmp_command(void *mon, const char *cmd_name) "mon %p cmd_name \"%s\""
+monitor_protocol_emitter(void *mon) "mon %p"