diff --git a/docs/save_devices.txt b/docs/save_devices.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79915d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/save_devices.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+= Save Devices =
+
+QEMU has code to load/save the state of the guest that it is running.
+These are two complementary operations.  Saving the state just does
+that, saves the state for each device that the guest is running.
+
+These operations are normally used with migration (see migration.txt),
+however it is also possible to save the state of all devices to file,
+without saving the RAM or the block devices of the VM.
+
+This operation is called "save_devices" (see QMP/qmp-commands.txt).
+
+
+The binary format used in the file is the following:
+
+
+-------------------------------------------
+
+32 bit big endian: QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC
+32 bit big endian: QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION
+
+for_each_device
+{
+    8 bit:              QEMU_VM_SECTION_FULL
+    32 bit big endian:  section_id
+    8 bit:              idstr (ID string) length
+    string:             idstr (ID string)
+    32 bit big endian:  instance_id
+    32 bit big endian:  version_id
+    buffer:             device specific data
+}
+
+8 bit: QEMU_VM_EOF
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index d0b6792..7f938ff 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1593,3 +1593,21 @@
 { 'command': 'qom-list-types',
   'data': { '*implements': 'str', '*abstract': 'bool' },
   'returns': [ 'ObjectTypeInfo' ] }
+
+##
+# @save_devices:
+#
+# Save the state of all devices to file. The RAM and the block devices
+# of the VM are not saved by this command.
+#
+# @filename: the file to save the state of the devices to as binary
+# data. See save_devices.txt for a description of the binary format.
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success
+#          If @filename cannot be opened, OpenFileFailed
+#          If an I/O error occurs while writing the file, IOError
+#
+# Since: 1.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'save_devices', 'data': {'filename': 'str'} }
+
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 705f704..064d2a4 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -444,6 +444,31 @@ Note: inject-nmi is only supported for x86 guest currently, it will
 EQMP
 
     {
+        .name       = "save_devices",
+        .args_type  = "filename:F",
+    .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_save_devices,
+    },
+
+SQMP
+save_devices
+-------
+
+Save the state of all devices to file. The RAM and the block devices
+of the VM are not saved by this command.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "filename": the file to save the state of the devices to as binary
+data. See save_devices.txt for a description of the binary format.
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "save_devices", "arguments": { "filename": "/tmp/save" } }
+<- { "return": {} }
+
+EQMP
+
+    {
         .name       = "migrate",
         .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
         .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] uri",
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 80be1ff..148356a 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "cpus.h"
 #include "memory.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
 
 #define SELF_ANNOUNCE_ROUNDS 5
 
@@ -1177,6 +1178,7 @@ typedef struct SaveStateEntry {
     void *opaque;
     CompatEntry *compat;
     int no_migrate;
+    int is_ram;
 } SaveStateEntry;
 
 
@@ -1241,6 +1243,10 @@ int register_savevm_live(DeviceState *dev,
     se->opaque = opaque;
     se->vmsd = NULL;
     se->no_migrate = 0;
+    /* if this is a live_savem then set is_ram */
+    if (save_live_state != NULL) {
+        se->is_ram = 1;
+    }
 
     if (dev && dev->parent_bus && dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path) {
         char *id = dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path(dev);
@@ -1728,6 +1734,45 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int qemu_save_device_state(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    SaveStateEntry *se;
+
+    qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC);
+    qemu_put_be32(f, QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION);
+
+    cpu_synchronize_all_states();
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_handlers, entry) {
+        int len;
+
+        if (se->is_ram) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (se->save_state == NULL && se->vmsd == NULL) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        /* Section type */
+        qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_SECTION_FULL);
+        qemu_put_be32(f, se->section_id);
+
+        /* ID string */
+        len = strlen(se->idstr);
+        qemu_put_byte(f, len);
+        qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)se->idstr, len);
+
+        qemu_put_be32(f, se->instance_id);
+        qemu_put_be32(f, se->version_id);
+
+        vmstate_save(f, se);
+    }
+
+    qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_EOF);
+
+    return qemu_file_get_error(f);
+}
+
 static SaveStateEntry *find_se(const char *idstr, int instance_id)
 {
     SaveStateEntry *se;
@@ -2109,6 +2154,32 @@ void do_savevm(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         vm_start();
 }
 
+void qmp_save_devices(const char *filename, Error **errp)
+{
+    QEMUFile *f;
+    int saved_vm_running;
+    int ret;
+
+    saved_vm_running = runstate_is_running();
+    vm_stop(RUN_STATE_SAVE_VM);
+
+    f = qemu_fopen(filename, "wb");
+    if (!f) {
+        error_set(errp, QERR_OPEN_FILE_FAILED, filename);
+        goto the_end;
+    }
+    ret = qemu_save_device_state(f);
+    qemu_fclose(f);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_set(errp, QERR_IO_ERROR);
+    }
+
+ the_end:
+    if (saved_vm_running)
+        vm_start();
+    return;
+}
+
 int load_vmstate(const char *name)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs, *bs_vm_state;
