diff --git a/console.c b/console.c
index 4669e62..2bbf104 100644
--- a/console.c
+++ b/console.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "console.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_CONSOLE
 #define DEFAULT_BACKSCROLL 512
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ void vga_hw_invalidate(void)
         active_console->hw_invalidate(active_console->hw);
 }
 
-void vga_hw_screen_dump(const char *filename)
+void qmp_screendump(const char *filename, Error **errp)
 {
     TextConsole *previous_active_console;
     bool cswitch;
@@ -187,9 +188,9 @@ void vga_hw_screen_dump(const char *filename)
         console_select(0);
     }
     if (consoles[0] && consoles[0]->hw_screen_dump) {
-        consoles[0]->hw_screen_dump(consoles[0]->hw, filename, cswitch, NULL);
+        consoles[0]->hw_screen_dump(consoles[0]->hw, filename, cswitch, errp);
     } else {
-        error_report("screen dump not implemented");
+        error_set(errp, QERR_NOT_SUPPORTED);
     }
 
     if (cswitch) {
diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
index 9caeb43..d72c546 100644
--- a/console.h
+++ b/console.h
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ DisplayState *graphic_console_init(vga_hw_update_ptr update,
 
 void vga_hw_update(void);
 void vga_hw_invalidate(void);
-void vga_hw_screen_dump(const char *filename);
 void vga_hw_text_update(console_ch_t *chardata);
 
 int is_graphic_console(void);
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index f5d9d91..70f4d71 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ ETEXI
         .args_type  = "filename:F",
         .params     = "filename",
         .help       = "save screen into PPM image 'filename'",
-        .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
-        .mhandler.cmd_new = do_screen_dump,
+        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_screen_dump,
     },
 
 STEXI
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 2ce8cb9..e7edbf9 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -999,3 +999,12 @@ void hmp_netdev_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     qmp_netdev_del(id, &err);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
+
+void hmp_screen_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    const char *filename = qdict_get_str(qdict, "filename");
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    qmp_screendump(filename, &err);
+    hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
+}
diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
index 79d138d..a98f2b3 100644
--- a/hmp.h
+++ b/hmp.h
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ void hmp_device_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_dump_guest_memory(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_netdev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_netdev_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_screen_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index a3bc2c7..b3dfb7c 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -880,12 +880,6 @@ static int client_migrate_info(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict,
     return -1;
 }
 
-static int do_screen_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
-{
-    vga_hw_screen_dump(qdict_get_str(qdict, "filename"));
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static void do_logfile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     cpu_set_log_filename(qdict_get_str(qdict, "filename"));
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 3b6e346..23e103d 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1862,3 +1862,28 @@
 # Since: 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'netdev_del', 'data': {'id': 'str'} }
+
+##
+# @screendump:
+#
+# Write a PPM of the VGA screen to a file.
+#
+# @filename: the path of a new PPM file to store the image
+#
+# Since: 0.14.0
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success
+#   If the underlying device doesn't support screen dump, NotSupported
+#   If access to the file is not allowed, InvalidAccess
+#   If QEMU has too many open files, TooManyFilesByProcess
+#   If the system has too many open files, TooManyFilesInSystem
+#   If @filename is too long, NameTooLong
+#   If a @filename path component doesn't exist, NoSuchFileOrDirectory
+#   If there isn't enough space available to write the file, NoSpace
+#   If the file-system to write the file to is read-only, ReadOnlyFileSystem
+#   If opening @filename fails for an unknown reason, OpenFileFailed
+#   If @filename becames too big, FileTooBig
+#   If an I/O error happens while writing @filename, IOError
+#
+##
+{ 'command': 'screendump', 'data': {'filename': 'str'} }
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 2e1a38e..44a8dbd 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -146,10 +146,7 @@ EQMP
     {
         .name       = "screendump",
         .args_type  = "filename:F",
-        .params     = "filename",
-        .help       = "save screen into PPM image 'filename'",
-        .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
-        .mhandler.cmd_new = do_screen_dump,
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_screendump,
     },
 
 SQMP
