diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b15003f..a3e465f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ endif
 endif
 
 GENERATED_HEADERS = config-host.h qemu-options.def
-GENERATED_HEADERS += qmp-commands.h qapi-types.h qapi-visit.h
-GENERATED_SOURCES += qmp-marshal.c qapi-types.c qapi-visit.c
+GENERATED_HEADERS += qmp-commands.h qapi-types.h qapi-visit.h qapi-event.h
+GENERATED_SOURCES += qmp-marshal.c qapi-types.c qapi-visit.c qapi-event.c
 
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-events.h
 GENERATED_SOURCES += trace/generated-events.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Makefile: $(version-obj-y) $(version-lobj-y)
 # Build libraries
 
 libqemustub.a: $(stub-obj-y)
-libqemuutil.a: $(util-obj-y) qapi-types.o qapi-visit.o
+libqemuutil.a: $(util-obj-y) qapi-types.o qapi-visit.o qapi-event.o
 
 ######################################################################
 
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+qapi-event.c qapi-event.h :\
+$(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(gen-out-type) -o "." -b < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 qmp-commands.h qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -m -o "." < $<, "  GEN   $@")
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 2b6c1fe..33f5950 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ block-obj-y += main-loop.o iohandler.o qemu-timer.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += aio-posix.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += aio-win32.o
 block-obj-y += block/
-block-obj-y += qapi-types.o qapi-visit.o
+block-obj-y += qapi-types.o qapi-visit.o qapi-event.o
 block-obj-y += qemu-io-cmds.o
 
 block-obj-y += qemu-coroutine.o qemu-coroutine-lock.o qemu-coroutine-io.o
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp-event.h b/include/qapi/qmp-event.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6922693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp-event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * QMP Event related
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Wenchao Xia   <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef QMP_EVENT_H
+#define QMP_EVENT_H
+
+#include "qapi-types.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+
+typedef struct QMPEventHooks {
+    void (*emit)(QDict *dict, Error **errp);
+} QMPEventHooks;
+
+void qmp_event_set_hooks(QMPEventHooks *hooks);
+
+void qmp_event_generate(Error **errp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/qapi/Makefile.objs b/qapi/Makefile.objs
index 1f9c973..d14b769 100644
--- a/qapi/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qapi/Makefile.objs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ util-obj-y += qmp-output-visitor.o qmp-registry.o qmp-dispatch.o
 util-obj-y += string-input-visitor.o string-output-visitor.o
 
 util-obj-y += opts-visitor.o
+util-obj-y += qmp-event.o
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-event.c b/qapi/qmp-event.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f2f5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qapi/qmp-event.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * QMP Event related
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Wenchao Xia   <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "glib.h"
+
+#include "qapi/qmp-event.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp-output-visitor.h"
+#include "qapi-visit.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "sysemu/os-win32.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+#include "sysemu/os-posix.h"
+#endif
+
+static QMPEventHooks qmp_event_hooks;
+
+void qmp_event_set_hooks(QMPEventHooks *hooks)
+{
+    qmp_event_hooks = *hooks;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fill in the timestamp if caller haven't set it, and then try emit.
+ */
+void qmp_event_generate(Error **errp)
+{
+    return;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-event.py b/scripts/qapi-event.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c6a0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qapi-event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+#
+# QAPI event generator
+#
+# Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Wenchao Xia <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
+# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+
+from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+from qapi import *
+import sys
+import os
+import getopt
+import errno
+
+def _generate_event_api_name_with_params(event_name, params):
+    api_name = "void qapi_event_gen_%s(" % c_fun(event_name);
+    l = len(api_name)
+
+    for argname, argentry, optional, structured in parse_args(params):
+        if structured:
+            sys.stderr.write("Nested structure define in event is not "
+                             "supported now, event '%s', argname '%s'\n" %
+                             (event_name, argname))
+            sys.exit(1)
+            continue
+
+        if optional:
+            api_name += "bool has_%s,\n" % c_var(argname)
+            api_name += "".ljust(l)
+
+        if argentry == "str":
+            api_name += "const "
+        api_name += "%s %s,\n" % (c_type(argentry), c_var(argname))
+        api_name += "".ljust(l)
+
+    api_name += "Error **errp)"
+    return api_name;
+
+def _generate_event_implement_with_params(api_name, event_name, params):
+    ret = mcgen("""
+
+%(api_name)s
+{
+    QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
+    Visitor *v;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    QObject *obj;
+    QDict *qmp = NULL;
+
+    if (!qapi_event_functions.emit) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qmp = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(qmp, "event", qstring_from_str("%(event_name)s"));
+    timestamp_put(qmp);
+
+    qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
+    g_assert(qov);
+
+    v = qmp_output_get_visitor(qov);
+    g_assert(v);
+
+    /* Fake visit, as if all member are under a structure */
+    visit_start_struct(v, NULL, "", "%(event_name)s", 0, &err);
+    if (error_is_set(&err)) {
+        goto clean;
+    }
+
+""",
+                api_name = api_name,
+                event_name = event_name)
+
+    for argname, argentry, optional, structured in parse_args(params):
+        if structured:
+            sys.stderr.write("Nested structure define in event is not "
+                             "supported now, event '%s', argname '%s'\n" %
+                             (event_name, argname))
+            sys.exit(1)
+            continue
+
+        if optional:
+            ret += mcgen("""
+    if (has_%(var)s) {
+""",
+                         var = c_var(argname))
+            push_indent()
+
+        if argentry == "str":
+            var_type = "(char **)"
+        else:
+            var_type = ""
+
+        ret += mcgen("""
+    visit_type_%(type)s(v, %(var_type)s&%(var)s, "%(name)s", &err);
+    if (error_is_set(&err)) {
+        goto clean;
+    }
+""",
+                     var_type = var_type,
+                     var = c_var(argname),
+                     type = type_name(argentry),
+                     name = argname)
+
+        if optional:
+            pop_indent()
+            ret += mcgen("""
+    }
+""")
+
+    ret += mcgen("""
+
+    visit_end_struct(v, &err);
+    if (error_is_set(&err)) {
+        goto clean;
+    }
+
+    obj = qmp_output_get_qobject(qov);
+    g_assert(obj != NULL);
+
+    qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", obj);
+
+    qapi_event_functions.emit(qmp, &err);
+
+ clean:
+    error_propagate(errp, err);
+    qmp_output_visitor_cleanup(qov);
+    QDECREF(qmp);
+}
+""")
+
+    return ret
+
+def _generate_event_api_name(event_name):
+    return "void qapi_event_gen_%s(Error **errp)" % c_fun(event_name);
+
+def _generate_event_implement(api_name, event_name):
+    return mcgen("""
+
+%(api_name)s
+{
+    QDict *qmp = NULL;
+
+    if (!qapi_event_functions.emit) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qmp = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(qmp, "event", qstring_from_str("%(event_name)s"));
+    timestamp_put(qmp);
+
+    qapi_event_functions.emit(qmp, errp);
+
+    QDECREF(qmp);
+}
+""",
+                api_name = api_name,
+                event_name = event_name)
+
+
+def generate_event_declaration(event_name, params):
+    if params and len(params) > 0:
+        api_name = _generate_event_api_name_with_params(event_name, params)
+    else:
+        api_name = _generate_event_api_name(event_name)
+
+    return mcgen('''
+
+%(api_name)s;
+''',
+                 api_name = api_name)
+
+def generate_event_implement(event_name, params):
+    if params and len(params) > 0:
+        api_name = _generate_event_api_name_with_params(event_name, params)
+        ret =  _generate_event_implement_with_params(api_name,
+                                                     event_name,
+                                                     params)
+
+    else:
+        api_name = _generate_event_api_name(event_name)
+        ret =  _generate_event_implement(api_name,
+                                         event_name)
+    return ret
+
+try:
+    opts, args = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:], "chbp:o:",
+                                   ["source", "header", "builtins", "prefix=",
+                                    "output-dir="])
+except getopt.GetoptError, err:
+    print str(err)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+output_dir = ""
+prefix = ""
+c_file = 'qapi-event.c'
+h_file = 'qapi-event.h'
+
+do_c = False
+do_h = False
+do_builtins = False
+
+for o, a in opts:
+    if o in ("-p", "--prefix"):
+        prefix = a
+    elif o in ("-o", "--output-dir"):
+        output_dir = a + "/"
+    elif o in ("-c", "--source"):
+        do_c = True
+    elif o in ("-h", "--header"):
+        do_h = True
+    elif o in ("-b", "--builtins"):
+        do_builtins = True
+
+if not do_c and not do_h:
+    do_c = True
+    do_h = True
+
+c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
+h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
+
+try:
+    os.makedirs(output_dir)
+except os.error, e:
+    if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+        raise
+
+def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
+    if really:
+        return open(name, opt)
+    else:
+        import StringIO
+        return StringIO.StringIO()
+
+fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
+fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
+
+fdef.write(mcgen('''
+/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
+
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI event functions
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Wenchao Xia   <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "%(header)s"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-visit.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp-output-visitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "sysemu/os-win32.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+#include "sysemu/os-posix.h"
+#endif
+
+typedef struct QAPIEventFunctions {
+    void (*emit)(QDict *dict, Error **errp);
+} QAPIEventFunctions;
+
+QAPIEventFunctions qapi_event_functions;
+
+void qapi_event_set_func_emit(qapi_event_emit emit)
+{
+    qapi_event_functions.emit = emit;
+}
+
+static void timestamp_put(QDict *qdict)
+{
+    int err;
+    QObject *obj;
+    qemu_timeval tv;
+
+    err = qemu_gettimeofday(&tv);
+    if (err < 0)
+        return;
+
+    obj = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'seconds': %(p)s" PRId64 ", "
+                                "'microseconds': %(p)s" PRId64 " }",
+                                (int64_t) tv.tv_sec, (int64_t) tv.tv_usec);
+    qdict_put_obj(qdict, "timestamp", obj);
+}
+
+''',
+                 prefix=prefix, header=basename(h_file), p="%"))
+
+fdecl.write(mcgen('''
+/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
+
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI event function
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Wenchao Xia  <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef %(guard)s
+#define %(guard)s
+
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
+
+typedef void (*qapi_event_emit)(QDict *d, Error **errp);
+
+void qapi_event_set_func_emit(qapi_event_emit emit);
+
+''',
+                  prefix=prefix, guard=guardname(h_file)))
+
+exprs = parse_schema(sys.stdin)
+
+for expr in exprs:
+    if expr.has_key('event'):
+        event_name = expr['event']
+        params = expr.get('data')
+
+        ret = generate_event_declaration(event_name, params)
+        fdecl.write(ret)
+
+        ret = generate_event_implement(event_name, params)
+        fdef.write(ret)
+
+fdecl.write('''
+#endif
+''')
+
+fdecl.flush()
+fdecl.close()
+
+fdef.flush()
+fdef.close()
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index f414f2c..3c22f0a 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ check-unit-y += tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-test-string-input-visitor-y = qapi/string-input-visitor.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-test-string-output-visitor-y = qapi/string-output-visitor.c
+check-unit-y += tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-test-qmp-event-y += qapi/qmp-event.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-opts-visitor$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-test-opts-visitor-y = qapi/opts-visitor.c
 check-unit-y += tests/test-coroutine$(EXESUF)
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ check-qapi-schema-y := $(addprefix tests/qapi-schema/, \
         trailing-comma-list.json trailing-comma-object.json \
         unclosed-list.json unclosed-object.json unclosed-string.json)
 
-GENERATED_HEADERS += tests/test-qapi-types.h tests/test-qapi-visit.h tests/test-qmp-commands.h
+GENERATED_HEADERS += tests/test-qapi-types.h tests/test-qapi-visit.h \
+                     tests/test-qapi-event.h tests/test-qmp-commands.h
 
 test-obj-y = tests/check-qint.o tests/check-qstring.o tests/check-qdict.o \
 	tests/check-qlist.o tests/check-qfloat.o tests/check-qjson.o \
@@ -129,9 +132,10 @@ test-obj-y = tests/check-qint.o tests/check-qstring.o tests/check-qdict.o \
 	tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.o tests/test-qmp-input-strict.o \
 	tests/test-qmp-commands.o tests/test-visitor-serialization.o \
 	tests/test-x86-cpuid.o tests/test-mul64.o tests/test-int128.o \
-	tests/test-opts-visitor.o
+	tests/test-opts-visitor.o tests/test-qmp-event.o
 
-test-qapi-obj-y = tests/test-qapi-visit.o tests/test-qapi-types.o
+test-qapi-obj-y = tests/test-qapi-visit.o tests/test-qapi-types.o \
+                  tests/test-qapi-event.o
 
 $(test-obj-y): QEMU_INCLUDES += -Itests
 QEMU_CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)/tests
@@ -167,12 +171,16 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-typ
 tests/test-qapi-visit.c tests/test-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
+tests/test-qapi-event.c tests/test-qapi-event.h :\
+$(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 tests/test-qmp-commands.h tests/test-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-event.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 tests/test-qmp-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 tests/test-qmp-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 tests/test-qmp-input-strict$(EXESUF): tests/test-qmp-input-strict.o $(test-qapi-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json
index 1e23d21..3fd7902 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json
@@ -93,3 +93,15 @@
     '*u16' : [ 'uint16' ],
     '*i64x':   'int'     ,
     '*u64x':   'uint64'  } }
+
+# testing event
+{ 'type': 'EventStructOne',
+  'data': { 'struct1': 'UserDefOne', 'string': 'str', '*enum2': 'EnumOne' } }
+
+{ 'event': 'EVENT_A' }
+{ 'event': 'EVENT_B',
+  'data': { } }
+{ 'event': 'EVENT_C',
+  'data': { '*a': 'int', '*b': 'UserDefOne', 'c': 'str' } }
+{ 'event': 'EVENT_D',
+  'data': { 'a' : 'EventStructOne', 'b' : 'str', '*c': 'str', '*enum3': 'EnumOne' } }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
index ce174a2..22430ba 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
  OrderedDict([('command', 'user_def_cmd'), ('data', OrderedDict())]),
  OrderedDict([('command', 'user_def_cmd1'), ('data', OrderedDict([('ud1a', 'UserDefOne')]))]),
  OrderedDict([('command', 'user_def_cmd2'), ('data', OrderedDict([('ud1a', 'UserDefOne'), ('ud1b', 'UserDefOne')])), ('returns', 'UserDefTwo')]),
- OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefOptions'), ('data', OrderedDict([('*i64', ['int']), ('*u64', ['uint64']), ('*u16', ['uint16']), ('*i64x', 'int'), ('*u64x', 'uint64')]))])]
+ OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefOptions'), ('data', OrderedDict([('*i64', ['int']), ('*u64', ['uint64']), ('*u16', ['uint16']), ('*i64x', 'int'), ('*u64x', 'uint64')]))]),
+ OrderedDict([('type', 'EventStructOne'), ('data', OrderedDict([('struct1', 'UserDefOne'), ('string', 'str'), ('*enum2', 'EnumOne')]))]),
+ OrderedDict([('event', 'EVENT_A')]),
+ OrderedDict([('event', 'EVENT_B'), ('data', OrderedDict())]),
+ OrderedDict([('event', 'EVENT_C'), ('data', OrderedDict([('*a', 'int'), ('*b', 'UserDefOne'), ('c', 'str')]))]),
+ OrderedDict([('event', 'EVENT_D'), ('data', OrderedDict([('a', 'EventStructOne'), ('b', 'str'), ('*c', 'str'), ('*enum3', 'EnumOne')]))])]
 [{'enum_name': 'EnumOne', 'enum_values': ['value1', 'value2', 'value3']},
  {'enum_name': 'UserDefUnionKind', 'enum_values': None},
  {'enum_name': 'UserDefBaseUnionKind', 'enum_values': None},
@@ -31,4 +36,5 @@
  OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefBase0'), ('data', OrderedDict([('base-string0', 'str'), ('base-enum0', 'EnumOne')]))]),
  OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefA'), ('data', OrderedDict([('boolean', 'bool')]))]),
  OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefB'), ('data', OrderedDict([('integer', 'int')]))]),
- OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefOptions'), ('data', OrderedDict([('*i64', ['int']), ('*u64', ['uint64']), ('*u16', ['uint16']), ('*i64x', 'int'), ('*u64x', 'uint64')]))])]
+ OrderedDict([('type', 'UserDefOptions'), ('data', OrderedDict([('*i64', ['int']), ('*u64', ['uint64']), ('*u16', ['uint16']), ('*i64x', 'int'), ('*u64x', 'uint64')]))]),
+ OrderedDict([('type', 'EventStructOne'), ('data', OrderedDict([('struct1', 'UserDefOne'), ('string', 'str'), ('*enum2', 'EnumOne')]))])]
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-event.c b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b2c43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+/*
+ * QMP Input Visitor unit-tests.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "test-qapi-types.h"
+#include "test-qapi-visit.h"
+#include "test-qapi-event.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/types.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
+
+typedef struct TestEventData {
+    QDict *expect;
+} TestEventData;
+
+typedef struct QDictCmpData {
+    QDict *expect;
+    bool result;
+} QDictCmpData;
+
+TestEventData *test_event_data;
+static GStaticMutex test_event_lock = G_STATIC_MUTEX_INIT;
+
+/* Only compares bool, int, string */
+static
+void qdict_cmp_do_simple(const char *key, QObject *obj1, void *opaque)
+
+{
+    QObject *obj2;
+    QDictCmpData d_new, *d = opaque;
+
+    if (!d->result) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    obj2 = qdict_get(d->expect, key);
+    if (!obj2) {
+        d->result = false;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (qobject_type(obj1) != qobject_type(obj2)) {
+        d->result = false;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    switch (qobject_type(obj1)) {
+    case QTYPE_QBOOL:
+        d->result = (qbool_get_int(qobject_to_qbool(obj1)) ==
+                     qbool_get_int(qobject_to_qbool(obj2)));
+        return;
+    case QTYPE_QINT:
+        d->result = (qint_get_int(qobject_to_qint(obj1)) ==
+                     qint_get_int(qobject_to_qint(obj2)));
+        return;
+    case QTYPE_QSTRING:
+        if (!g_strcmp0(qstring_get_str(qobject_to_qstring(obj1)),
+                       qstring_get_str(qobject_to_qstring(obj2)))) {
+            d->result = true;
+        } else {
+            d->result = false;
+        }
+        return;
+    case QTYPE_QDICT:
+        d_new.expect = qobject_to_qdict(obj2);
+        d_new.result = true;
+        qdict_iter(qobject_to_qdict(obj1), qdict_cmp_do_simple, &d_new);
+        d->result = d_new.result;
+        return;
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+static bool qdict_cmp_simple(QDict *a, QDict *b)
+{
+    QDictCmpData d;
+
+    d.expect = b;
+    d.result = true;
+    qdict_iter(a, qdict_cmp_do_simple, &d);
+    return d.result;
+}
+
+static void event_prepare(TestEventData *data,
+                          const void *unused)
+{
+    /* Global variable test_event_data was used to pass the expectation, so
+       test cases can't be executed at same time. */
+    g_static_mutex_lock(&test_event_lock);
+
+    data->expect = qdict_new();
+    test_event_data = data;
+}
+
+static void event_teardown(TestEventData *data,
+                           const void *unused)
+{
+    QDECREF(data->expect);
+    test_event_data = NULL;
+
+    g_static_mutex_unlock(&test_event_lock);
+}
+
+static void test_event_a(TestEventData *data,
+                         const void *unused)
+{
+    QDict *d;
+    d = data->expect;
+    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_A"));
+    qapi_event_gen_EVENT_A(NULL);
+}
+
+static void test_event_b(TestEventData *data,
+                         const void *unused)
+{
+    QDict *d;
+    d = data->expect;
+    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_B"));
+    qapi_event_gen_EVENT_B(NULL);
+}
+
+static void test_event_c(TestEventData *data,
+                         const void *unused)
+{
+    QDict *d, *d_data, *d_b;
+
+    UserDefOne b;
+    b.integer = 2;
+    b.string = g_strdup("test1");
+    b.has_enum1 = false;
+
+    d_b = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(d_b, "integer", qint_from_int(2));
+    qdict_put(d_b, "string", qstring_from_str("test1"));
+
+    d_data = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(d_data, "a", qint_from_int(1));
+    qdict_put(d_data, "b", d_b);
+    qdict_put(d_data, "c", qstring_from_str("test2"));
+
+    d = data->expect;
+    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_C"));
+    qdict_put(d, "data", d_data);
+
+    qapi_event_gen_EVENT_C(true, 1, true, &b, "test2", NULL);
+
+    g_free(b.string);
+}
+
+/* Complex type */
+static void test_event_d(TestEventData *data,
+                         const void *unused)
+{
+    UserDefOne struct1;
+    EventStructOne a;
+    QDict *d, *d_data, *d_a, *d_struct1;
+
+    struct1.integer = 2;
+    struct1.string = g_strdup("test1");
+    struct1.has_enum1 = true;
+    struct1.enum1 = ENUM_ONE_VALUE1;
+
+    a.struct1 = &struct1;
+    a.string = g_strdup("test2");
+    a.has_enum2 = true;
+    a.enum2 = ENUM_ONE_VALUE2;
+
+    d_struct1 = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(d_struct1, "integer", qint_from_int(2));
+    qdict_put(d_struct1, "string", qstring_from_str("test1"));
+    qdict_put(d_struct1, "enum1", qstring_from_str("value1"));
+
+    d_a = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(d_a, "struct1", d_struct1);
+    qdict_put(d_a, "string", qstring_from_str("test2"));
+    qdict_put(d_a, "enum2", qstring_from_str("value2"));
+
+    d_data = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(d_data, "a", d_a);
+    qdict_put(d_data, "b", qstring_from_str("test3"));
+    qdict_put(d_data, "enum3", qstring_from_str("value3"));
+
+    d = data->expect;
+    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_D"));
+    qdict_put(d, "data", d_data);
+
+    qapi_event_gen_EVENT_D(&a, "test3", false, NULL, true, ENUM_ONE_VALUE3,
+                           NULL);
+
+    g_free(struct1.string);
+    g_free(a.string);
+}
+
+static void event_test_emit(QDict *d, Error **errp)
+{
+    QObject *obj;
+    QDict *t;
+
+    /* Verify that we have timestamp, then remove it to compare other field */
+    obj = qdict_get(d, "timestamp");
+    g_assert(obj);
+    t = qobject_to_qdict(obj);
+    g_assert(t);
+    obj = qdict_get(t, "seconds");
+    g_assert(obj && qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QINT);
+    obj = qdict_get(t, "microseconds");
+    g_assert(obj && qobject_type(obj) == QTYPE_QINT);
+
+    qdict_del(d, "timestamp");
+
+    g_assert(qdict_cmp_simple(d, test_event_data->expect));
+
+}
+
+static void event_test_add(const char *testpath,
+                           void (*test_func)(TestEventData *data,
+                                             const void *user_data))
+{
+    g_test_add(testpath, TestEventData, NULL, event_prepare, test_func,
+               event_teardown);
+}
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    qapi_event_set_func_emit(event_test_emit);
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    event_test_add("/event/event_a", test_event_a);
+    event_test_add("/event/event_b", test_event_b);
+    event_test_add("/event/event_c", test_event_c);
+    event_test_add("/event/event_d", test_event_d);
+    g_test_run();
+
+    return 0;
+}
