diff --git a/block/quorum.c b/block/quorum.c
index 426077a..86802d3 100644
--- a/block/quorum.c
+++ b/block/quorum.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <gnutls/crypto.h>
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+#include "qapi-event.h"
 
 #define HASH_LENGTH 32
 
@@ -198,32 +199,22 @@ static QuorumAIOCB *quorum_aio_get(BDRVQuorumState *s,
 
 static void quorum_report_bad(QuorumAIOCB *acb, char *node_name, int ret)
 {
-    QObject *data;
-    assert(node_name);
-    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'node-name': %s"
-                              ", 'sector-num': %" PRId64
-                              ", 'sectors-count': %d }",
-                              node_name, acb->sector_num, acb->nb_sectors);
+    const char *msg = NULL;
     if (ret < 0) {
-        QDict *dict = qobject_to_qdict(data);
-        qdict_put(dict, "error", qstring_from_str(strerror(-ret)));
+        msg = strerror(-ret);
     }
-    monitor_protocol_event(QEVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD, data);
-    qobject_decref(data);
+    qapi_event_send_quorum_report_bad(!!msg, msg, node_name,
+                                      acb->sector_num, acb->nb_sectors, &error_abort);
 }
 
 static void quorum_report_failure(QuorumAIOCB *acb)
 {
-    QObject *data;
     const char *reference = acb->common.bs->device_name[0] ?
                             acb->common.bs->device_name :
                             acb->common.bs->node_name;
-    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'reference': %s"
-                              ", 'sector-num': %" PRId64
-                              ", 'sectors-count': %d }",
-                              reference, acb->sector_num, acb->nb_sectors);
-    monitor_protocol_event(QEVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE, data);
-    qobject_decref(data);
+
+    qapi_event_send_quorum_failure(reference, acb->sector_num,
+                                   acb->nb_sectors, &error_abort);
 }
 
 static int quorum_vote_error(QuorumAIOCB *acb);
diff --git a/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt b/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index adf45d3..0000000
--- a/docs/qmp/qmp-events.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-                   QEMU Machine Protocol Events
-                   ============================
-
-QUORUM_FAILURE
---------------
-
-Emitted by the Quorum block driver if it fails to establish a quorum.
-
-Data:
-
-- "reference":    device name if defined else node name.
-- "sector-num":   Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
-- "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count.
-
-Example:
-
-{ "event": "QUORUM_FAILURE",
-     "data": { "reference": "usr1", "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 },
-     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
-
-QUORUM_REPORT_BAD
------------------
-
-Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file.
-
-Data:
-
-- "error":        Error message (json-string, optional)
-                  Only present on failure.  This field contains a human-readable
-                  error message.  There are no semantics other than that the
-                  block layer reported an error and clients should not try to
-                  interpret the error string.
-- "node-name":    The graph node name of the block driver state.
-- "sector-num":   Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
-- "sector-count": Failed read operation sector count.
-
-Example:
-
-{ "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
-     "data": { "node-name": "1.raw", "sector-num": 345435, "sector-count": 5 },
-     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index eacef61..aebe868 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -617,6 +617,9 @@ static void monitor_qapi_event_init(void)
     monitor_qapi_event_throttle(QAPI_EVENT_RTC_CHANGE, 1000);
     monitor_qapi_event_throttle(QAPI_EVENT_WATCHDOG, 1000);
     monitor_qapi_event_throttle(QAPI_EVENT_BALLOON_CHANGE, 1000);
+    /* limit the rate of quorum events to avoid hammering the management */
+    monitor_qapi_event_throttle(QAPI_EVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD, 1000);
+    monitor_qapi_event_throttle(QAPI_EVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE, 1000);
 
     qmp_event_set_func_emit(monitor_qapi_event_queue);
 }
@@ -743,9 +746,6 @@ monitor_protocol_event_throttle(MonitorEvent event,
  * and initialize state */
 static void monitor_protocol_event_init(void)
 {
-    /* limit the rate of quorum events to avoid hammering the management */
-    monitor_protocol_event_throttle(QEVENT_QUORUM_REPORT_BAD, 1000);
-    monitor_protocol_event_throttle(QEVENT_QUORUM_FAILURE, 1000);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/qapi-event.json b/qapi-event.json
index 8a3f3ae..e7a47f9 100644
--- a/qapi-event.json
+++ b/qapi-event.json
@@ -278,3 +278,41 @@
 ##
 { 'event': 'GUEST_PANICKED',
   'data': { 'action': 'GuestPanicAction' } }
+
+##
+# @QUORUM_FAILURE
+#
+# Emitted by the Quorum block driver if it fails to establish a quorum
+#
+# @reference: device name if defined else node name
+#
+# @sector-num: number of the first sector of the failed read operation
+#
+# @sector-count: failed read operation sector count
+#
+# Since: 2.0
+##
+{ 'event': 'QUORUM_FAILURE',
+  'data': { 'reference': 'str', 'sector-num': 'int', 'sector-count': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @QUORUM_REPORT_BAD
+#
+# Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file
+#
+# @error: #optional, error message. Only present on failure. This field
+#         contains a human-readable error message. There are no semantics other
+#         than that the block layer reported an error and clients should not
+#         try to interpret the error string.
+#
+# @node-name: the graph node name of the block driver state
+#
+# @sector-num: number of the first sector of the failed read operation
+#
+# @sector-count: failed read operation sector count
+#
+# Since: 2.0
+##
+{ 'event': 'QUORUM_REPORT_BAD',
+  'data': { '*error': 'str', 'node-name': 'str',
+            'sector-num': 'int', 'sector-count': 'int' } }
