diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 18cb415..3c647f7 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -798,23 +798,27 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
-        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] uri",
+        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,nobg:-n,uri:s",
+        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] [-p [-n]] uri",
         .help       = "migrate to URI (using -d to not wait for completion)"
 		      "\n\t\t\t -b for migration without shared storage with"
 		      " full copy of disk\n\t\t\t -i for migration without "
 		      "shared storage with incremental copy of disk "
-		      "(base image shared between src and destination)",
+		      "(base image shared between src and destination)"
+		      "\n\t\t\t-p for migration with postcopy mode enabled"
+		      "\n\t\t\t-n for no background transfer of postcopy mode",
         .mhandler.cmd = hmp_migrate,
     },
 
 
 STEXI
-@item migrate [-d] [-b] [-i] @var{uri}
+@item migrate [-d] [-b] [-i] [-p [-n]] @var{uri}
 @findex migrate
 Migrate to @var{uri} (using -d to not wait for completion).
 	-b for migration with full copy of disk
 	-i for migration with incremental copy of disk (base image is shared)
+	-p for migration with postcopy mode enabled
+	-n for migration with postcopy mode enabled without background transfer
 ETEXI
 
     {
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index bb0952e..d546a52 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -911,10 +911,14 @@ void hmp_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     int detach = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "detach", 0);
     int blk = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "blk", 0);
     int inc = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "inc", 0);
+    int postcopy = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "postcopy", 0);
+    int nobg = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "nobg", 0);
     const char *uri = qdict_get_str(qdict, "uri");
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    qmp_migrate(uri, !!blk, blk, !!inc, inc, false, false, &err);
+    qmp_migrate(uri, !!blk, blk, !!inc, inc, false, false,
+                !!postcopy, postcopy, !!nobg, nobg,
+                &err);
     if (err) {
         monitor_printf(mon, "migrate: %s\n", error_get_pretty(err));
         error_free(err);
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 3b97aec..7ad62ef 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -388,12 +388,15 @@ void migrate_del_blocker(Error *reason)
 
 void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
                  bool has_inc, bool inc, bool has_detach, bool detach,
+                 bool has_postcopy, bool postcopy, bool has_nobg, bool nobg,
                  Error **errp)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
     MigrationParams params = {
         .blk = false,
         .shared = false,
+        .postcopy = false,
+        .nobg = false,
     };
     const char *p;
     int ret;
@@ -404,6 +407,12 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
     if (has_inc) {
         params.shared = inc;
     }
+    if (has_postcopy) {
+        params.postcopy = postcopy;
+    }
+    if (has_nobg) {
+        params.nobg = nobg;
+    }
 
     if (s->state == MIG_STATE_ACTIVE) {
         error_set(errp, QERR_MIGRATION_ACTIVE);
diff --git a/migration.h b/migration.h
index 4bbcf06..091b446 100644
--- a/migration.h
+++ b/migration.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 struct MigrationParams {
     int blk;
     int shared;
+    int postcopy;
+    int nobg;
 };
 
 typedef struct MigrationState MigrationState;
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 2ca7195..5861fb9 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1717,7 +1717,8 @@
 # Since: 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate',
-  'data': {'uri': 'str', '*blk': 'bool', '*inc': 'bool', '*detach': 'bool' } }
+  'data': {'uri': 'str', '*blk': 'bool', '*inc': 'bool', '*detach': 'bool' ,
+           '*postcopy': 'bool', '*nobg': 'bool'} }
 
 # @xen-save-devices-state:
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index db980fa..7b5e5b7 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
+        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,nobg:-n,uri:s",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate,
     },
 
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ Arguments:
 
 - "blk": block migration, full disk copy (json-bool, optional)
 - "inc": incremental disk copy (json-bool, optional)
+- "postcopy": postcopy migration (json-bool, optional)
+- "nobg": postcopy without background transfer (json-bool, optional)
 - "uri": Destination URI (json-string)
 
 Example:
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 3adabad..bd4b5bf 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1762,6 +1762,8 @@ static int qemu_savevm_state(QEMUFile *f)
     MigrationParams params = {
         .blk = 0,
         .shared = 0,
+        .postcopy = 0,
+        .nobg = 0,
     };
 
     if (qemu_savevm_state_blocked(NULL)) {
