diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 38e5c95..1912cb8 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -798,15 +798,16 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,nobg:-n,uri:s,"
+        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,movebg:-m,nobg:-n,uri:s,"
 	              "forward:i?,backward:i?",
-        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] [-p [-n] uri [forward] [backword]",
+        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] [-p [-n] [-m] uri [forward] [backword]",
         .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)"
 		      "\n\t\t\t-p for migration with postcopy mode enabled"
+		      "\n\t\t\t-m for move background transfer of postcopy mode"
 		      "\n\t\t\t-n for no background transfer of postcopy mode"
 		      "\n\t\t\tforward: the number of pages to "
 		      "forward-prefault when postcopy (default 0)"
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 79a9c86..dd3f307 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ void hmp_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     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 movebg = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "movebg", 0);
     int nobg = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "nobg", 0);
     int forward = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "forward", 0);
     int backward = qdict_get_try_int(qdict, "backward", 0);
@@ -919,7 +920,7 @@ void hmp_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     qmp_migrate(uri, !!blk, blk, !!inc, inc, false, false,
-                !!postcopy, postcopy, !!nobg, nobg,
+                !!postcopy, postcopy, !!movebg, movebg, !!nobg, nobg,
                 !!forward, forward, !!backward, backward,
                 &err);
     if (err) {
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index e026085..c5e6820 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -422,7 +422,9 @@ 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,
+                 bool has_postcopy, bool postcopy,
+                 bool has_movebg, bool movebg,
+                 bool has_nobg, bool nobg,
                  bool has_forward, int64_t forward,
                  bool has_backward, int64_t backward,
                  Error **errp)
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
         .blk = false,
         .shared = false,
         .postcopy = false,
+        .movebg = false,
         .nobg = false,
         .prefault_forward = 0,
         .prefault_backward = 0,
@@ -448,6 +451,9 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
     if (has_postcopy) {
         params.postcopy = postcopy;
     }
+    if (has_movebg) {
+        params.movebg = movebg;
+    }
     if (has_nobg) {
         params.nobg = nobg;
     }
diff --git a/migration.h b/migration.h
index 9a9b9c6..1e98b20 100644
--- a/migration.h
+++ b/migration.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct MigrationParams {
     int blk;
     int shared;
     int postcopy;
+    int movebg;
     int nobg;
     int64_t prefault_forward;
     int64_t prefault_backward;
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 83c2170..ef2f48e 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate',
   'data': {'uri': 'str', '*blk': 'bool', '*inc': 'bool', '*detach': 'bool' ,
-           '*postcopy': 'bool', '*nobg': 'bool',
+           '*postcopy': 'bool', '*movebg': 'bool', '*nobg': 'bool',
            '*forward': 'int', '*backward': 'int'} }
 
 # @xen-save-devices-state:
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 7b5e5b7..5c9ecc8 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,nobg:-n,uri:s",
+        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,postcopy:-p,movebg:-m,nobg:-n,uri:s",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_migrate,
     },
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 48b636d..19bb8f1 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1781,6 +1781,7 @@ static int qemu_savevm_state(QEMUFile *f)
         .blk = 0,
         .shared = 0,
         .postcopy = 0,
+        .movebg = 0,
         .nobg = 0,
     };
 
