diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index a67e0c4..d0d98e7 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 
 NameInfo *qmp_query_name(Error **errp)
 {
@@ -554,6 +555,17 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if (!object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_USER_CREATABLE)) {
+        error_setg(&local_err, "object '%s' isn't supported by object-add",
+                   id);
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    user_creatable_complete(obj, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
     object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
                               id, obj, &local_err);
 out: