diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 3286ba2..da05bf4 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "qlist.h"
 #include "qdict.h"
 #include "qstring.h"
+#include "qerror.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_COMPLETION
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
     CPUState *mon_cpu;
     BlockDriverCompletionFunc *password_completion_cb;
     void *password_opaque;
+    QError *error;
     QLIST_HEAD(,mon_fd_t) fds;
     QLIST_ENTRY(Monitor) entry;
 };
@@ -224,6 +226,11 @@
     return cmd->user_print != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline int monitor_has_error(const Monitor *mon)
+{
+    return mon->error != NULL;
+}
+
 static void monitor_print_qobject(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
 {
     switch (qobject_type(data)) {
@@ -3168,6 +3175,13 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static void monitor_print_error(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    qerror_print(mon->error);
+    QDECREF(mon->error);
+    mon->error = NULL;
+}
+
 static void monitor_handle_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
 {
     QDict *qdict;
@@ -3193,7 +3207,10 @@
         cmd->mhandler.cmd(mon, qdict);
     }
 
-   qemu_errors_to_previous();
+    if (monitor_has_error(mon))
+        monitor_print_error(mon);
+
+    qemu_errors_to_previous();
 
 out:
     QDECREF(qdict);
@@ -3644,3 +3661,27 @@
         break;
     }
 }
+
+void qemu_error_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
+                         const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list va;
+    QError *qerror;
+
+    assert(qemu_error_sink != NULL);
+
+    va_start(va, fmt);
+    qerror = qerror_from_info(file, linenr, func, fmt, &va);
+    va_end(va);
+
+    switch (qemu_error_sink->dest) {
+    case ERR_SINK_FILE:
+        qerror_print(qerror);
+        QDECREF(qerror);
+        break;
+    case ERR_SINK_MONITOR:
+        assert(qemu_error_sink->mon->error == NULL);
+        qemu_error_sink->mon->error = qerror;
+        break;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index b1887ef..70a2b04 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "qdict.h"
+#include "qerror.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@
 void qemu_errors_to_mon(Monitor *mon);
 void qemu_errors_to_previous(void);
 void qemu_error(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+void qemu_error_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
+                         const char *fmt, ...)
+                         __attribute__ ((format(printf, 4, 5)));
+
+#define qemu_error_new(fmt, ...) \
+    qemu_error_internal(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 /* Polling handling */