diff --git a/qemu-option.c b/qemu-option.c
index 94557cf..e0628da 100644
--- a/qemu-option.c
+++ b/qemu-option.c
@@ -862,15 +862,28 @@ void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts)
 
 int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy)
 {
-    QemuOpt *opt;
+    QemuOptDesc *desc = opts->list->desc;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:", opts->list->name,
-            opts->id ? opts->id : "<noid>");
-    QTAILQ_FOREACH(opt, &opts->head, next) {
-        fprintf(stderr, " %s=\"%s\"", opt->name, opt->str);
+    for (desc = opts->list->desc; desc && desc->name; desc++) {
+        const char *value = desc->def_print_str;
+        QemuOpt *opt;
+
+        opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, desc->name);
+        if (opt) {
+            value = opt->str;
+        }
+
+        if (!value) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (desc->type == QEMU_OPT_STRING) {
+            printf("%s='%s' ", desc->name, value);
+        } else {
+            printf("%s=%s ", desc->name, value);
+        }
     }
-    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-    return 0;
+     return 0;
 }
 
 static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
diff --git a/qemu-option.h b/qemu-option.h
index 002dd07..ab02023 100644
--- a/qemu-option.h
+++ b/qemu-option.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct QemuOptDesc {
     const char *name;
     enum QemuOptType type;
     const char *help;
+    const char *def_print_str;
 } QemuOptDesc;
 
 struct QemuOptsList {