diff --git a/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c b/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
index b961375..0a953cd 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ static void handle_control_message(VirtIOSerial *vser, void *buf)
 {
     struct VirtIOSerialPort *port;
     struct virtio_console_control *cpkt;
+    uint8_t *buffer;
+    size_t buffer_len;
 
     cpkt = buf;
     port = find_port_by_id(vser, le32_to_cpu(cpkt->id));
@@ -249,6 +251,20 @@ static void handle_control_message(VirtIOSerial *vser, void *buf)
         if (port->is_console) {
             send_control_event(port, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_CONSOLE_PORT, 1);
         }
+        if (port->name) {
+            cpkt->event = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_NAME);
+            cpkt->value = cpu_to_le16(1);
+
+            buffer_len = sizeof(*cpkt) + strlen(port->name) + 1;
+            buffer = qemu_malloc(buffer_len);
+
+            memcpy(buffer, cpkt, sizeof(*cpkt));
+            memcpy(buffer + sizeof(*cpkt), port->name, strlen(port->name));
+            buffer[buffer_len - 1] = 0;
+
+            send_control_msg(port, buffer, buffer_len);
+            qemu_free(buffer);
+        }
         if (port->host_connected) {
             send_control_event(port, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_OPEN, 1);
         }
diff --git a/hw/virtio-serial.c b/hw/virtio-serial.c
index d9a6f32..470446b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-serial.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-serial.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static VirtIOSerialPortInfo virtconsole_info = {
     .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
         DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("is_console", VirtConsole, port.is_console, 1),
         DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", VirtConsole, chr),
+        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("name", VirtConsole, port.name),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
     },
 };
diff --git a/hw/virtio-serial.h b/hw/virtio-serial.h
index b855375..5505841 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-serial.h
+++ b/hw/virtio-serial.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct virtio_console_header {
 #define VIRTIO_CONSOLE_CONSOLE_PORT	1
 #define VIRTIO_CONSOLE_RESIZE		2
 #define VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_OPEN	3
+#define VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_NAME	4
 
 /* == In-qemu interface == */
 
@@ -88,6 +89,13 @@ struct VirtIOSerialPort {
     VirtQueue *ivq, *ovq;
 
     /*
+     * This name is sent to the guest and exported via sysfs.
+     * The guest could create symlinks based on this information.
+     * The name is in the reverse fqdn format, like org.qemu.console.0
+     */
+    char *name;
+
+    /*
      * This id helps identify ports between the guest and the host.
      * The guest sends a "header" with this id with each data packet
      * that it sends and the host can then find out which associated