diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index fc6a1ed..70a59c7 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -4251,6 +4251,21 @@ void monitor_resume(Monitor *mon)
         readline_show_prompt(mon->rs);
 }
 
+/* XXX: Do we need anything fancier here? */
+static QObject *qmp_capabilities(void)
+{
+    int i;
+    QList *qmp_caps;
+    const char *capabilities[] = { "async messages", NULL };
+
+    qmp_caps = qlist_new();
+    for (i = 0; capabilities[i]; i++) {
+        qlist_append(qmp_caps, qstring_from_str(capabilities[i]));
+    }
+
+    return QOBJECT(qmp_caps);
+}
+
 /**
  * monitor_control_event(): Print QMP gretting
  */
@@ -4262,7 +4277,8 @@ static void monitor_control_event(void *opaque, int event)
 
         json_message_parser_init(&mon->mc->parser, handle_qmp_command);
 
-        data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'QMP': { 'capabilities': [] } }");
+        data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'QMP': { 'capabilities': %p } }",
+                                  qmp_capabilities()); 
         assert(data != NULL);
 
         monitor_json_emitter(mon, data);