diff --git a/hw/vmware_vga.c b/hw/vmware_vga.c
index 12bff48..7730ae0 100644
--- a/hw/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/vmware_vga.c
@@ -526,6 +526,17 @@ static inline int vmsvga_fifo_empty(struct vmsvga_state_s *s)
      return (s->cmd->next_cmd == s->cmd->stop);
  }

+static inline int vmsvga_fifo_items(struct vmsvga_state_s *s)
+{
+    int num;
+    if (!s->config || !s->enable)
+        return 0;
+    num = CMD(next_cmd) - CMD(stop);
+    if (num < 0)
+        num += (CMD(max) - CMD(min));
+    return (num >> 2);
+}
+
  static inline uint32_t vmsvga_fifo_read_raw(struct vmsvga_state_s *s)
  {
      uint32_t cmd = s->fifo[CMD(stop) >> 2];
@@ -540,6 +551,14 @@ static inline uint32_t vmsvga_fifo_read(struct 
vmsvga_state_s *s)
      return le32_to_cpu(vmsvga_fifo_read_raw(s));
  }

+static inline uint32_t vmsvga_fifo_peek(struct vmsvga_state_s *s, uint32_t offs)
+{
+    offs = (offs << 2) + CMD(stop);
+    if (offs >= CMD(max))
+        offs = offs - CMD(max) + CMD(min);
+    return le32_to_cpu(s->fifo[offs >> 2]);
+}
+
  static void vmsvga_fifo_run(struct vmsvga_state_s *s)
  {