diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index edfca87..1a53027 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ common-obj-y += pflib.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += migration-exec.o migration-unix.o migration-fd.o
 
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_SPICE) += ui/spice-core.o
+
 audio-obj-y = audio.o noaudio.o wavaudio.o mixeng.o
 audio-obj-$(CONFIG_SDL) += sdlaudio.o
 audio-obj-$(CONFIG_OSS) += ossaudio.o
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 3abe655..4c47cd0 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -336,6 +336,24 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_cpudef_opts = {
     },
 };
 
+QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts = {
+    .name = "spice",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_spice_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "port",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "password",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "disable-ticketing",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        { /* end if list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 static QemuOptsList *vm_config_groups[32] = {
     &qemu_drive_opts,
     &qemu_chardev_opts,
diff --git a/qemu-config.h b/qemu-config.h
index 533a049..20d707f 100644
--- a/qemu-config.h
+++ b/qemu-config.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_virtfs_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts;
 
 QemuOptsList *qemu_find_opts(const char *group);
 void qemu_add_opts(QemuOptsList *list);
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 453f129..87bd451 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -670,6 +670,27 @@ STEXI
 Enable SDL.
 ETEXI
 
+DEF("spice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_spice,
+    "-spice <args>   enable spice\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -spice @var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]
+@findex -spice
+Enable the spice remote desktop protocol. Valid options are
+
+@table @option
+
+@item port=<nr>
+Set the TCP port spice is listening on.
+
+@item password=<secret>
+Set the password you need to authenticate.
+
+@item disable-ticketing
+Allow client connects without authentication.
+
+@end table
+ETEXI
+
 DEF("portrait", 0, QEMU_OPTION_portrait,
     "-portrait       rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD)\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
diff --git a/ui/qemu-spice.h b/ui/qemu-spice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50faefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ * (at your option) version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_SPICE_H
+#define QEMU_SPICE_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPICE
+
+#include <spice.h>
+
+#include "qemu-option.h"
+#include "qemu-config.h"
+
+extern int using_spice;
+
+void qemu_spice_init(void);
+int qemu_spice_add_interface(SpiceBaseInstance *sin);
+
+#else  /* CONFIG_SPICE */
+
+#define using_spice 0
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SPICE */
+
+#endif /* QEMU_SPICE_H */
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..006604b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ * (at your option) version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <spice.h>
+#include <spice-experimental.h>
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu-spice.h"
+#include "qemu-timer.h"
+#include "qemu-queue.h"
+#include "monitor.h"
+
+/* core bits */
+
+static SpiceServer *spice_server;
+int using_spice = 0;
+
+struct SpiceTimer {
+    QEMUTimer *timer;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(SpiceTimer) next;
+};
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(, SpiceTimer) timers = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(timers);
+
+static SpiceTimer *timer_add(SpiceTimerFunc func, void *opaque)
+{
+    SpiceTimer *timer;
+
+    timer = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*timer));
+    timer->timer = qemu_new_timer(rt_clock, func, opaque);
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&timers, timer, next);
+    return timer;
+}
+
+static void timer_start(SpiceTimer *timer, uint32_t ms)
+{
+    qemu_mod_timer(timer->timer, qemu_get_clock(rt_clock) + ms);
+}
+
+static void timer_cancel(SpiceTimer *timer)
+{
+    qemu_del_timer(timer->timer);
+}
+
+static void timer_remove(SpiceTimer *timer)
+{
+    qemu_del_timer(timer->timer);
+    qemu_free_timer(timer->timer);
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&timers, timer, next);
+    qemu_free(timer);
+}
+
+struct SpiceWatch {
+    int fd;
+    int event_mask;
+    SpiceWatchFunc func;
+    void *opaque;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(SpiceWatch) next;
+};
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(, SpiceWatch) watches = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(watches);
+
+static void watch_read(void *opaque)
+{
+    SpiceWatch *watch = opaque;
+    watch->func(watch->fd, SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ, watch->opaque);
+}
+
+static void watch_write(void *opaque)
+{
+    SpiceWatch *watch = opaque;
+    watch->func(watch->fd, SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE, watch->opaque);
+}
+
+static void watch_update_mask(SpiceWatch *watch, int event_mask)
+{
+    IOHandler *on_read = NULL;
+    IOHandler *on_write = NULL;
+
+    watch->event_mask = event_mask;
+    if (watch->event_mask & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ) {
+        on_read = watch_read;
+    }
+    if (watch->event_mask & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE) {
+        on_read = watch_write;
+    }
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(watch->fd, on_read, on_write, watch);
+}
+
+static SpiceWatch *watch_add(int fd, int event_mask, SpiceWatchFunc func, void *opaque)
+{
+    SpiceWatch *watch;
+
+    watch = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*watch));
+    watch->fd     = fd;
+    watch->func   = func;
+    watch->opaque = opaque;
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&watches, watch, next);
+
+    watch_update_mask(watch, event_mask);
+    return watch;
+}
+
+static void watch_remove(SpiceWatch *watch)
+{
+    watch_update_mask(watch, 0);
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&watches, watch, next);
+    qemu_free(watch);
+}
+
+static SpiceCoreInterface core_interface = {
+    .base.type          = SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE,
+    .base.description   = "qemu core services",
+    .base.major_version = SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MAJOR,
+    .base.minor_version = SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MINOR,
+
+    .timer_add          = timer_add,
+    .timer_start        = timer_start,
+    .timer_cancel       = timer_cancel,
+    .timer_remove       = timer_remove,
+
+    .watch_add          = watch_add,
+    .watch_update_mask  = watch_update_mask,
+    .watch_remove       = watch_remove,
+};
+
+/* functions for the rest of qemu */
+
+void qemu_spice_init(void)
+{
+    QemuOpts *opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&qemu_spice_opts.head);
+    const char *password;
+    int port;
+
+    if (!opts) {
+        return;
+    }
+    port = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "port", 0);
+    if (!port) {
+        return;
+    }
+    password = qemu_opt_get(opts, "password");
+
+    spice_server = spice_server_new();
+    spice_server_set_port(spice_server, port);
+    if (password) {
+        spice_server_set_ticket(spice_server, password, 0, 0, 0);
+    }
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "disable-ticketing", 0)) {
+        spice_server_set_noauth(spice_server);
+    }
+
+    /* TODO: make configurable via cmdline */
+    spice_server_set_image_compression(spice_server, SPICE_IMAGE_COMPRESS_AUTO_GLZ);
+
+    spice_server_init(spice_server, &core_interface);
+    using_spice = 1;
+}
+
+int qemu_spice_add_interface(SpiceBaseInstance *sin)
+{
+    return spice_server_add_interface(spice_server, sin);
+}
+
+static void spice_register_config(void)
+{
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_spice_opts);
+}
+machine_init(spice_register_config);
+
+static void spice_initialize(void)
+{
+    qemu_spice_init();
+}
+device_init(spice_initialize);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 40bf30b..cad91b8 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "cpus.h"
 #include "arch_init.h"
 
+#include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
+
 //#define DEBUG_NET
 //#define DEBUG_SLIRP
 
@@ -2599,6 +2601,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     }
                     break;
                 }
+            case QEMU_OPTION_spice:
+                olist = qemu_find_opts("spice");
+                if (!olist) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "spice is not supported by this qemu build.\n");
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 0);
+                if (!opts) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "parse error: %s\n", optarg);
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig:
                 {
                     FILE *fp;
