diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 81999aa..e9a7f4a 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1211,6 +1211,22 @@ show available trace events and their state
 ETEXI
 #endif
 
+    {
+        .name       = "agent_viewfile",
+        .args_type  = "filepath:s",
+        .params     = "filepath",
+        .help       = "Echo a file from the guest filesystem",
+        .user_print = do_agent_viewfile_print,
+        .mhandler.cmd_async = do_agent_viewfile,
+        .flags      = MONITOR_CMD_ASYNC,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item agent_viewfile @var{filepath}
+@findex agent_viewfile
+Echo the file identified by @var{filepath} on the guest filesystem
+ETEXI
+
 STEXI
 @end table
 ETEXI
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 793cf1c..efa2137 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -738,6 +738,39 @@ Example:
 EQMP
 
     {
+        .name       = "agent_viewfile",
+        .args_type  = "filepath:s",
+        .params     = "filepath",
+        .help       = "Echo a file from the guest filesystem",
+        .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
+        .mhandler.cmd_async = do_agent_viewfile,
+        .flags      = MONITOR_CMD_ASYNC,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item agent_viewfile @var{filepath}
+@findex agent_viewfile
+Echo the file identified by @var{filepath} on the guest filesystem
+ETEXI
+SQMP
+agent_viewfile
+--------
+
+Echo the file identified by @var{filepath} from the guest filesystem.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "filepath": Full guest path of the desired file
+
+Example:
+
+-> { "execute": "agent_viewfile",
+                "arguments": { "filepath": "/sys/kernel/kexec_loaded" } }
+<- { "return": { "contents": "0" } }
+
+EQMP
+
+    {
         .name       = "qmp_capabilities",
         .args_type  = "",
         .params     = "",
diff --git a/virtagent.c b/virtagent.c
index 84dcf3b..187bb28 100644
--- a/virtagent.c
+++ b/virtagent.c
@@ -86,3 +86,102 @@ out_callxml:
 out:
     return ret;
 }
+
+void do_agent_viewfile_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
+{
+    QDict *qdict;
+    const char *contents = NULL;
+    int i;
+
+    qdict = qobject_to_qdict(data);
+    if (!qdict_haskey(qdict, "contents")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    contents = qdict_get_str(qdict, "contents");
+    if (contents != NULL) {
+         /* monitor_printf truncates so do it in chunks. also, file_contents
+          * may not be null-termed at proper location so explicitly calc
+          * last chunk sizes */
+        for (i = 0; i < strlen(contents); i += 1024) {
+            monitor_printf(mon, "%.1024s", contents + i);
+        }
+    }
+    monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
+}
+
+static void do_agent_viewfile_cb(void *opaque)
+{
+    VARPCData *rpc_data = opaque;
+    xmlrpc_value *resp = NULL;
+    char *file_contents = NULL;
+    int file_size, ret;
+    xmlrpc_env env;
+    QDict *qdict = qdict_new();
+
+    if (rpc_data->status != VA_RPC_STATUS_OK) {
+        LOG("error handling RPC request");
+        goto out_no_resp;
+    }
+
+    xmlrpc_env_init(&env);
+    resp = xmlrpc_parse_response(&env, rpc_data->resp_xml,
+                                 rpc_data->resp_xml_len);
+    if (rpc_has_error(&env)) {
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out_no_resp;
+    }
+
+    xmlrpc_parse_value(&env, resp, "6", &file_contents, &file_size);
+    if (rpc_has_error(&env)) {
+        ret = -1;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (file_contents != NULL) {
+        qdict_put(qdict, "contents",
+                  qstring_from_substr(file_contents, 0, file_size-1));
+    }
+
+out:
+    xmlrpc_DECREF(resp);
+out_no_resp:
+    rpc_data->mon_cb(rpc_data->mon_data, QOBJECT(qdict));
+}
+
+/*
+ * do_agent_viewfile(): View a text file in the guest
+ */
+int do_agent_viewfile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *mon_params,
+                      MonitorCompletion cb, void *opaque)
+{
+    xmlrpc_env env;
+    xmlrpc_value *params;
+    VARPCData *rpc_data;
+    const char *filepath;
+    int ret;
+
+    filepath = qdict_get_str(mon_params, "filepath");
+    xmlrpc_env_init(&env);
+    params = xmlrpc_build_value(&env, "(s)", filepath);
+    if (rpc_has_error(&env)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    rpc_data = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(VARPCData));
+    rpc_data->cb = do_agent_viewfile_cb;
+    rpc_data->mon_cb = cb;
+    rpc_data->mon_data = opaque;
+
+    ret = rpc_execute(&env, "getfile", params, rpc_data);
+    if (ret == -EREMOTE) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "RPC Failed (%i): %s\n", env.fault_code,
+                       env.fault_string);
+        return -1;
+    } else if (ret == -1) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "RPC communication error\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/virtagent.h b/virtagent.h
index abdb32a..d027eac 100644
--- a/virtagent.h
+++ b/virtagent.h
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@
 #define HOST_AGENT_PATH_CLIENT "/tmp/virtagent-host-client.sock"
 #define VA_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE 4096 /* max bytes at a time for get/send file */
 
+void do_agent_viewfile_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *qobject);
+int do_agent_viewfile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *mon_params,
+                      MonitorCompletion cb, void *opaque);
+
 #endif /* VIRTAGENT_H */
