diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 8cee35d..4f18cbc 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
 #include "trace.h"
 #endif
+#include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_COMPLETION
@@ -459,6 +460,15 @@ void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
         case QEVENT_WATCHDOG:
             event_name = "WATCHDOG";
             break;
+        case QEVENT_SPICE_CONNECTED:
+            event_name = "SPICE_CONNECTED";
+            break;
+        case QEVENT_SPICE_INITIALIZED:
+            event_name = "SPICE_INITIALIZED";
+            break;
+        case QEVENT_SPICE_DISCONNECTED:
+            event_name = "SPICE_DISCONNECTED";
+            break;
         default:
             abort();
             break;
@@ -640,6 +650,19 @@ static void user_async_info_handler(Monitor *mon, const mon_cmd_t *cmd)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * generic print handler for hmp 'info $what'
+ * simply pretty-print the josn representation
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE) /* because 'info spice' is the only user */
+static void do_info_generic_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
+{
+    QString *json = qobject_to_json_pretty(data);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", qstring_get_str(json));
+    QDECREF(json);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void do_info(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     const mon_cmd_t *cmd;
@@ -2533,6 +2556,16 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .user_print = do_info_vnc_print,
         .mhandler.info_new = do_info_vnc,
     },
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
+    {
+        .name       = "spice",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show the spice server status",
+        .user_print = do_info_generic_print,
+        .mhandler.info_new = do_info_spice,
+    },
+#endif
     {
         .name       = "name",
         .args_type  = "",
@@ -2720,6 +2753,16 @@ static const mon_cmd_t qmp_query_cmds[] = {
         .user_print = do_info_vnc_print,
         .mhandler.info_new = do_info_vnc,
     },
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
+    {
+        .name       = "spice",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show the spice server status",
+        .user_print = do_info_generic_print,
+        .mhandler.info_new = do_info_spice,
+    },
+#endif
     {
         .name       = "name",
         .args_type  = "",
diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
index 2d36bba..4f2d328 100644
--- a/monitor.h
+++ b/monitor.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ typedef enum MonitorEvent {
     QEVENT_BLOCK_IO_ERROR,
     QEVENT_RTC_CHANGE,
     QEVENT_WATCHDOG,
+    QEVENT_SPICE_CONNECTED,
+    QEVENT_SPICE_INITIALIZED,
+    QEVENT_SPICE_DISCONNECTED,
     QEVENT_MAX,
 } MonitorEvent;
 
diff --git a/ui/qemu-spice.h b/ui/qemu-spice.h
index 0e3ad9b..33c1e71 100644
--- a/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ void qemu_spice_audio_init(void);
 void qemu_spice_display_init(DisplayState *ds);
 int qemu_spice_add_interface(SpiceBaseInstance *sin);
 
+void do_info_spice(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
+
 #else  /* CONFIG_SPICE */
 
 #define using_spice 0
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index b7fa031..d2c4a70 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -18,16 +18,24 @@
 #include <spice.h>
 #include <spice-experimental.h>
 
+#include <netdb.h>
+
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu-spice.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
 #include "qemu-x509.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "qint.h"
+#include "qbool.h"
+#include "qstring.h"
+#include "qjson.h"
 #include "monitor.h"
 
 /* core bits */
 
 static SpiceServer *spice_server;
+static const char *auth = "spice";
 int using_spice = 0;
 
 struct SpiceTimer {
@@ -121,6 +129,118 @@ static void watch_remove(SpiceWatch *watch)
     qemu_free(watch);
 }
 
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MINOR >= 3
+
+typedef struct ChannelList ChannelList;
+struct ChannelList {
+    SpiceChannelEventInfo *info;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(ChannelList) link;
+};
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(, ChannelList) channel_list = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(channel_list);
+
+static void channel_list_add(SpiceChannelEventInfo *info)
+{
+    ChannelList *item;
+
+    item = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*item));
+    item->info = info;
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&channel_list, item, link);
+}
+
+static void channel_list_del(SpiceChannelEventInfo *info)
+{
+    ChannelList *item;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(item, &channel_list, link) {
+        if (item->info != info) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&channel_list, item, link);
+        qemu_free(item);
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+static void add_addr_info(QDict *dict, struct sockaddr *addr, int len)
+{
+    char host[NI_MAXHOST], port[NI_MAXSERV];
+    const char *family;
+
+    getnameinfo(addr, len, host, sizeof(host), port, sizeof(port),
+                NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
+    family = inet_strfamily(addr->sa_family);
+
+    qdict_put(dict, "host", qstring_from_str(host));
+    qdict_put(dict, "port", qstring_from_str(port));
+    qdict_put(dict, "family", qstring_from_str(family));
+}
+
+static void add_channel_info(QDict *dict, SpiceChannelEventInfo *info)
+{
+    int tls = info->flags & SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_FLAG_TLS;
+
+    qdict_put(dict, "connection-id", qint_from_int(info->connection_id));
+    qdict_put(dict, "channel-type", qint_from_int(info->type));
+    qdict_put(dict, "channel-id", qint_from_int(info->id));
+    qdict_put(dict, "tls", qbool_from_int(tls));
+}
+
+static QList *channel_list_get(void)
+{
+    ChannelList *item;
+    QList *list;
+    QDict *dict;
+
+    list = qlist_new();
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(item, &channel_list, link) {
+        dict = qdict_new();
+        add_addr_info(dict, &item->info->paddr, item->info->plen);
+        add_channel_info(dict, item->info);
+        qlist_append_obj(list, QOBJECT(dict));
+    }
+    return list;
+}
+
+static void channel_event(int event, SpiceChannelEventInfo *info)
+{
+    static const int qevent[] = {
+        [ SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_CONNECTED    ] = QEVENT_SPICE_CONNECTED,
+        [ SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_INITIALIZED  ] = QEVENT_SPICE_INITIALIZED,
+        [ SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_DISCONNECTED ] = QEVENT_SPICE_DISCONNECTED,
+    };
+    QDict *server, *client;
+    QObject *data;
+
+    client = qdict_new();
+    add_addr_info(client, &info->paddr, info->plen);
+
+    server = qdict_new();
+    add_addr_info(server, &info->laddr, info->llen);
+
+    if (event == SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_INITIALIZED) {
+        qdict_put(server, "auth", qstring_from_str(auth));
+        add_channel_info(client, info);
+        channel_list_add(info);
+    }
+    if (event == SPICE_CHANNEL_EVENT_DISCONNECTED) {
+        channel_list_del(info);
+    }
+
+    data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'client': %p, 'server': %p }",
+                              QOBJECT(client), QOBJECT(server));
+    monitor_protocol_event(qevent[event], data);
+    qobject_decref(data);
+}
+
+#else /* SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MINOR >= 3 */
+
+static QList *channel_list_get(void)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+#endif /* SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MINOR >= 3 */
+
 static SpiceCoreInterface core_interface = {
     .base.type          = SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE,
     .base.description   = "qemu core services",
@@ -135,6 +255,10 @@ static SpiceCoreInterface core_interface = {
     .watch_add          = watch_add,
     .watch_update_mask  = watch_update_mask,
     .watch_remove       = watch_remove,
+
+#if SPICE_INTERFACE_CORE_MINOR >= 3
+    .channel_event      = channel_event,
+#endif
 };
 
 /* config string parsing */
@@ -204,6 +328,41 @@ static const char *wan_compression_names[] = {
 
 /* functions for the rest of qemu */
 
+void do_info_spice(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data)
+{
+    QemuOpts *opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&qemu_spice_opts.head);
+    QDict *server;
+    QList *clist;
+    const char *addr;
+    int port, tls_port;
+
+    if (!spice_server) {
+        *ret_data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'enabled': false }");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    addr = qemu_opt_get(opts, "addr");
+    port = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "port", 0);
+    tls_port = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "tls-port", 0);
+    clist = channel_list_get();
+
+    server = qdict_new();
+    qdict_put(server, "enabled", qbool_from_int(true));
+    qdict_put(server, "auth", qstring_from_str(auth));
+    qdict_put(server, "host", qstring_from_str(addr ? addr : "0.0.0.0"));
+    if (port) {
+        qdict_put(server, "port", qint_from_int(port));
+    }
+    if (tls_port) {
+        qdict_put(server, "tls-port", qint_from_int(tls_port));
+    }
+    if (clist) {
+        qdict_put(server, "channels", clist);
+    }
+
+    *ret_data = QOBJECT(server);
+}
+
 static int add_channel(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque)
 {
     int security = 0;
@@ -316,6 +475,7 @@ void qemu_spice_init(void)
         spice_server_set_ticket(spice_server, password, 0, 0, 0);
     }
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "disable-ticketing", 0)) {
+        auth = "none";
         spice_server_set_noauth(spice_server);
     }
 
