diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 483e2e3..6ed9b20 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "qemu-queue.h"
 #include "cpus.h"
 #include "arch_init.h"
+#include "event-tap.h"
 
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 
@@ -3042,6 +3043,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     blk_mig_init();
 
+    event_tap_init();
+
     /* open the virtual block devices */
     if (snapshot)
         qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("drive"), drive_enable_snapshot, NULL, 0);