diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 915b0d1..283106d 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1563,7 +1563,21 @@ STEXI
 @findex qemu-io
 
 Executes a qemu-io command on the given block device.
+ETEXI
+
+    {
+        .name       = "framebuffer-display",
+        .args_type  = "enable:b",
+        .params     = "on|off",
+        .help       = "enable/disable linux console framebuffer display",
+        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_framebuffer_display,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item framebuffer-display on | off
+@findex framebuffer-display
 
+enable/disable linux console framebuffer display.
 ETEXI
 
     {
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 494a9aa..55f195f 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1464,3 +1464,12 @@ void hmp_qemu_io(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
 }
+
+void hmp_framebuffer_display(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    int enable = qdict_get_bool(qdict, "enable");
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+
+    qmp_framebuffer_display(enable, false, false, false, NULL, &errp);
+    hmp_handle_error(mon, &errp);
+}
diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
index 56d2e92..c3a48e4 100644
--- a/hmp.h
+++ b/hmp.h
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_stop(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_chardev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_chardev_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_qemu_io(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_framebuffer_display(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 71b538a..5a9207d 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ void sdl_display_init(DisplayState *ds, int full_screen, int no_frame);
 /* fbdev.c */
 int fbdev_display_init(const char *device, bool scale, Error **err);
 void fbdev_display_uninit(void);
+FramebufferInfo *framebuffer_info(void);
 
 /* cocoa.m */
 void cocoa_display_init(DisplayState *ds, int full_screen);
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 6cc07c2..715dc1f 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -3608,3 +3608,46 @@
             '*cpuid-input-ecx': 'int',
             'cpuid-register': 'X86CPURegister32',
             'features': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @framebuffer-display:
+#
+# Enable/disable linux console framebuffer display.
+#
+# @enable: whenever the framebuffer display should be enabled or disabled.
+#
+# @scale: #optional enables display scaling, default: off
+#
+# @device: #optional specifies framebuffer device, default: /dev/fb0
+#
+# Returns: Nothing.
+#
+# Since: 1.6
+#
+##
+{ 'command': 'framebuffer-display', 'data': {'enable'  : 'bool',
+                                             '*scale'  : 'bool',
+                                             '*device' : 'str' } }
+
+##
+# @FramebufferInfo:
+#
+# Since 1.6
+##
+{ 'type': 'FramebufferInfo',
+  'data': { 'enabled': 'bool',
+            '*scale' : 'bool',
+            '*device': 'str',
+            '*vtno'  : 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @query-framebuffer:
+#
+# Query linux console framebuffer state.
+#
+# Returns: FramebufferInfo.
+#
+# Since: 1.6
+#
+##
+{ 'command': 'query-framebuffer', 'returns': 'FramebufferInfo' }
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 8cea5e5..e0661f0 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -2997,3 +2997,15 @@ Example:
 <- { "return": {} }
 
 EQMP
+
+    {
+        .name       = "framebuffer-display",
+        .args_type  = "enable:b,scale:b?,device:s?",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_framebuffer_display,
+    },
+
+    {
+        .name       = "query-framebuffer",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_framebuffer,
+    },
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 4c149b3..b6d826c 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -404,6 +404,37 @@ void qmp_change(const char *device, const char *target,
     }
 }
 
+void qmp_framebuffer_display(bool enable,
+                             bool has_scale, bool scale,
+                             bool has_device, const char *device,
+                             Error **errp)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_FBDEV)
+    if (enable) {
+        if (fbdev_display_init(has_device ? device : NULL,
+                               has_scale  ? scale  : false,
+                               errp) != 0) {
+            if (!error_is_set(errp)) {
+                error_setg(errp, "fbdev initialization failed");
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        fbdev_display_uninit();
+    }
+#else
+    error_setg(errp, "fbdev support disabled at compile time");
+#endif
+}
+
+FramebufferInfo *qmp_query_framebuffer(Error **errp)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_FBDEV)
+    return framebuffer_info();
+#else
+    error_setg(errp, "fbdev support disabled at compile time");
+#endif
+}
+
 static void qom_list_types_tramp(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     ObjectTypeInfoList *e, **pret = data;
diff --git a/ui/fbdev.c b/ui/fbdev.c
index 91e11e5..326bba1 100644
--- a/ui/fbdev.c
+++ b/ui/fbdev.c
@@ -1162,3 +1162,23 @@ void fbdev_display_uninit(void)
     g_free(s);
     fb = NULL;
 }
+
+FramebufferInfo *framebuffer_info(void)
+{
+    FramebufferInfo *info = g_new0(FramebufferInfo, 1);
+    FBDevState *s = fb;
+
+    if (s == NULL) {
+        info->enabled = false;
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    info->enabled    = true;
+    info->has_device = true;
+    info->device     = g_strdup(s->device);
+    info->has_scale  = true;
+    info->scale      = s->use_scale;
+    info->has_vtno   = true;
+    info->vtno       = s->vtno;
+    return info;
+}
