diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-stub.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-stub.c
index 05a81edc92..0b432e8de7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-stub.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-stub.c
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ VirtioInfoList *qmp_x_query_virtio(Error **errp)
 {
     return qmp_virtio_unsupported(errp);
 }
+
+VirtioStatus *qmp_x_query_virtio_status(const char *path, Error **errp)
+{
+    return qmp_virtio_unsupported(errp);
+}
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 28f25ff83a..7f8eb29ced 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3926,6 +3926,110 @@ VirtioInfoList *qmp_x_query_virtio(Error **errp)
     return list;
 }
 
+static VirtIODevice *virtio_device_find(const char *path)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(vdev, &virtio_list, next) {
+        DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(vdev);
+
+        if (strcmp(dev->canonical_path, path) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        Error *err = NULL;
+        QObject *obj = qmp_qom_get(dev->canonical_path, "realized", &err);
+        if (err == NULL) {
+            GString *is_realized = qobject_to_json_pretty(obj, true);
+            /* virtio device is NOT realized, remove it from list */
+            if (!strncmp(is_realized->str, "false", 4)) {
+                g_string_free(is_realized, true);
+                qobject_unref(obj);
+                QTAILQ_REMOVE(&virtio_list, vdev, next);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            g_string_free(is_realized, true);
+        } else {
+            /* virtio device doesn't exist in QOM tree */
+            QTAILQ_REMOVE(&virtio_list, vdev, next);
+            qobject_unref(obj);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        /* device exists in QOM tree & is realized */
+        qobject_unref(obj);
+        return vdev;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+VirtioStatus *qmp_x_query_virtio_status(const char *path, Error **errp)
+{
+    VirtIODevice *vdev;
+    VirtioStatus *status;
+
+    vdev = virtio_device_find(path);
+    if (vdev == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Path %s is not a VirtIODevice", path);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    status = g_new0(VirtioStatus, 1);
+    status->name = g_strdup(vdev->name);
+    status->device_id = vdev->device_id;
+    status->vhost_started = vdev->vhost_started;
+    status->guest_features = vdev->guest_features;
+    status->host_features = vdev->host_features;
+    status->backend_features = vdev->backend_features;
+
+    switch (vdev->device_endian) {
+    case VIRTIO_DEVICE_ENDIAN_LITTLE:
+        status->device_endian = g_strdup("little");
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_DEVICE_ENDIAN_BIG:
+        status->device_endian = g_strdup("big");
+        break;
+    default:
+        status->device_endian = g_strdup("unknown");
+        break;
+    }
+
+    status->num_vqs = virtio_get_num_queues(vdev);
+    status->status = vdev->status;
+    status->isr = vdev->isr;
+    status->queue_sel = vdev->queue_sel;
+    status->vm_running = vdev->vm_running;
+    status->broken = vdev->broken;
+    status->disabled = vdev->disabled;
+    status->use_started = vdev->use_started;
+    status->started = vdev->started;
+    status->start_on_kick = vdev->start_on_kick;
+    status->disable_legacy_check = vdev->disable_legacy_check;
+    status->bus_name = g_strdup(vdev->bus_name);
+    status->use_guest_notifier_mask = vdev->use_guest_notifier_mask;
+    status->has_vhost_dev = vdev->vhost_started;
+
+    if (vdev->vhost_started) {
+        VirtioDeviceClass *vdc = VIRTIO_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(vdev);
+        struct vhost_dev *hdev = vdc->get_vhost(vdev);
+
+        status->vhost_dev = g_new0(VhostStatus, 1);
+        status->vhost_dev->n_mem_sections = hdev->n_mem_sections;
+        status->vhost_dev->n_tmp_sections = hdev->n_tmp_sections;
+        status->vhost_dev->nvqs = hdev->nvqs;
+        status->vhost_dev->vq_index = hdev->vq_index;
+        status->vhost_dev->features = hdev->features;
+        status->vhost_dev->acked_features = hdev->acked_features;
+        status->vhost_dev->backend_features = hdev->backend_features;
+        status->vhost_dev->protocol_features = hdev->protocol_features;
+        status->vhost_dev->max_queues = hdev->max_queues;
+        status->vhost_dev->backend_cap = hdev->backend_cap;
+        status->vhost_dev->log_enabled = hdev->log_enabled;
+        status->vhost_dev->log_size = hdev->log_size;
+    }
+
+    return status;
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo virtio_device_info = {
     .name = TYPE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
     .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
diff --git a/qapi/virtio.json b/qapi/virtio.json
index aee0e40daa..ba61d83df7 100644
--- a/qapi/virtio.json
+++ b/qapi/virtio.json
@@ -66,3 +66,225 @@
 { 'command': 'x-query-virtio',
   'returns': [ 'VirtioInfo' ],
   'features': [ 'unstable' ] }
+
+##
+# @VhostStatus:
+#
+# Information about a vhost device. This information will only be
+# displayed if the vhost device is active.
+#
+# @n-mem-sections: vhost_dev n_mem_sections
+#
+# @n-tmp-sections: vhost_dev n_tmp_sections
+#
+# @nvqs: vhost_dev nvqs (number of virtqueues being used)
+#
+# @vq-index: vhost_dev vq_index
+#
+# @features: vhost_dev features
+#
+# @acked-features: vhost_dev acked_features
+#
+# @backend-features: vhost_dev backend_features
+#
+# @protocol-features: vhost_dev protocol_features
+#
+# @max-queues: vhost_dev max_queues
+#
+# @backend-cap: vhost_dev backend_cap
+#
+# @log-enabled: vhost_dev log_enabled flag
+#
+# @log-size: vhost_dev log_size
+#
+# Since: 7.0
+#
+##
+
+{ 'struct': 'VhostStatus',
+  'data': { 'n-mem-sections': 'int',
+            'n-tmp-sections': 'int',
+            'nvqs': 'uint32',
+            'vq-index': 'int',
+            'features': 'uint64',
+            'acked-features': 'uint64',
+            'backend-features': 'uint64',
+            'protocol-features': 'uint64',
+            'max-queues': 'uint64',
+            'backend-cap': 'uint64',
+            'log-enabled': 'bool',
+            'log-size': 'uint64' } }
+
+##
+# @VirtioStatus:
+#
+# Full status of the virtio device with most VirtIODevice members.
+# Also includes the full status of the corresponding vhost device
+# if the vhost device is active.
+#
+# @name: VirtIODevice name
+#
+# @device-id: VirtIODevice ID
+#
+# @vhost-started: VirtIODevice vhost_started flag
+#
+# @guest-features: VirtIODevice guest_features
+#
+# @host-features: VirtIODevice host_features
+#
+# @backend-features: VirtIODevice backend_features
+#
+# @device-endian: VirtIODevice device_endian
+#
+# @num-vqs: VirtIODevice virtqueue count. This is the number of active
+#           virtqueues being used by the VirtIODevice.
+#
+# @status: VirtIODevice configuration status (VirtioDeviceStatus)
+#
+# @isr: VirtIODevice ISR
+#
+# @queue-sel: VirtIODevice queue_sel
+#
+# @vm-running: VirtIODevice vm_running flag
+#
+# @broken: VirtIODevice broken flag
+#
+# @disabled: VirtIODevice disabled flag
+#
+# @use-started: VirtIODevice use_started flag
+#
+# @started: VirtIODevice started flag
+#
+# @start-on-kick: VirtIODevice start_on_kick flag
+#
+# @disable-legacy-check: VirtIODevice disabled_legacy_check flag
+#
+# @bus-name: VirtIODevice bus_name
+#
+# @use-guest-notifier-mask: VirtIODevice use_guest_notifier_mask flag
+#
+# @vhost-dev: Corresponding vhost device info for a given VirtIODevice.
+#             Present if the given VirtIODevice has an active vhost
+#             device.
+#
+# Since: 7.0
+#
+##
+
+{ 'struct': 'VirtioStatus',
+  'data': { 'name': 'str',
+            'device-id': 'uint16',
+            'vhost-started': 'bool',
+            'device-endian': 'str',
+            'guest-features': 'uint64',
+            'host-features': 'uint64',
+            'backend-features': 'uint64',
+            'num-vqs': 'int',
+            'status': 'uint8',
+            'isr': 'uint8',
+            'queue-sel': 'uint16',
+            'vm-running': 'bool',
+            'broken': 'bool',
+            'disabled': 'bool',
+            'use-started': 'bool',
+            'started': 'bool',
+            'start-on-kick': 'bool',
+            'disable-legacy-check': 'bool',
+            'bus-name': 'str',
+            'use-guest-notifier-mask': 'bool',
+            '*vhost-dev': 'VhostStatus' } }
+
+##
+# @x-query-virtio-status:
+#
+# Poll for a comprehensive status of a given virtio device
+#
+# @path: Canonical QOM path of the VirtIODevice
+#
+# Features:
+# @unstable: This command is meant for debugging.
+#
+# Returns: VirtioStatus of the virtio device
+#
+# Since: 7.0
+#
+# Examples:
+#
+# 1. Poll for the status of virtio-crypto (no vhost-crypto active)
+#
+# -> { "execute": "x-query-virtio-status",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "/machine/peripheral/crypto0/virtio-backend" }
+#    }
+# <- { "return": {
+#            "device-endian": "little",
+#            "bus-name": "",
+#            "disable-legacy-check": false,
+#            "name": "virtio-crypto",
+#            "started": true,
+#            "device-id": 20,
+#            "backend-features": 0,
+#            "start-on-kick": false,
+#            "isr": 1,
+#            "broken": false,
+#            "status": 15,
+#            "num-vqs": 2,
+#            "guest-features": 5100273664,
+#            "host-features": 6325010432,
+#            "use-guest-notifier-mask": true,
+#            "vm-running": true,
+#            "queue-sel": 1,
+#            "disabled": false,
+#            "vhost-started": false,
+#            "use-started": true
+#      }
+#    }
+#
+# 2. Poll for the status of virtio-net (vhost-net is active)
+#
+# -> { "execute": "x-query-virtio-status",
+#      "arguments": { "path": "/machine/peripheral-anon/device[1]/virtio-backend" }
+#    }
+# <- { "return": {
+#            "device-endian": "little",
+#            "bus-name": "",
+#            "disabled-legacy-check": false,
+#            "name": "virtio-net",
+#            "started": true,
+#            "device-id": 1,
+#            "vhost-dev": {
+#               "n-tmp-sections": 4,
+#               "n-mem-sections": 4,
+#               "max-queues": 1,
+#               "backend-cap": 2,
+#               "log-size": 0,
+#               "backend-features": 0,
+#               "nvqs": 2,
+#               "protocol-features": 0,
+#               "vq-index": 0,
+#               "log-enabled": false,
+#               "acked-features": 5100306432,
+#               "features": 13908344832
+#            },
+#            "backend-features": 6337593319,
+#            "start-on-kick": false,
+#            "isr": 1,
+#            "broken": false,
+#            "status": 15,
+#            "num-vqs": 3,
+#            "guest-features": 5111807911,
+#            "host-features": 6337593319,
+#            "use-guest-notifier-mask": true,
+#            "vm-running": true,
+#            "queue-sel": 2,
+#            "disabled": false,
+#            "vhost-started": true,
+#            "use-started": true
+#      }
+#    }
+#
+##
+
+{ 'command': 'x-query-virtio-status',
+  'data': { 'path': 'str' },
+  'returns': 'VirtioStatus',
+  'features': [ 'unstable' ] }
