diff --git a/console.h b/console.h
index 91b66ea..5d68cff 100644
--- a/console.h
+++ b/console.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ QEMUPutKbdEntry *qemu_add_kbd_event_handler(QEMUPutKBDEvent *func,
                                             void *opaque,
                                             const char *name);
 void qemu_remove_kbd_event_handler(QEMUPutKbdEntry *entry);
+void qemu_activate_keyboard_event_handler(QEMUPutKbdEntry *entry);
 QEMUPutMouseEntry *qemu_add_mouse_event_handler(QEMUPutMouseEvent *func,
                                                 void *opaque, int absolute,
                                                 const char *name);
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ void do_info_mice_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data);
 void do_info_mice(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
 void do_mouse_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 
+void do_info_keyboard_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data);
+void do_info_keyboard(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
+int do_keyboard_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data);
+
 /* keysym is a unicode code except for special keys (see QEMU_KEY_xxx
    constants) */
 #define QEMU_KEY_ESC1(c) ((c) | 0xe100)
diff --git a/hw/usb-hid.c b/hw/usb-hid.c
index dbab5d3..88ef36c 100644
--- a/hw/usb-hid.c
+++ b/hw/usb-hid.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct USBKeyboardState {
     uint8_t leds;
     uint8_t key[16];
     int keys;
+    int keyboard_grabbed;
     QEMUPutKbdEntry *eh_entry;
 } USBKeyboardState;
 
@@ -586,6 +587,11 @@ static int usb_keyboard_poll(USBKeyboardState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len)
     if (len < 2)
         return 0;
 
+    if (!s->keyboard_grabbed) {
+        qemu_activate_keyboard_event_handler(s->eh_entry);
+        s->keyboard_grabbed = 1;
+    }
+
     buf[0] = s->modifiers & 0xff;
     buf[1] = 0;
     if (s->keys > 6)
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 18875a9..da43ee5 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -329,3 +329,114 @@ void qemu_remove_mouse_mode_change_notifier(Notifier *notify)
 {
     notifier_list_remove(&mouse_mode_notifiers, notify);
 }
+
+static void info_keyboard_iter(QObject *data, void *opaque)
+{
+    QDict *kbd;
+    Monitor *mon = opaque;
+
+    kbd = qobject_to_qdict(data);
+    monitor_printf(mon, "%c Keyboard #%" PRId64 ": %s\n",
+                  (qdict_get_bool(kbd, "current") ? '*' : ' '),
+                  qdict_get_int(kbd, "index"), qdict_get_str(kbd, "name"));
+}
+
+void do_info_keyboard_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
+{
+    QList *kbd_list;
+
+    kbd_list = qobject_to_qlist(data);
+    if (qlist_empty(kbd_list)) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "No keyboard devices connected\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qlist_iter(kbd_list, info_keyboard_iter, mon);
+}
+
+void qemu_activate_keyboard_event_handler(QEMUPutKbdEntry *entry)
+{
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&kbd_handlers, entry, node);
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&kbd_handlers, entry, node);
+}
+
+/*
+ * do_info_keyboard(): Show VM keyboard information
+ *
+ * Each keyboard is represented by a QDict, the returned QObject is
+ * a QList of all keyboards.
+ *
+ * The keyboard QDict contains the following:
+ *
+ * - "name": keyboard's name
+ * - "index": keyboard's index
+ * - "current": true if this keyboard is receiving events, false otherwise
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * [ { "name": "QEMU USB Keyboard", "index": 0, "current": false },
+ *   { "name": "QEMU PS/2 Keyboard", "index": 1, "current": true } ]
+ */
+void do_info_keyboard(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data)
+{
+    QEMUPutKbdEntry *cursor;
+    QList *kbd_list;
+    int current;
+
+    kbd_list = qlist_new();
+
+    if (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&kbd_handlers)) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    current = QTAILQ_FIRST(&kbd_handlers)->index;
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(cursor, &kbd_handlers, node) {
+        QObject *obj;
+        obj = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'name': %s,"
+                                 "  'index': %d,"
+                                 "  'current': %i }",
+                                 cursor->qemu_put_kbd_name,
+                                 cursor->index,
+                                 current == cursor->index);
+        qlist_append_obj(kbd_list, obj);
+    }
+out:
+    *ret_data = QOBJECT(kbd_list);
+}
+
+/*
+ * do_keyboard_set(): Set active keyboard
+ *
+ * Argument qdict contains
+ * - "index": the keyboard index to set
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * { "index": "0" }
+ */
+int do_keyboard_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
+{
+    QEMUPutKbdEntry *cursor;
+    int index = qdict_get_int(qdict, "index");
+    int found = 0;
+
+    if (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&kbd_handlers)) {
+        qerror_report(QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, "keyboard");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(cursor, &kbd_handlers, node) {
+        if (cursor->index == index) {
+            qemu_activate_keyboard_event_handler(cursor);
+            found = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!found) {
+        qerror_report(QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "index");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 822dc27..f5474b1 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2781,6 +2781,14 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .mhandler.info_new = do_info_mice,
     },
     {
+        .name       = "keyboard",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show which guest keyboard is receiving events",
+        .user_print = do_info_keyboard_print,
+        .mhandler.info_new = do_info_keyboard,
+    },
+    {
         .name       = "vnc",
         .args_type  = "",
         .params     = "",
diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
index 5308f36..e9beb12 100644
--- a/qemu-monitor.hx
+++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
@@ -659,6 +659,23 @@ info mice
 @end example
 ETEXI
 
+    {
+        .name       = "keyboard_set",
+        .args_type  = "index:i",
+        .params     = "index",
+        .help       = "set which keyboard device receives events",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = do_keyboard_set,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item keyboard_set @var{index}
+@findex keyboard_set
+Set which keyboard device receives events at given @var{index}, index
+can be obtained with
+@example
+info keyboard
+@end example
+ETEXI
 #ifdef HAS_AUDIO
     {
         .name       = "wavcapture",
