diff --git a/hmp-commands-info.hx b/hmp-commands-info.hx
index b6325d36ed..84c5e0da10 100644
--- a/hmp-commands-info.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands-info.hx
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ ERST
         .args_type  = "",
         .params     = "",
         .help       = "show profiling information",
-        .cmd        = hmp_info_profile,
+        .cmd_info_hrt = qmp_x_query_profile,
     },
 
 SRST
diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index c3efdf6336..fabd25a241 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -931,33 +931,6 @@ static void hmp_info_mtree(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     mtree_info(flatview, dispatch_tree, owner, disabled);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
-
-int64_t dev_time;
-
-static void hmp_info_profile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    static int64_t last_cpu_exec_time;
-    int64_t cpu_exec_time;
-    int64_t delta;
-
-    cpu_exec_time = tcg_cpu_exec_time();
-    delta = cpu_exec_time - last_cpu_exec_time;
-
-    monitor_printf(mon, "async time  %" PRId64 " (%0.3f)\n",
-                   dev_time, dev_time / (double)NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "qemu time   %" PRId64 " (%0.3f)\n",
-                   delta, delta / (double)NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
-    last_cpu_exec_time = cpu_exec_time;
-    dev_time = 0;
-}
-#else
-static void hmp_info_profile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    monitor_printf(mon, "Internal profiler not compiled\n");
-}
-#endif
-
 /* Capture support */
 static QLIST_HEAD (capture_list_head, CaptureState) capture_head;
 
diff --git a/monitor/qmp-cmds.c b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
index 5c0d5e116b..6122ad18b6 100644
--- a/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-ui.h"
+#include "qapi/type-helpers.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "hw/mem/memory-device.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h"
@@ -350,3 +351,34 @@ void qmp_display_reload(DisplayReloadOptions *arg, Error **errp)
         abort();
     }
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
+
+int64_t dev_time;
+
+HumanReadableText *qmp_x_query_profile(Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new("");
+    static int64_t last_cpu_exec_time;
+    int64_t cpu_exec_time;
+    int64_t delta;
+
+    cpu_exec_time = tcg_cpu_exec_time();
+    delta = cpu_exec_time - last_cpu_exec_time;
+
+    g_string_append_printf(buf, "async time  %" PRId64 " (%0.3f)\n",
+                           dev_time, dev_time / (double)NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
+    g_string_append_printf(buf, "qemu time   %" PRId64 " (%0.3f)\n",
+                           delta, delta / (double)NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND);
+    last_cpu_exec_time = cpu_exec_time;
+    dev_time = 0;
+
+    return human_readable_text_from_str(buf);
+}
+#else
+HumanReadableText *qmp_x_query_profile(Error **errp)
+{
+    error_setg(errp, "Internal profiler not compiled");
+    return NULL;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index 26d4ef8195..73ff4bc168 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -1412,6 +1412,18 @@
      '*threads': 'int',
      '*maxcpus': 'int' } }
 
+##
+# @x-query-profile:
+#
+# Query TCG profiling information
+#
+# Returns: profile information
+#
+# Since: 6.2
+##
+{ 'command': 'x-query-profile',
+  'returns': 'HumanReadableText' }
+
 ##
 # @x-query-roms:
 #
diff --git a/tests/qtest/qmp-cmd-test.c b/tests/qtest/qmp-cmd-test.c
index 1af2f74c28..372c887eea 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/qmp-cmd-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/qmp-cmd-test.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static int query_error_class(const char *cmd)
         { "query-balloon", ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_ACTIVE },
         { "query-hotpluggable-cpus", ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR },
         { "query-vm-generation-id", ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR },
+#ifndef CONFIG_PROFILER
+        { "x-query-profile", ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR },
+#endif
         { NULL, -1 }
     };
     int i;