diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 9c6d8966bf..619b8ba70e 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -114,6 +114,37 @@ void hmp_info_mice(Monitor *mon)
     qapi_free_MouseInfoList(mice_list);
 }
 
+void hmp_info_migrate(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    MigrationInfo *info;
+
+    info = qmp_query_migrate(NULL);
+
+    if (info->has_status) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "Migration status: %s\n", info->status);
+    }
+
+    if (info->has_ram) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "transferred ram: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->ram->transferred >> 10);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "remaining ram: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->ram->remaining >> 10);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "total ram: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->ram->total >> 10);
+    }
+
+    if (info->has_disk) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "transferred disk: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->disk->transferred >> 10);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "remaining disk: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->disk->remaining >> 10);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "total disk: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
+                       info->disk->total >> 10);
+    }
+
+    qapi_free_MigrationInfo(info);
+}
+
 void hmp_quit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     monitor_suspend(mon);
diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
index 4e6697da67..49d9662626 100644
--- a/hmp.h
+++ b/hmp.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void hmp_info_status(Monitor *mon);
 void hmp_info_uuid(Monitor *mon);
 void hmp_info_chardev(Monitor *mon);
 void hmp_info_mice(Monitor *mon);
+void hmp_info_migrate(Monitor *mon);
 void hmp_quit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_stop(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
 void hmp_system_reset(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index bdca72e008..6c70f72ce3 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "block.h"
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
 #include "block-migration.h"
-#include "qemu-objects.h"
+#include "qmp-commands.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_MIGRATION
 
@@ -107,53 +107,9 @@ uint64_t migrate_max_downtime(void)
     return max_downtime;
 }
 
-static void migrate_print_status(Monitor *mon, const char *name,
-                                 const QDict *status_dict)
+MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
 {
-    QDict *qdict;
-
-    qdict = qobject_to_qdict(qdict_get(status_dict, name));
-
-    monitor_printf(mon, "transferred %s: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n", name,
-                        qdict_get_int(qdict, "transferred") >> 10);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "remaining %s: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n", name,
-                        qdict_get_int(qdict, "remaining") >> 10);
-    monitor_printf(mon, "total %s: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n", name,
-                        qdict_get_int(qdict, "total") >> 10);
-}
-
-void do_info_migrate_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
-{
-    QDict *qdict;
-
-    qdict = qobject_to_qdict(data);
-
-    monitor_printf(mon, "Migration status: %s\n",
-                   qdict_get_str(qdict, "status"));
-
-    if (qdict_haskey(qdict, "ram")) {
-        migrate_print_status(mon, "ram", qdict);
-    }
-
-    if (qdict_haskey(qdict, "disk")) {
-        migrate_print_status(mon, "disk", qdict);
-    }
-}
-
-static void migrate_put_status(QDict *qdict, const char *name,
-                               uint64_t trans, uint64_t rem, uint64_t total)
-{
-    QObject *obj;
-
-    obj = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'transferred': %" PRId64 ", "
-                               "'remaining': %" PRId64 ", "
-                               "'total': %" PRId64 " }", trans, rem, total);
-    qdict_put_obj(qdict, name, obj);
-}
-
-void do_info_migrate(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data)
-{
-    QDict *qdict;
+    MigrationInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
 
     switch (s->state) {
@@ -161,30 +117,38 @@ void do_info_migrate(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data)
         /* no migration has happened ever */
         break;
     case MIG_STATE_ACTIVE:
-        qdict = qdict_new();
-        qdict_put(qdict, "status", qstring_from_str("active"));
+        info->has_status = true;
+        info->status = g_strdup("active");
 
-        migrate_put_status(qdict, "ram", ram_bytes_transferred(),
-                           ram_bytes_remaining(), ram_bytes_total());
+        info->has_ram = true;
+        info->ram = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info->ram));
+        info->ram->transferred = ram_bytes_transferred();
+        info->ram->remaining = ram_bytes_remaining();
+        info->ram->total = ram_bytes_total();
 
         if (blk_mig_active()) {
-            migrate_put_status(qdict, "disk", blk_mig_bytes_transferred(),
-                               blk_mig_bytes_remaining(),
-                               blk_mig_bytes_total());
+            info->has_disk = true;
+            info->disk = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info->disk));
+            info->disk->transferred = blk_mig_bytes_transferred();
+            info->disk->remaining = blk_mig_bytes_remaining();
+            info->disk->total = blk_mig_bytes_total();
         }
-
-        *ret_data = QOBJECT(qdict);
         break;
     case MIG_STATE_COMPLETED:
-        *ret_data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'status': 'completed' }");
+        info->has_status = true;
+        info->status = g_strdup("completed");
         break;
     case MIG_STATE_ERROR:
-        *ret_data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'status': 'failed' }");
+        info->has_status = true;
+        info->status = g_strdup("failed");
         break;
     case MIG_STATE_CANCELLED:
-        *ret_data = qobject_from_jsonf("{ 'status': 'cancelled' }");
+        info->has_status = true;
+        info->status = g_strdup("cancelled");
         break;
     }
+
+    return info;
 }
 
 /* shared migration helpers */
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index d95abce223..ea5ccd8f3d 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2999,8 +2999,7 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .args_type  = "",
         .params     = "",
         .help       = "show migration status",
-        .user_print = do_info_migrate_print,
-        .mhandler.info_new = do_info_migrate,
+        .mhandler.info = hmp_info_migrate,
     },
     {
         .name       = "balloon",
@@ -3109,14 +3108,6 @@ static const mon_cmd_t qmp_query_cmds[] = {
         .mhandler.info_new = do_info_spice,
     },
 #endif
-    {
-        .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "",
-        .params     = "",
-        .help       = "show migration status",
-        .user_print = do_info_migrate_print,
-        .mhandler.info_new = do_info_migrate,
-    },
     {
         .name       = "balloon",
         .args_type  = "",
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 3175c82135..eb155b4d54 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -225,6 +225,56 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'query-commands', 'returns': ['CommandInfo'] }
 
+##
+# @MigrationStats
+#
+# Detailed migration status.
+#
+# @transferred: amount of bytes already transferred to the target VM
+#
+# @remaining: amount of bytes remaining to be transferred to the target VM
+#
+# @total: total amount of bytes involved in the migration process
+#
+# Since: 0.14.0.
+##
+{ 'type': 'MigrationStats',
+  'data': {'transferred': 'int', 'remaining': 'int', 'total': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @MigrationInfo
+#
+# Information about current migration process.
+#
+# @status: #optional string describing the current migration status.
+#          As of 0.14.0 this can be 'active', 'completed', 'failed' or
+#          'cancelled'. If this field is not returned, no migration process
+#          has been initiated
+#
+# @ram: #optional @MigrationStats containing detailed migration status,
+#       only returned if status is 'active'
+#
+# @disk: #optional @MigrationStats containing detailed disk migration
+#        status, only returned if status is 'active' and it is a block
+#        migration
+#
+# Since: 0.14.0
+##
+{ 'type': 'MigrationInfo',
+  'data': {'*status': 'str', '*ram': 'MigrationStats',
+           '*disk': 'MigrationStats'} }
+
+##
+# @query-migrate
+#
+# Returns information about current migration process.
+#
+# Returns: @MigrationInfo
+#
+# Since: 0.14.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'query-migrate', 'returns': 'MigrationInfo' }
+
 ##
 # @MouseInfo:
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index c5355601cc..8efdb25d0a 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -1919,6 +1919,12 @@ Examples:
 
 EQMP
 
+    {
+        .name       = "query-migrate",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_query_migrate,
+    },
+
 SQMP
 query-balloon
 -------------