diff --git a/include/io/channel.h b/include/io/channel.h
index 19e76fc32f..88988979f8 100644
--- a/include/io/channel.h
+++ b/include/io/channel.h
@@ -777,6 +777,59 @@ void qio_channel_set_aio_fd_handler(QIOChannel *ioc,
                                     IOHandler *io_write,
                                     void *opaque);
 
+/**
+ * qio_channel_readv_full_all_eof:
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @iov: the array of memory regions to read data to
+ * @niov: the length of the @iov array
+ * @fds: an array of file handles to read
+ * @nfds: number of file handles in @fds
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ *
+ * Performs same function as qio_channel_readv_all_eof.
+ * Additionally, attempts to read file descriptors shared
+ * over the channel. The function will wait for all
+ * requested data to be read, yielding from the current
+ * coroutine if required. data refers to both file
+ * descriptors and the iovs.
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 if all bytes were read, 0 if end-of-file
+ *          occurs without data, or -1 on error
+ */
+
+int qio_channel_readv_full_all_eof(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                                   const struct iovec *iov,
+                                   size_t niov,
+                                   int **fds, size_t *nfds,
+                                   Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qio_channel_readv_full_all:
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @iov: the array of memory regions to read data to
+ * @niov: the length of the @iov array
+ * @fds: an array of file handles to read
+ * @nfds: number of file handles in @fds
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ *
+ * Performs same function as qio_channel_readv_all_eof.
+ * Additionally, attempts to read file descriptors shared
+ * over the channel. The function will wait for all
+ * requested data to be read, yielding from the current
+ * coroutine if required. data refers to both file
+ * descriptors and the iovs.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if all bytes were read, or -1 on error
+ */
+
+int qio_channel_readv_full_all(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                               const struct iovec *iov,
+                               size_t niov,
+                               int **fds, size_t *nfds,
+                               Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * qio_channel_writev_full_all:
  * @ioc: the channel object
diff --git a/io/channel.c b/io/channel.c
index 0d4b8b5160..4555021b62 100644
--- a/io/channel.c
+++ b/io/channel.c
@@ -91,20 +91,48 @@ int qio_channel_readv_all_eof(QIOChannel *ioc,
                               const struct iovec *iov,
                               size_t niov,
                               Error **errp)
+{
+    return qio_channel_readv_full_all_eof(ioc, iov, niov, NULL, NULL, errp);
+}
+
+int qio_channel_readv_all(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                          const struct iovec *iov,
+                          size_t niov,
+                          Error **errp)
+{
+    return qio_channel_readv_full_all(ioc, iov, niov, NULL, NULL, errp);
+}
+
+int qio_channel_readv_full_all_eof(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                                   const struct iovec *iov,
+                                   size_t niov,
+                                   int **fds, size_t *nfds,
+                                   Error **errp)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     struct iovec *local_iov = g_new(struct iovec, niov);
     struct iovec *local_iov_head = local_iov;
     unsigned int nlocal_iov = niov;
+    int **local_fds = fds;
+    size_t *local_nfds = nfds;
     bool partial = false;
 
+    if (nfds) {
+        *nfds = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (fds) {
+        *fds = NULL;
+    }
+
     nlocal_iov = iov_copy(local_iov, nlocal_iov,
                           iov, niov,
                           0, iov_size(iov, niov));
 
-    while (nlocal_iov > 0) {
+    while ((nlocal_iov > 0) || local_fds) {
         ssize_t len;
-        len = qio_channel_readv(ioc, local_iov, nlocal_iov, errp);
+        len = qio_channel_readv_full(ioc, local_iov, nlocal_iov, local_fds,
+                                     local_nfds, errp);
         if (len == QIO_CHANNEL_ERR_BLOCK) {
             if (qemu_in_coroutine()) {
                 qio_channel_yield(ioc, G_IO_IN);
@@ -112,20 +140,50 @@ int qio_channel_readv_all_eof(QIOChannel *ioc,
                 qio_channel_wait(ioc, G_IO_IN);
             }
             continue;
-        } else if (len < 0) {
-            goto cleanup;
-        } else if (len == 0) {
-            if (partial) {
-                error_setg(errp,
-                           "Unexpected end-of-file before all bytes were read");
-            } else {
+        }
+
+        if (len == 0) {
+            if (local_nfds && *local_nfds) {
+                /*
+                 * Got some FDs, but no data yet. This isn't an EOF
+                 * scenario (yet), so carry on to try to read data
+                 * on next loop iteration
+                 */
+                goto next_iter;
+            } else if (!partial) {
+                /* No fds and no data - EOF before any data read */
                 ret = 0;
+                goto cleanup;
+            } else {
+                len = -1;
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "Unexpected end-of-file before all data were read");
+                /* Fallthrough into len < 0 handling */
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (len < 0) {
+            /* Close any FDs we previously received */
+            if (nfds && fds) {
+                size_t i;
+                for (i = 0; i < (*nfds); i++) {
+                    close((*fds)[i]);
+                }
+                g_free(*fds);
+                *fds = NULL;
+                *nfds = 0;
             }
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
+        if (nlocal_iov) {
+            iov_discard_front(&local_iov, &nlocal_iov, len);
+        }
+
+next_iter:
         partial = true;
-        iov_discard_front(&local_iov, &nlocal_iov, len);
+        local_fds = NULL;
+        local_nfds = NULL;
     }
 
     ret = 1;
@@ -135,20 +193,23 @@ int qio_channel_readv_all_eof(QIOChannel *ioc,
     return ret;
 }
 
-int qio_channel_readv_all(QIOChannel *ioc,
-                          const struct iovec *iov,
-                          size_t niov,
-                          Error **errp)
+int qio_channel_readv_full_all(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                               const struct iovec *iov,
+                               size_t niov,
+                               int **fds, size_t *nfds,
+                               Error **errp)
 {
-    int ret = qio_channel_readv_all_eof(ioc, iov, niov, errp);
+    int ret = qio_channel_readv_full_all_eof(ioc, iov, niov, fds, nfds, errp);
 
     if (ret == 0) {
-        ret = -1;
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "Unexpected end-of-file before all bytes were read");
-    } else if (ret == 1) {
-        ret = 0;
+        error_prepend(errp,
+                      "Unexpected end-of-file before all data were read.");
+        return -1;
     }
+    if (ret == 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     return ret;
 }