diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1b79767d61..448dc951c5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2164,6 +2164,7 @@ F: hw/vfio/*
 F: include/hw/vfio/
 F: docs/igd-assign.txt
 F: docs/devel/migration/vfio.rst
+F: qapi/vfio.json
 
 vfio-ccw
 M: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/qapi/meson.build b/qapi/meson.build
index c92af6e063..e7bc54e5d0 100644
--- a/qapi/meson.build
+++ b/qapi/meson.build
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ qapi_all_modules = [
   'stats',
   'trace',
   'transaction',
+  'vfio',
   'virtio',
   'yank',
 ]
diff --git a/qapi/qapi-schema.json b/qapi/qapi-schema.json
index 5e33da7228..b1581988e4 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi/qapi-schema.json
@@ -78,5 +78,6 @@
 { 'include': 'pci.json' }
 { 'include': 'stats.json' }
 { 'include': 'virtio.json' }
+{ 'include': 'vfio.json' }
 { 'include': 'cryptodev.json' }
 { 'include': 'cxl.json' }
diff --git a/qapi/vfio.json b/qapi/vfio.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0e5013188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qapi/vfio.json
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vim: filetype=python
+#
+
+##
+# = VFIO devices
+##
+
+##
+# @VfioMigrationState:
+#
+# An enumeration of the VFIO device migration states.
+#
+# @stop: The device is stopped.
+#
+# @running: The device is running.
+#
+# @stop-copy: The device is stopped and its internal state is available
+#     for reading.
+#
+# @resuming: The device is stopped and its internal state is available
+#     for writing.
+#
+# @running-p2p: The device is running in the P2P quiescent state.
+#
+# @pre-copy: The device is running, tracking its internal state and its
+#     internal state is available for reading.
+#
+# @pre-copy-p2p: The device is running in the P2P quiescent state,
+#     tracking its internal state and its internal state is available
+#     for reading.
+#
+# Since: 9.1
+##
+{ 'enum': 'VfioMigrationState',
+  'data': [ 'stop', 'running', 'stop-copy', 'resuming', 'running-p2p',
+            'pre-copy', 'pre-copy-p2p' ],
+  'prefix': 'QAPI_VFIO_MIGRATION_STATE' }
+
+##
+# @VFIO_MIGRATION:
+#
+# This event is emitted when a VFIO device migration state is changed.
+#
+# @device-id: The device's id, if it has one.
+#
+# @qom-path: The device's QOM path.
+#
+# @device-state: The new changed device migration state.
+#
+# Since: 9.1
+#
+# Example:
+#
+#     <- { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1713771323, "microseconds": 212268 },
+#          "event": "VFIO_MIGRATION",
+#          "data": {
+#              "device-id": "vfio_dev1",
+#              "qom-path": "/machine/peripheral/vfio_dev1",
+#              "device-state": "stop" } }
+##
+{ 'event': 'VFIO_MIGRATION',
+  'data': {
+      'device-id': 'str',
+      'qom-path': 'str',
+      'device-state': 'VfioMigrationState'
+  } }