diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h b/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
index 9b3f99b322..b7a776068c 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h
@@ -198,6 +198,16 @@ void qtest_qmp_vsend(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
  */
 QDict *qtest_qmp_receive_dict(QTestState *s);
 
+/**
+ * qtest_qmp_receive:
+ * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
+ *
+ * Reads a QMP message from QEMU and returns the response.
+ * Buffers all the events received meanwhile, until a
+ * call to qtest_qmp_eventwait
+ */
+QDict *qtest_qmp_receive(QTestState *s);
+
 /**
  * qtest_qmp_eventwait:
  * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
@@ -217,6 +227,19 @@ void qtest_qmp_eventwait(QTestState *s, const char *event);
  */
 QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event);
 
+/**
+ * qtest_qmp_event_ref:
+ * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on.
+ * @event: event to return.
+ *
+ * Removes non-matching events from the buffer that was set by
+ * qtest_qmp_receive, until an event bearing the given name is found,
+ * and returns it.
+ * If no event matches, clears the buffer and returns NULL.
+ *
+ */
+QDict *qtest_qmp_event_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event);
+
 /**
  * qtest_qmp_receive_success:
  * @s: #QTestState instance to operate on
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
index dadc465825..d4c49a52ff 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqtest.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct QTestState
     bool irq_level[MAX_IRQ];
     GString *rx;
     QTestTransportOps ops;
+    GList *pending_events;
 };
 
 static GHookList abrt_hooks;
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ QTestState *qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(const char *extra_args)
 
     g_test_message("starting QEMU: %s", command);
 
+    s->pending_events = NULL;
     s->wstatus = 0;
     s->expected_status = 0;
     s->qemu_pid = fork();
@@ -386,6 +388,13 @@ void qtest_quit(QTestState *s)
     close(s->fd);
     close(s->qmp_fd);
     g_string_free(s->rx, true);
+
+    for (GList *it = s->pending_events; it != NULL; it = it->next) {
+        qobject_unref((QDict *)it->data);
+    }
+
+    g_list_free(s->pending_events);
+
     g_free(s);
 }
 
@@ -603,6 +612,19 @@ QDict *qmp_fd_receive(int fd)
     return qmp.response;
 }
 
+QDict *qtest_qmp_receive(QTestState *s)
+{
+    while (true) {
+        QDict *response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
+
+        if (!qdict_get_try_str(response, "event")) {
+            return response;
+        }
+        /* Stash the event for a later consumption */
+        s->pending_events = g_list_prepend(s->pending_events, response);
+    }
+}
+
 QDict *qtest_qmp_receive_dict(QTestState *s)
 {
     return qmp_fd_receive(s->qmp_fd);
@@ -771,9 +793,33 @@ void qtest_qmp_send_raw(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
+QDict *qtest_qmp_event_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event)
+{
+    GList *next = NULL;
+    QDict *response;
+
+    for (GList *it = s->pending_events; it != NULL; it = next) {
+
+        next = it->next;
+        response = (QDict *)it->data;
+
+        s->pending_events = g_list_remove_link(s->pending_events, it);
+
+        if (!strcmp(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), event)) {
+            return response;
+        }
+        qobject_unref(response);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 QDict *qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(QTestState *s, const char *event)
 {
-    QDict *response;
+    QDict *response = qtest_qmp_event_ref(s, event);
+
+    if (response) {
+        return response;
+    }
 
     for (;;) {
         response = qtest_qmp_receive_dict(s);
@@ -1403,6 +1449,7 @@ QTestState *qtest_inproc_init(QTestState **s, bool log, const char* arch,
 {
     QTestState *qts;
     qts = g_new0(QTestState, 1);
+    qts->pending_events = NULL;
     *s = qts; /* Expose qts early on, since the query endianness relies on it */
     qts->wstatus = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_IRQ; i++) {