diff --git a/tc/Makefile b/tc/Makefile
index 79c9c1dd..5a517af2 100644
--- a/tc/Makefile
+++ b/tc/Makefile
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ TCLIB += tc_red.o
 TCLIB += tc_cbq.o
 TCLIB += tc_estimator.o
 TCLIB += tc_stab.o
+TCLIB += tc_qevent.o
 
 CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GACT -DCONFIG_GACT_PROB
 ifneq ($(IPT_LIB_DIR),)
diff --git a/tc/tc_qevent.c b/tc/tc_qevent.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f8e6506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tc/tc_qevent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+
+/*
+ * Helpers for handling qevents.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "tc_qevent.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+void qevents_init(struct qevent_util *qevents)
+{
+	if (!qevents)
+		return;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++)
+		memset(qevents->data, 0, qevents->data_size);
+}
+
+int qevent_parse(struct qevent_util *qevents, int *p_argc, char ***p_argv)
+{
+	char **argv = *p_argv;
+	int argc = *p_argc;
+	const char *name = *argv;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!qevents)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++) {
+		if (strcmp(name, qevents->id) == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			err = qevents->parse_qevent(qevents, &argc, &argv);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+
+			*p_argc = argc;
+			*p_argv = argv;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	fprintf(stderr, "Unknown qevent `%s'\n", name);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int qevents_read(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct rtattr **tb)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!qevents)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++) {
+		if (tb[qevents->attr]) {
+			err = qevents->read_qevent(qevents, tb);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void qevents_print(struct qevent_util *qevents, FILE *f)
+{
+	int first = true;
+
+	if (!qevents)
+		return;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++) {
+		struct qevent_base *qeb = qevents->data;
+
+		if (qeb->block_idx) {
+			if (first) {
+				open_json_array(PRINT_JSON, "qevents");
+				first = false;
+			}
+
+			open_json_object(NULL);
+			print_string(PRINT_ANY, "kind", " qevent %s", qevents->id);
+			qevents->print_qevent(qevents, f);
+			close_json_object();
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!first)
+		close_json_array(PRINT_ANY, "");
+}
+
+int qevents_dump(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct nlmsghdr *n)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!qevents)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++) {
+		struct qevent_base *qeb = qevents->data;
+
+		if (qeb->block_idx) {
+			err = qevents->dump_qevent(qevents, n);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int parse_block_idx(const char *arg, struct qevent_base *qeb)
+{
+	if (qeb->block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Qevent block index already specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (get_unsigned(&qeb->block_idx, arg, 10) || !qeb->block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Illegal qevent block index\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_block_idx(struct rtattr *attr, struct qevent_base *qeb)
+{
+	if (qeb->block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Qevent block index already specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	qeb->block_idx = rta_getattr_u32(attr);
+	if (!qeb->block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Illegal qevent block index\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void print_block_idx(FILE *f, __u32 block_idx)
+{
+	print_uint(PRINT_ANY, "block", " block %u", block_idx);
+}
+
+int qevent_parse_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, int *p_argc, char ***p_argv)
+{
+	struct qevent_plain *qe = qu->data;
+	char **argv = *p_argv;
+	int argc = *p_argc;
+
+	if (qe->base.block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Duplicate qevent\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (argc > 0) {
+		if (strcmp(*argv, "block") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			if (parse_block_idx(*argv, &qe->base))
+				return -1;
+		} else {
+			break;
+		}
+		NEXT_ARG_FWD();
+	}
+
+	if (!qe->base.block_idx) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unspecified qevent block index\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*p_argc = argc;
+	*p_argv = argv;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int qevent_read_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, struct rtattr **tb)
+{
+	struct qevent_plain *qe = qu->data;
+
+	return read_block_idx(tb[qu->attr], &qe->base);
+}
+
+void qevent_print_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, FILE *f)
+{
+	struct qevent_plain *qe = qu->data;
+
+	print_block_idx(f, qe->base.block_idx);
+}
+
+int qevent_dump_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, struct nlmsghdr *n)
+{
+	struct qevent_plain *qe = qu->data;
+
+	return addattr32(n, 1024, qu->attr, qe->base.block_idx);
+}
diff --git a/tc/tc_qevent.h b/tc/tc_qevent.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..574e7cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tc/tc_qevent.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _TC_QEVENT_H_
+#define _TC_QEVENT_H_
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <libnetlink.h>
+
+struct qevent_base {
+	__u32 block_idx;
+};
+
+struct qevent_util {
+	const char *id;
+	int (*parse_qevent)(struct qevent_util *qu, int *argc, char ***argv);
+	int (*read_qevent)(struct qevent_util *qu, struct rtattr **tb);
+	void (*print_qevent)(struct qevent_util *qu, FILE *f);
+	int (*dump_qevent)(struct qevent_util *qu, struct nlmsghdr *n);
+	size_t data_size;
+	void *data;
+	int attr;
+};
+
+#define QEVENT(_name, _form, _data, _attr)				\
+	{								\
+		.id = _name,						\
+		.parse_qevent = qevent_parse_##_form,			\
+		.read_qevent = qevent_read_##_form,			\
+		.print_qevent = qevent_print_##_form,			\
+		.dump_qevent = qevent_dump_##_form,			\
+		.data_size = sizeof(struct qevent_##_form),		\
+		.data = _data,						\
+		.attr = _attr,						\
+	}
+
+void qevents_init(struct qevent_util *qevents);
+int qevent_parse(struct qevent_util *qevents, int *p_argc, char ***p_argv);
+int qevents_read(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct rtattr **tb);
+int qevents_dump(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct nlmsghdr *n);
+void qevents_print(struct qevent_util *qevents, FILE *f);
+
+struct qevent_plain {
+	struct qevent_base base;
+};
+int qevent_parse_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, int *p_argc, char ***p_argv);
+int qevent_read_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, struct rtattr **tb);
+void qevent_print_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, FILE *f);
+int qevent_dump_plain(struct qevent_util *qu, struct nlmsghdr *n);
+
+#endif