diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 4927cc87..81147b5b 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -2819,6 +2819,19 @@ sub vm_qmp_command {
     return $res;
 }
 
+sub vm_human_monitor_command {
+    my ($vmid, $cmdline) = @_;
+
+    my $res;
+
+    my $cmd = { 
+	execute => 'human-monitor-command',
+	arguments => { 'command-line' => $cmdline},
+    };
+
+    return vm_qmp_command($vmid, $cmd);
+}
+
 sub vm_commandline {
     my ($storecfg, $vmid) = @_;
 
diff --git a/qm b/qm
index 044bc21d..b5b35dea 100755
--- a/qm
+++ b/qm
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	    last if $input =~ m/^\s*q(uit)?\s*$/;
 
 	    eval {
-		print PVE::QemuServer::vm_monitor_command ($vmid, $input);
+		print PVE::QemuServer::vm_human_monitor_command ($vmid, $input);
 	    };
 	    print "ERROR: $@" if $@;
 	}