diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index 0394d01246..4aced59752 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ valid_file_mem_backends = @DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS@
 pflashes = []
 
 # This option changes the default hypervisor and kernel parameters
-# to enable debug output where available.
+# to enable debug output where available. And Debug also enable the hmp socket.
 #
 # Default false
 #enable_debug = true
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index 4a071019b9..148212f511 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -2336,10 +2336,14 @@ const (
 )
 
 // QMPSocket represents a qemu QMP socket configuration.
+// nolint: govet
 type QMPSocket struct {
 	// Type is the socket type (e.g. "unix").
 	Type QMPSocketType
 
+	// Human Monitor Interface (HMP) (true for HMP, false for QMP, default false)
+	IsHmp bool
+
 	// QMP listener file descriptor to be passed to qemu
 	FD *os.File
 
@@ -2710,7 +2714,12 @@ func (config *Config) appendQMPSockets() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-qmp")
+		if q.IsHmp {
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-monitor")
+		} else {
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-qmp")
+		}
+
 		config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, strings.Join(qmpParams, ","))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index bb1b8e90e7..3ea7a83a47 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ type HypervisorConfig struct {
 	EnableIOThreads bool
 
 	// Debug changes the default hypervisor and kernel parameters to
-	// enable debug output where available.
+	// enable debug output where available. And Debug also enable the hmp socket.
 	Debug bool
 
 	// MemPrealloc specifies if the memory should be pre-allocated
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 54846b40e1..d59d67d801 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ type qemu struct {
 const (
 	consoleSocket = "console.sock"
 	qmpSocket     = "qmp.sock"
+	hmpSocket     = "hmp.sock"
 	vhostFSSocket = "vhost-fs.sock"
 	nydusdAPISock = "nydusd-api.sock"
 
@@ -328,6 +329,10 @@ func (q *qemu) qmpSocketPath(id string) (string, error) {
 	return utils.BuildSocketPath(q.config.VMStorePath, id, qmpSocket)
 }
 
+func (q *qemu) hmpSocketPath(id string) (string, error) {
+	return utils.BuildSocketPath(q.config.VMStorePath, id, hmpSocket)
+}
+
 func (q *qemu) getQemuMachine() (govmmQemu.Machine, error) {
 	machine := q.arch.machine()
 
@@ -369,13 +374,30 @@ func (q *qemu) createQmpSocket() ([]govmmQemu.QMPSocket, error) {
 		path: monitorSockPath,
 	}
 
-	return []govmmQemu.QMPSocket{
-		{
+	var sockets []govmmQemu.QMPSocket
+
+	sockets = append(sockets, govmmQemu.QMPSocket{
+		Type:   "unix",
+		Server: true,
+		NoWait: true,
+	})
+
+	if q.HypervisorConfig().Debug {
+		humanMonitorSockPath, err := q.hmpSocketPath(q.id)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		sockets = append(sockets, govmmQemu.QMPSocket{
 			Type:   "unix",
+			IsHmp:  true,
+			Name:   humanMonitorSockPath,
 			Server: true,
 			NoWait: true,
-		},
-	}, nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	return sockets, nil
 }
 
 func (q *qemu) buildDevices(ctx context.Context, initrdPath string) ([]govmmQemu.Device, *govmmQemu.IOThread, error) {