diff --git a/qemu/qmp.go b/qemu/qmp.go
index 473ce4afaa..9d27dbeefb 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -946,6 +946,17 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevDel(ctx context.Context, blockdevID string) error {
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "x-blockdev-del", args, nil)
 }
 
+// ExecuteChardevDel deletes a char device by sending a chardev-remove command.
+// chardevID is the id of the char device to be deleted. Typically, this will
+// match the id passed to ExecuteCharDevUnixSocketAdd. It must be a valid QMP id.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteChardevDel(ctx context.Context, chardevID string) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": chardevID,
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "chardev-remove", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecuteNetdevAdd adds a Net device to a QEMU instance
 // using the netdev_add command. netdevID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier.
@@ -1124,6 +1135,27 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, blockdevID, devID, driver
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
 
+// ExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd adds a vhost-user device to a QEMU instance using the device_add command.
+// This function can be used to hot plug vhost-user devices on PCI(E) bridges.
+// It receives the bus and the device address on its parent bus. bus is optional.
+// devID is the id of the device to add.Must be valid QMP identifier. chardevID
+// is the QMP identifier of character device using a unix socket as backend.
+// driver is the name of vhost-user driver, like vhost-user-blk-pci.
+func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd(ctx context.Context, driver, devID, chardevID, addr, bus string) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"driver":  driver,
+		"id":      devID,
+		"chardev": chardevID,
+		"addr":    addr,
+	}
+
+	if bus != "" {
+		args["bus"] = bus
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecuteVFIODeviceAdd adds a VFIO device to a QEMU instance
 // using the device_add command. devID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier. bdf is the PCI bus-device-function
diff --git a/qemu/qmp_test.go b/qemu/qmp_test.go
index c5722765ab..71f97bcadd 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -638,6 +638,28 @@ func TestQMPBlockdevDel(t *testing.T) {
 	<-disconnectedCh
 }
 
+// Checks that the chardev-remove command is correctly sent.
+//
+// We start a QMPLoop, send the chardev-remove command and stop the loop.
+//
+// The chardev-remove command should be correctly sent and the QMP loop should
+// exit gracefully.
+func TestQMPChardevDel(t *testing.T) {
+	connectedCh := make(chan *QMPVersion)
+	disconnectedCh := make(chan struct{})
+	buf := newQMPTestCommandBuffer(t)
+	buf.AddCommand("chardev-remove", nil, "return", nil)
+	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
+	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
+	q.version = checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	err := q.ExecuteChardevDel(context.Background(), "chardev-0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+	}
+	q.Shutdown()
+	<-disconnectedCh
+}
+
 // Checks that the device_del command is correctly sent.
 //
 // We start a QMPLoop, send the device_del command and wait for it to complete.
@@ -1307,6 +1329,26 @@ func TestExecutePCIVSockAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	<-disconnectedCh
 }
 
+// Checks vhost-user-pci hotplug
+func TestExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd(t *testing.T) {
+	connectedCh := make(chan *QMPVersion)
+	disconnectedCh := make(chan struct{})
+	buf := newQMPTestCommandBuffer(t)
+	buf.AddCommand("device_add", nil, "return", nil)
+	cfg := QMPConfig{Logger: qmpTestLogger{}}
+	q := startQMPLoop(buf, cfg, connectedCh, disconnectedCh)
+	checkVersion(t, connectedCh)
+	driver := "vhost-user-blk-pci"
+	devID := "vhost-user-blk0"
+	chardevID := "vhost-user-blk-char0"
+	err := q.ExecutePCIVhostUserDevAdd(context.Background(), driver, devID, chardevID, "1", "1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+	}
+	q.Shutdown()
+	<-disconnectedCh
+}
+
 // Checks getfd
 func TestExecuteGetFdD(t *testing.T) {
 	connectedCh := make(chan *QMPVersion)