diff --git a/include/sysemu/qtest.h b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
index e2f1047fd7..eedd3664f0 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/qtest.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ void qtest_server_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **
 
 void qtest_server_set_send_handler(void (*send)(void *, const char *),
                                  void *opaque);
+void qtest_server_inproc_recv(void *opaque, const char *buf);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/qtest.c b/qtest.c
index 8a4ba59828..43bb90f53e 100644
--- a/qtest.c
+++ b/qtest.c
@@ -804,3 +804,16 @@ bool qtest_driver(void)
 {
     return qtest_chr.chr != NULL;
 }
+
+void qtest_server_inproc_recv(void *dummy, const char *buf)
+{
+    static GString *gstr;
+    if (!gstr) {
+        gstr = g_string_new(NULL);
+    }
+    g_string_append(gstr, buf);
+    if (gstr->str[gstr->len - 1] == '\n') {
+        qtest_process_inbuf(NULL, gstr);
+        g_string_truncate(gstr, 0);
+    }
+}