diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 8c6b91a9c7..c161fe9f47 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "help|?",
-        .args_type  = "name:s?",
+        .args_type  = "name:S?",
         .params     = "[cmd]",
         .help       = "show the help",
         .mhandler.cmd = do_help_cmd,
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index c44c7111f3..721c74d273 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
  * 'F'          filename
  * 'B'          block device name
  * 's'          string (accept optional quote)
+ * 'S'          it just appends the rest of the string (accept optional quote)
  * 'O'          option string of the form NAME=VALUE,...
  *              parsed according to QemuOptsList given by its name
  *              Example: 'device:O' uses qemu_device_opts.
@@ -4047,6 +4048,31 @@ static const mon_cmd_t *monitor_parse_command(Monitor *mon,
                 }
             }
             break;
+        case 'S':
+            {
+                /* package all remaining string */
+                int len;
+
+                while (qemu_isspace(*p)) {
+                    p++;
+                }
+                if (*typestr == '?') {
+                    typestr++;
+                    if (*p == '\0') {
+                        /* no remaining string: NULL argument */
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                len = strlen(p);
+                if (len <= 0) {
+                    monitor_printf(mon, "%s: string expected\n",
+                                   cmdname);
+                    break;
+                }
+                qdict_put(qdict, key, qstring_from_str(p));
+                p += len;
+            }
+            break;
         default:
         bad_type:
             monitor_printf(mon, "%s: unknown type '%c'\n", cmdname, c);
@@ -4294,6 +4320,7 @@ static void monitor_find_completion_by_table(Monitor *mon,
             bdrv_iterate(block_completion_it, &mbs);
             break;
         case 's':
+        case 'S':
             if (!strcmp(cmd->name, "sendkey")) {
                 char *sep = strrchr(str, '-');
                 if (sep)