diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index 8c46766b8e..5709e0d957 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,7 @@ async_common:
         qxl_set_mode(d, val, 0);
         break;
     case QXL_IO_LOG:
+        trace_qxl_io_log(d->id, d->ram->log_buf);
         if (d->guestdebug) {
             fprintf(stderr, "qxl/guest-%d: %" PRId64 ": %s", d->id,
                     qemu_get_clock_ns(vm_clock), d->ram->log_buf);
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 6169c298f4..cd638f5ae7 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ qxl_interface_update_area_complete_rest(int qid, uint32_t num_updated_rects) "%d
 qxl_interface_update_area_complete_overflow(int qid, int max) "%d max=%d"
 qxl_interface_update_area_complete_schedule_bh(int qid, uint32_t num_dirty) "%d #dirty=%d"
 qxl_io_destroy_primary_ignored(int qid, const char *mode) "%d %s"
+qxl_io_log(int qid, const uint8_t *str) "%d %s"
 qxl_io_read_unexpected(int qid) "%d"
 qxl_io_unexpected_vga_mode(int qid, uint64_t addr, uint64_t val, const char *desc) "%d 0x%"PRIx64"=%"PRIu64" (%s)"
 qxl_io_write(int qid, const char *mode, uint64_t addr, uint64_t val, unsigned size, int async) "%d %s addr=%"PRIu64 " val=%"PRIu64" size=%u async=%d"