diff --git a/qapi/ui.json b/qapi/ui.json
index 4a13f883a3..4dea35a819 100644
--- a/qapi/ui.json
+++ b/qapi/ui.json
@@ -1260,6 +1260,23 @@
 { 'struct'  : 'DisplayCurses',
   'data'    : { '*charset'       : 'str' } }
 
+##
+# @DisplayCocoa:
+#
+# Cocoa display options.
+#
+# @left-command-key: Enable/disable forwarding of left command key to
+#                    guest. Allows command-tab window switching on the
+#                    host without sending this key to the guest when
+#                    "off". Defaults to "on"
+#
+# Since: 7.0
+##
+{ 'struct': 'DisplayCocoa',
+  'data': {
+      '*left-command-key': 'bool'
+  } }
+
 ##
 # @DisplayType:
 #
@@ -1338,6 +1355,7 @@
   'discriminator' : 'type',
   'data'    : {
       'gtk': { 'type': 'DisplayGTK', 'if': 'CONFIG_GTK' },
+      'cocoa': { 'type': 'DisplayCocoa', 'if': 'CONFIG_COCOA' },
       'curses': { 'type': 'DisplayCurses', 'if': 'CONFIG_CURSES' },
       'egl-headless': { 'type': 'DisplayEGLHeadless',
                         'if': { 'all': ['CONFIG_OPENGL', 'CONFIG_GBM'] } },
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 5ce0ada75e..f464b2fe27 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1922,6 +1922,9 @@ DEF("display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display,
 #if defined(CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY)
     "-display dbus[,addr=<dbusaddr>]\n"
     "             [,gl=on|core|es|off][,rendernode=<file>]\n"
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_COCOA)
+    "-display cocoa[,show-cursor=on|off][,left-command-key=on|off]\n"
 #endif
     "-display none\n"
     "                select display backend type\n"
@@ -2009,6 +2012,15 @@ SRST
         ``charset=CP850`` for IBM CP850 encoding. The default is
         ``CP437``.
 
+    ``cocoa``
+        Display video output in a Cocoa window. Mac only. This interface
+        provides drop-down menus and other UI elements to configure and
+        control the VM during runtime. Valid parameters are:
+
+        ``show-cursor=on|off`` :  Force showing the mouse cursor
+
+        ``left-command-key=on|off`` : Disable forwarding left command key to host
+
     ``egl-headless[,rendernode=<file>]``
         Offload all OpenGL operations to a local DRI device. For any
         graphical display, this display needs to be paired with either
diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m
index a66ba3d7b6..1aa51c42dc 100644
--- a/ui/cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/cocoa.m
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static DisplayChangeListener dcl = {
 };
 static int last_buttons;
 static int cursor_hide = 1;
+static int left_command_key_enabled = 1;
 
 static int gArgc;
 static char **gArgv;
@@ -853,7 +854,8 @@ QemuCocoaView *cocoaView;
                 /* Don't pass command key changes to guest unless mouse is grabbed */
                 case kVK_Command:
                     if (isMouseGrabbed &&
-                        !!(modifiers & NSEventModifierFlagCommand)) {
+                        !!(modifiers & NSEventModifierFlagCommand) &&
+                        left_command_key_enabled) {
                         [self toggleKey:Q_KEY_CODE_META_L];
                     }
                     break;
@@ -2002,6 +2004,10 @@ static void cocoa_display_init(DisplayState *ds, DisplayOptions *opts)
         cursor_hide = 0;
     }
 
+    if (opts->u.cocoa.has_left_command_key && !opts->u.cocoa.left_command_key) {
+        left_command_key_enabled = 0;
+    }
+
     // register vga output callbacks
     register_displaychangelistener(&dcl);