diff --git a/qemu-error.c b/qemu-error.c
index 4b20d283a2..7cd5ffe1e9 100644
--- a/qemu-error.c
+++ b/qemu-error.c
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ void error_set_progname(const char *argv0)
     progname = p ? p + 1 : argv0;
 }
 
+const char *error_get_progname(void)
+{
+    return progname;
+}
+
 /*
  * Print current location to current monitor if we have one, else to stderr.
  */
diff --git a/qemu-error.h b/qemu-error.h
index 4d5c53700e..93d74b4a30 100644
--- a/qemu-error.h
+++ b/qemu-error.h
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ void error_printf_unless_qmp(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 void error_print_loc(void);
 void error_set_progname(const char *argv0);
 void error_report(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+const char *error_get_progname(void);
 
 #endif