diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 1e63ace2d4..11de403edf 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3088,6 +3088,8 @@ static void handle_hmp_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline)
     QDict *qdict;
     const mon_cmd_t *cmd;
 
+    trace_handle_hmp_command(mon, cmdline);
+
     cmd = monitor_parse_command(mon, &cmdline, mon->cmd_table);
     if (!cmd) {
         return;
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index b496be94d4..6fe78180f0 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ qemu_system_powerdown_request(void) ""
 monitor_protocol_event_handler(uint32_t event, void *qdict) "event=%d data=%p"
 monitor_protocol_event_emit(uint32_t event, void *data) "event=%d data=%p"
 monitor_protocol_event_queue(uint32_t event, void *qdict, uint64_t rate) "event=%d data=%p rate=%" PRId64
+handle_hmp_command(void *mon, const char *cmdline) "mon %p cmdline: %s"
 
 # dma-helpers.c
 dma_blk_io(void *dbs, void *bs, int64_t offset, bool to_dev) "dbs=%p bs=%p offset=%" PRId64 " to_dev=%d"