diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 227f7eee88..a7051ee391 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -897,13 +897,14 @@ ETEXI
 
     {
         .name       = "migrate",
-        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
-        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] uri",
+        .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,resume:-r,uri:s",
+        .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] [-r] uri",
         .help       = "migrate to URI (using -d to not wait for completion)"
 		      "\n\t\t\t -b for migration without shared storage with"
 		      " full copy of disk\n\t\t\t -i for migration without "
 		      "shared storage with incremental copy of disk "
-		      "(base image shared between src and destination)",
+		      "(base image shared between src and destination)"
+                      "\n\t\t\t -r to resume a paused migration",
         .cmd        = hmp_migrate,
     },
 
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index bdb340605c..a7aa878788 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1929,10 +1929,12 @@ void hmp_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     bool detach = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "detach", false);
     bool blk = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "blk", false);
     bool inc = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "inc", false);
+    bool resume = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "resume", false);
     const char *uri = qdict_get_str(qdict, "uri");
     Error *err = NULL;
 
-    qmp_migrate(uri, !!blk, blk, !!inc, inc, false, false, &err);
+    qmp_migrate(uri, !!blk, blk, !!inc, inc,
+                false, false, true, resume, &err);
     if (err) {
         hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
         return;
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 3d3b0a5b4a..19f07fb64f 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ bool migration_is_blocked(Error **errp)
 
 void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
                  bool has_inc, bool inc, bool has_detach, bool detach,
-                 Error **errp)
+                 bool has_resume, bool resume, Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 244334e9f4..b8ca60ac43 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -1031,6 +1031,8 @@
 # @detach: this argument exists only for compatibility reasons and
 #          is ignored by QEMU
 #
+# @resume: resume one paused migration, default "off". (since 2.13)
+#
 # Returns: nothing on success
 #
 # Since: 0.14.0
@@ -1052,7 +1054,8 @@
 #
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate',
-  'data': {'uri': 'str', '*blk': 'bool', '*inc': 'bool', '*detach': 'bool' } }
+  'data': {'uri': 'str', '*blk': 'bool', '*inc': 'bool',
+           '*detach': 'bool', '*resume': 'bool' } }
 
 ##
 # @migrate-incoming: