diff --git a/hw/block/xen-block.c b/hw/block/xen-block.c
index a3b69e2709..ac82d54063 100644
--- a/hw/block/xen-block.c
+++ b/hw/block/xen-block.c
@@ -836,17 +836,17 @@ static XenBlockIOThread *xen_block_iothread_create(const char *id,
 {
     ERRP_GUARD();
     XenBlockIOThread *iothread = g_new(XenBlockIOThread, 1);
-    QDict *opts;
-    QObject *ret_data = NULL;
+    ObjectOptions *opts;
 
     iothread->id = g_strdup(id);
 
-    opts = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put_str(opts, "qom-type", TYPE_IOTHREAD);
-    qdict_put_str(opts, "id", id);
-    qmp_object_add(opts, &ret_data, errp);
-    qobject_unref(opts);
-    qobject_unref(ret_data);
+    opts = g_new(ObjectOptions, 1);
+    *opts = (ObjectOptions) {
+        .qom_type = OBJECT_TYPE_IOTHREAD,
+        .id = g_strdup(id),
+    };
+    qmp_object_add(opts, errp);
+    qapi_free_ObjectOptions(opts);
 
     if (*errp) {
         g_free(iothread->id);
diff --git a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
index 07d5cc8832..9b9938b8c0 100644
--- a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
@@ -196,11 +196,4 @@ bool user_creatable_del(const char *id, Error **errp);
  */
 void user_creatable_cleanup(void);
 
-/**
- * qmp_object_add:
- *
- * QMP command handler for object-add. See the QAPI schema for documentation.
- */
-void qmp_object_add(QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data, Error **errp);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index d9ed2bacef..b103bd0a92 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ static void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void)
                          qmp_query_qmp_schema, QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "device_add", qmp_device_add,
                          QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
-    qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "object-add", qmp_object_add,
-                         QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands, "qmp_capabilities",
diff --git a/qapi/qom.json b/qapi/qom.json
index 192a582b07..2056edc072 100644
--- a/qapi/qom.json
+++ b/qapi/qom.json
@@ -846,13 +846,6 @@
 #
 # Create a QOM object.
 #
-# @qom-type: the class name for the object to be created
-#
-# @id: the name of the new object
-#
-# Additional arguments depend on qom-type and are passed to the backend
-# unchanged.
-#
 # Returns: Nothing on success
 #          Error if @qom-type is not a valid class name
 #
@@ -866,9 +859,7 @@
 # <- { "return": {} }
 #
 ##
-{ 'command': 'object-add',
-  'data': {'qom-type': 'str', 'id': 'str'},
-  'gen': false } # so we can get the additional arguments
+{ 'command': 'object-add', 'data': 'ObjectOptions', 'boxed': true }
 
 ##
 # @object-del:
diff --git a/qom/qom-qmp-cmds.c b/qom/qom-qmp-cmds.c
index 19fd5e117f..e577a96adf 100644
--- a/qom/qom-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/qom/qom-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-qdev.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-qom.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-visit-qom.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
+#include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 #include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
@@ -223,9 +226,27 @@ ObjectPropertyInfoList *qmp_qom_list_properties(const char *typename,
     return prop_list;
 }
 
-void qmp_object_add(QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data, Error **errp)
+void qmp_object_add(ObjectOptions *options, Error **errp)
 {
-    user_creatable_add_dict(qdict, false, errp);
+    Visitor *v;
+    QObject *qobj;
+    QDict *props;
+    Object *obj;
+
+    v = qobject_output_visitor_new(&qobj);
+    visit_type_ObjectOptions(v, NULL, &options, &error_abort);
+    visit_complete(v, &qobj);
+    visit_free(v);
+
+    props = qobject_to(QDict, qobj);
+    qdict_del(props, "qom-type");
+    qdict_del(props, "id");
+
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(props));
+    obj = user_creatable_add_type(ObjectType_str(options->qom_type),
+                                  options->id, props, v, errp);
+    object_unref(obj);
+    visit_free(v);
 }
 
 void qmp_object_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
diff --git a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index a39a22386a..a118f3abfb 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ static void init_qmp_commands(void)
     qmp_init_marshal(&qmp_commands);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "query-qmp-schema",
                          qmp_query_qmp_schema, QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG);
-    qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "object-add", qmp_object_add,
-                         QCO_NO_OPTIONS);
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands, "qmp_capabilities",