diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index dc4d8d453f..c45514b6b1 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ void hmp_info_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
             monitor_printf(mon, "downtime: %" PRIu64 " milliseconds\n",
                            info->downtime);
         }
+        if (info->has_setup_time) {
+            monitor_printf(mon, "setup: %" PRIu64 " milliseconds\n",
+                           info->setup_time);
+        }
     }
 
     if (info->has_ram) {
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index 13a9629c15..08c772d4dc 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct MigrationState
     int64_t dirty_bytes_rate;
     bool enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_MAX];
     int64_t xbzrle_cache_size;
+    int64_t setup_time;
 };
 
 void process_incoming_migration(QEMUFile *f);
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 636f7dbf6f..e12e7840e6 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
     case MIG_STATE_SETUP:
         info->has_status = true;
         info->status = g_strdup("setup");
+        info->has_total_time = false;
         break;
     case MIG_STATE_ACTIVE:
         info->has_status = true;
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
             - s->total_time;
         info->has_expected_downtime = true;
         info->expected_downtime = s->expected_downtime;
+        info->has_setup_time = true;
+        info->setup_time = s->setup_time;
 
         info->has_ram = true;
         info->ram = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info->ram));
@@ -231,6 +234,8 @@ MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
         info->total_time = s->total_time;
         info->has_downtime = true;
         info->downtime = s->downtime;
+        info->has_setup_time = true;
+        info->setup_time = s->setup_time;
 
         info->has_ram = true;
         info->ram = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info->ram));
@@ -539,6 +544,7 @@ static void *migration_thread(void *opaque)
 {
     MigrationState *s = opaque;
     int64_t initial_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(rt_clock);
+    int64_t setup_start = qemu_get_clock_ms(host_clock);
     int64_t initial_bytes = 0;
     int64_t max_size = 0;
     int64_t start_time = initial_time;
@@ -547,8 +553,11 @@ static void *migration_thread(void *opaque)
     DPRINTF("beginning savevm\n");
     qemu_savevm_state_begin(s->file, &s->params);
 
+    s->setup_time = qemu_get_clock_ms(host_clock) - setup_start;
     migrate_set_state(s, MIG_STATE_SETUP, MIG_STATE_ACTIVE);
 
+    DPRINTF("setup complete\n");
+
     while (s->state == MIG_STATE_ACTIVE) {
         int64_t current_time;
         uint64_t pending_size;
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 592bb9c7a1..465b480976 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@
 #        expected downtime in milliseconds for the guest in last walk
 #        of the dirty bitmap. (since 1.3)
 #
+# @setup-time: #optional amount of setup time in milliseconds _before_ the
+#        iterations begin but _after_ the QMP command is issued. This is designed
+#        to provide an accounting of any activities (such as RDMA pinning) which
+#        may be expensive, but do not actually occur during the iterative
+#        migration rounds themselves. (since 1.6)
+#
 # Since: 0.14.0
 ##
 { 'type': 'MigrationInfo',
@@ -586,7 +592,8 @@
            '*xbzrle-cache': 'XBZRLECacheStats',
            '*total-time': 'int',
            '*expected-downtime': 'int',
-           '*downtime': 'int'} }
+           '*downtime': 'int',
+           '*setup-time': 'int'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-migrate