diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 575ea6e68d..3c7d366727 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1919,7 +1919,8 @@ Human Monitor (HMP)
 M: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: monitor/misc.c
-F: hmp.[ch]
+F: monitor/hmp*
+F: hmp.h
 F: hmp-commands*.hx
 F: include/monitor/hmp-target.h
 F: tests/test-hmp.c
@@ -2039,7 +2040,7 @@ F: tests/check-qom-proplist.c
 QMP
 M: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
-F: qmp.c
+F: monitor/qmp*
 F: monitor/misc.c
 F: docs/devel/*qmp-*
 F: docs/interop/*qmp-*
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index dd39a70b48..9495fcbc7e 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_FDT) += device_tree.o
 ######################################################################
 # qapi
 
-common-obj-y += qmp.o hmp.o
 common-obj-y += qapi/
+common-obj-y += monitor/
 endif
 
 #######################################################################
diff --git a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
index cc6ecd6d5d..46a6c48683 100644
--- a/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/writing-qmp-commands.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ new QMP command.
 
 2. Write the QMP command itself, which is a regular C function. Preferably,
    the command should be exported by some QEMU subsystem. But it can also be
-   added to the qmp.c file
+   added to the monitor/qmp-cmds.c file
 
 3. At this point the command can be tested under the QMP protocol
 
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ protocol data.
 
 The next step is to write the "hello-world" implementation. As explained
 earlier, it's preferable for commands to live in QEMU subsystems. But
-"hello-world" doesn't pertain to any, so we put its implementation in qmp.c:
+"hello-world" doesn't pertain to any, so we put its implementation in
+monitor/qmp-cmds.c:
 
 void qmp_hello_world(Error **errp)
 {
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ for mandatory arguments). Finally, 'str' is the argument's type, which
 stands for "string". The QAPI also supports integers, booleans, enumerations
 and user defined types.
 
-Now, let's update our C implementation in qmp.c:
+Now, let's update our C implementation in monitor/qmp-cmds.c:
 
 void qmp_hello_world(bool has_message, const char *message, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ monitor (HMP).
 
 With the introduction of the QAPI, HMP commands make QMP calls. Most of the
 time HMP commands are simple wrappers. All HMP commands implementation exist in
-the hmp.c file.
+the monitor/hmp-cmds.c file.
 
 Here's the implementation of the "hello-world" HMP command:
 
diff --git a/monitor/Makefile.objs b/monitor/Makefile.objs
index e783b0616b..a7170af6e1 100644
--- a/monitor/Makefile.objs
+++ b/monitor/Makefile.objs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 obj-y += misc.o
+common-obj-y += qmp-cmds.o hmp-cmds.o
diff --git a/hmp.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
similarity index 99%
rename from hmp.c
rename to monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index e6ea7cb9c2..c917e24d9c 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Human Monitor Interface
+ * Human Monitor Interface commands
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
  *
diff --git a/qmp.c b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
similarity index 99%
rename from qmp.c
rename to monitor/qmp-cmds.c
index 6797568444..f1b1e4f08b 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/monitor/qmp-cmds.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * QEMU Management Protocol
+ * QEMU Management Protocol commands
  *
  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
  *