diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 4f03a72..c8e9c78 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 #include "osdep.h"
 
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
+#include "qapi/string-input-visitor.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_NET
 //#define DEBUG_SLIRP
@@ -2476,6 +2477,53 @@
     free(mem);
 }
 
+static int object_set_property(const char *name, const char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+    Object *obj = OBJECT(opaque);
+    StringInputVisitor *siv;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    if (strcmp(name, "qom-type") == 0 || strcmp(name, "id") == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    siv = string_input_visitor_new(value);
+    object_property_set(obj, string_input_get_visitor(siv), name, &local_err);
+    string_input_visitor_cleanup(siv);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        qerror_report_err(local_err);
+        error_free(local_err);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int object_create(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
+{
+    const char *type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
+    const char *id = qemu_opts_id(opts);
+    Object *obj;
+
+    g_assert(type != NULL);
+
+    if (id == NULL) {
+        qerror_report(QERR_MISSING_PARAMETER, "id");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    obj = object_new(type);
+    if (qemu_opt_foreach(opts, object_set_property, obj, 1) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    object_property_add_child(container_get(object_get_root(), "/objects"),
+                              id, obj, NULL);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 {
     int i;
@@ -3473,6 +3521,9 @@
                 exit(1);
 #endif
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_object:
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse(qemu_find_opts("object"), optarg, 1);
+                break;
             default:
                 os_parse_cmd_args(popt->index, optarg);
             }
@@ -3508,6 +3559,11 @@
         qemu_set_version(machine->hw_version);
     }
 
+    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"),
+                          object_create, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
     /* Init CPU def lists, based on config
      * - Must be called after all the qemu_read_config_file() calls
      * - Must be called before list_cpus()