diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index a4158ec..a58fe9a 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@
     QEMUFile *file;
 } QEMUFileSocket;
 
+static int socket_get_fd(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileSocket *s = opaque;
+
+    return s->fd;
+}
+
 static int socket_get_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
 {
     QEMUFileSocket *s = opaque;
@@ -210,6 +217,13 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int stdio_get_fd(void *opaque)
+{
+    QEMUFileStdio *s = opaque;
+
+    return fileno(s->stdio_file);
+}
+
 static int stdio_put_buffer(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int64_t pos, int size)
 {
     QEMUFileStdio *s = opaque;
@@ -253,11 +267,13 @@
 }
 
 static const QEMUFileOps stdio_pipe_read_ops = {
+    .get_fd =     stdio_get_fd,
     .get_buffer = stdio_get_buffer,
     .close =      stdio_pclose
 };
 
 static const QEMUFileOps stdio_pipe_write_ops = {
+    .get_fd =     stdio_get_fd,
     .put_buffer = stdio_put_buffer,
     .close =      stdio_pclose
 };
@@ -307,11 +323,13 @@
 }
 
 static const QEMUFileOps stdio_file_read_ops = {
+    .get_fd =     stdio_get_fd,
     .get_buffer = stdio_get_buffer,
     .close =      stdio_fclose
 };
 
 static const QEMUFileOps stdio_file_write_ops = {
+    .get_fd =     stdio_get_fd,
     .put_buffer = stdio_put_buffer,
     .close =      stdio_fclose
 };
@@ -345,6 +363,7 @@
 }
 
 static const QEMUFileOps socket_read_ops = {
+    .get_fd =     socket_get_fd,
     .get_buffer = socket_get_buffer,
     .close =      socket_close
 };
@@ -492,6 +511,14 @@
         qemu_file_set_error(f, len);
 }
 
+int qemu_get_fd(QEMUFile *f)
+{
+    if (f->ops->get_fd) {
+        return f->ops->get_fd(f->opaque);
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
 /** Closes the file
  *
  * Returns negative error value if any error happened on previous operations or