diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 6486690..8b015be 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -3054,10 +3054,12 @@
 # @abstract: the type is abstract and can't be directly instantiated.
 #            Omitted if false. (since 2.10)
 #
+# @parent: Name of parent type, if any (since 2.10)
+#
 # Since: 1.1
 ##
 { 'struct': 'ObjectTypeInfo',
-  'data': { 'name': 'str', '*abstract': 'bool' } }
+  'data': { 'name': 'str', '*abstract': 'bool', '*parent': 'str' } }
 
 ##
 # @qom-list-types:
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index 7a9de06..b86201e 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -430,10 +430,15 @@
 {
     ObjectTypeInfoList *e, **pret = data;
     ObjectTypeInfo *info;
+    ObjectClass *parent = object_class_get_parent(klass);
 
     info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
     info->name = g_strdup(object_class_get_name(klass));
     info->has_abstract = info->abstract = object_class_is_abstract(klass);
+    if (parent) {
+        info->has_parent = true;
+        info->parent = g_strdup(object_class_get_name(parent));
+    }
 
     e = g_malloc0(sizeof(*e));
     e->value = info;
diff --git a/tests/device-introspect-test.c b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
index 78d4811..f7162c0 100644
--- a/tests/device-introspect-test.c
+++ b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
@@ -45,6 +45,40 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+/* Build a name -> ObjectTypeInfo index from a ObjectTypeInfo list */
+static QDict *qom_type_index(QList *types)
+{
+    QDict *index = qdict_new();
+    QListEntry *e;
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(types, e) {
+        QDict *d = qobject_to_qdict(qlist_entry_obj(e));
+        const char *name = qdict_get_str(d, "name");
+        QINCREF(d);
+        qdict_put(index, name, d);
+    }
+    return index;
+}
+
+/* Check if @parent is present in the parent chain of @type */
+static bool qom_has_parent(QDict *index, const char *type, const char *parent)
+{
+    while (type) {
+        QDict *d = qdict_get_qdict(index, type);
+        const char *p = d && qdict_haskey(d, "parent") ?
+                        qdict_get_str(d, "parent") :
+                        NULL;
+
+        if (!strcmp(type, parent)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        type = p;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /* Find an entry on a list returned by qom-list-types */
 static QDict *type_list_find(QList *types, const char *name)
 {
@@ -103,6 +137,30 @@
     qtest_end();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Ensure all entries returned by qom-list-types implements=<parent>
+ * have <parent> as a parent.
+ */
+static void test_qom_list_parents(const char *parent)
+{
+    QList *types;
+    QListEntry *e;
+    QDict *index;
+
+    types = qom_list_types(parent, true);
+    index = qom_type_index(types);
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(types, e) {
+        QDict *d = qobject_to_qdict(qlist_entry_obj(e));
+        const char *name = qdict_get_str(d, "name");
+
+        g_assert(qom_has_parent(index, name, parent));
+    }
+
+    QDECREF(types);
+    QDECREF(index);
+}
+
 static void test_qom_list_fields(void)
 {
     QList *all_types;
@@ -125,6 +183,10 @@
         g_assert(abstract == expected_abstract);
     }
 
+    test_qom_list_parents("object");
+    test_qom_list_parents("device");
+    test_qom_list_parents("sys-bus-device");
+
     QDECREF(all_types);
     QDECREF(non_abstract);
     qtest_end();
@@ -167,23 +229,25 @@
 static void test_abstract_interfaces(void)
 {
     QList *all_types;
-    QList *obj_types;
     QListEntry *e;
+    QDict *index;
 
     qtest_start(common_args);
-    /*
-     * qom-list-types implements=interface returns all types that
-     * implement _any_ interface (not just interface types), but
-     * we can filter them out because interfaces don't implement
-     * the "object" type.
-     */
+
     all_types = qom_list_types("interface", true);
-    obj_types = qom_list_types("object", true);
+    index = qom_type_index(all_types);
 
     QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(all_types, e) {
         QDict *d = qobject_to_qdict(qlist_entry_obj(e));
+        const char *name = qdict_get_str(d, "name");
 
-        if (type_list_find(obj_types, qdict_get_str(d, "name"))) {
+        /*
+         * qom-list-types implements=interface returns all types
+         * that implement _any_ interface (not just interface
+         * types), so skip the ones that don't have "interface"
+         * on the parent type chain.
+         */
+        if (!qom_has_parent(index, name, "interface")) {
             /* Not an interface type */
             continue;
         }
@@ -192,7 +256,7 @@
     }
 
     QDECREF(all_types);
-    QDECREF(obj_types);
+    QDECREF(index);
     qtest_end();
 }