diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 24062ce7d9..45be5dc0ed 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stub-obj-y += machine-init-done.o
 stub-obj-y += migr-blocker.o
 stub-obj-y += change-state-handler.o
 stub-obj-y += monitor.o
+stub-obj-y += monitor-core.o
 stub-obj-y += notify-event.o
 stub-obj-y += qtest.o
 stub-obj-y += replay.o
diff --git a/stubs/monitor-core.c b/stubs/monitor-core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..403c00a6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/monitor-core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "monitor/monitor.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-emit-events.h"
+
+__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
+
+void monitor_init_qmp(Chardev *chr, bool pretty)
+{
+}
+
+void qapi_event_emit(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
+{
+}
+
+int monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    abort();
+}
+
+
diff --git a/stubs/monitor.c b/stubs/monitor.c
index c3e9a2e4dc..9403f8e72c 100644
--- a/stubs/monitor.c
+++ b/stubs/monitor.c
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qapi-emit-events.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
-
-__thread Monitor *cur_mon;
-
-int monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-    abort();
-}
+#include "../monitor/monitor-internal.h"
 
 int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -16,14 +9,10 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *name, Error **errp)
     return -1;
 }
 
-void monitor_init_qmp(Chardev *chr, bool pretty)
-{
-}
-
 void monitor_init_hmp(Chardev *chr, bool use_readline)
 {
 }
 
-void qapi_event_emit(QAPIEvent event, QDict *qdict)
+void monitor_fdsets_cleanup(void)
 {
 }