diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb3e338206..86068498e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ test-coroutine: test-coroutine.o qemu-timer-common.o async.o $(coroutine-obj-y)
 $(qapi-obj-y): $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 qapi-dir := qapi-generated
 test-visitor.o test-qmp-commands.o qemu-ga$(EXESUF): QEMU_CFLAGS += -I $(qapi-dir)
+qemu-ga$(EXESUF): LIBS = $(LIBS_QGA)
 
 $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.c: $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.h
 $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -192,12 +193,11 @@ test-visitor: test-visitor.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $
 test-qmp-commands.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h test-qmp-marshal.c test-qmp-commands.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
 test-qmp-commands: test-qmp-commands.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o $(qapi-obj-y) error.o osdep.o $(oslib-obj-y) qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o json-parser.o qerror.o qemu-error.o qemu-tool.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qmp-marshal.o module.o
 
-QGALIB=qga/guest-agent-command-state.o qga/guest-agent-commands.o
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, qga-qapi-types.c qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.c qga-qmp-marshal.c)
-
 $(QGALIB_GEN): $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
-$(QGALIB) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN) $(qapi-obj-y)
-qemu-ga$(EXESUF): qemu-ga.o $(QGALIB) qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o error.o $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) qemu-timer-common.o qemu-sockets.o module.o qapi/qmp-dispatch.o qapi/qmp-registry.o $(qapi-dir)/qga-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/qga-qapi-types.o $(qapi-dir)/qga-qmp-marshal.o
+$(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
+
+qemu-ga$(EXESUF): qemu-ga.o $(qga-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y) $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, qga-qapi-visit.o qga-qapi-types.o qga-qmp-marshal.o)
 
 QEMULIBS=libhw32 libhw64 libuser libdis libdis-user
 
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 91b71b697d..abd867a0cb 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@ qapi-nested-y = qapi-visit-core.o qmp-input-visitor.o qmp-output-visitor.o qapi-
 qapi-nested-y += qmp-registry.o qmp-dispatch.o
 qapi-obj-y = $(addprefix qapi/, $(qapi-nested-y))
 
+######################################################################
+# guest agent
+
+qga-nested-y = guest-agent-commands.o guest-agent-command-state.o
+qga-obj-y = $(addprefix qga/, $(qga-nested-y))
+qga-obj-y += qemu-ga.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o qemu-sockets.o module.o qemu-option.o cutils.o osdep.o
+qga-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += oslib-win32.o
+qga-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += oslib-posix.o
+
 vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(GPROF_CFLAGS)
 
 vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(SDL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 851387556c..234a4c5036 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ libs_tools=""
 audio_pt_int=""
 audio_win_int=""
 cc_i386=i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
+libs_qga=""
 
 target_list=""
 
@@ -1849,6 +1850,7 @@ if $pkg_config --modversion gthread-2.0 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     glib_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags gthread-2.0 2>/dev/null`
     glib_libs=`$pkg_config --libs gthread-2.0 2>/dev/null`
     LIBS="$glib_libs $LIBS"
+    libs_qga="$glib_libs $libs_qga"
 else
     echo "glib-2.0 required to compile QEMU"
     exit 1
@@ -3107,6 +3109,7 @@ echo "ARLIBS_END=$arlibs_end" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS+=$LIBS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LIBS_TOOLS+=$libs_tools" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "EXESUF=$EXESUF" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "LIBS_QGA+=$libs_qga" >> $config_host_mak
 
 # generate list of library paths for linker script