diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index f6c0f4a087..4f73b98f33 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 
 /* This check must be after config-host.h is included */
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
@@ -1687,6 +1688,7 @@ int kvm_ioctl(KVMState *s, int type, ...)
     arg = va_arg(ap, void *);
     va_end(ap);
 
+    trace_kvm_ioctl(type, arg);
     ret = ioctl(s->fd, type, arg);
     if (ret == -1) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -1704,6 +1706,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl(KVMState *s, int type, ...)
     arg = va_arg(ap, void *);
     va_end(ap);
 
+    trace_kvm_vm_ioctl(type, arg);
     ret = ioctl(s->vmfd, type, arg);
     if (ret == -1) {
         ret = -errno;
@@ -1721,6 +1724,7 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl(CPUState *cpu, int type, ...)
     arg = va_arg(ap, void *);
     va_end(ap);
 
+    trace_kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cpu->cpu_index, type, arg);
     ret = ioctl(cpu->kvm_fd, type, arg);
     if (ret == -1) {
         ret = -errno;
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 55e80be1d1..d5bc7a5589 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -1153,3 +1153,8 @@ virtio_ccw_new_device(int cssid, int ssid, int schid, int devno, const char *dev
 
 # migration.c
 migrate_set_state(int new_state) "new state %d"
+
+# kvm-all.c
+kvm_ioctl(int type, void *arg) "type %d, arg %p"
+kvm_vm_ioctl(int type, void *arg) "type %d, arg %p"
+kvm_vcpu_ioctl(int cpu_index, int type, void *arg) "cpu_index %d, type %d, arg %p"