diff --git a/monitor/fds.c b/monitor/fds.c
index 7daf1064e1..9ed4197358 100644
--- a/monitor/fds.c
+++ b/monitor/fds.c
@@ -61,11 +61,47 @@ struct MonFdset {
 static QemuMutex mon_fdsets_lock;
 static QLIST_HEAD(, MonFdset) mon_fdsets;
 
+static bool monitor_add_fd(Monitor *mon, int fd, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
+{
+    mon_fd_t *monfd;
+
+    if (qemu_isdigit(fdname[0])) {
+        close(fd);
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "fdname",
+                   "a name not starting with a digit");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* See close() call below. */
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&mon->mon_lock);
+    QLIST_FOREACH(monfd, &mon->fds, next) {
+        int tmp_fd;
+
+        if (strcmp(monfd->name, fdname) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        tmp_fd = monfd->fd;
+        monfd->fd = fd;
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&mon->mon_lock);
+        /* Make sure close() is outside critical section */
+        close(tmp_fd);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    monfd = g_new0(mon_fd_t, 1);
+    monfd->name = g_strdup(fdname);
+    monfd->fd = fd;
+
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&mon->fds, monfd, next);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&mon->mon_lock);
+    return true;
+}
+
 void qmp_getfd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 {
     Monitor *cur_mon = monitor_cur();
-    mon_fd_t *monfd;
-    int fd, tmp_fd;
+    int fd;
 
     fd = qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(&cur_mon->chr);
     if (fd == -1) {
@@ -73,34 +109,7 @@ void qmp_getfd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (qemu_isdigit(fdname[0])) {
-        close(fd);
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "fdname",
-                   "a name not starting with a digit");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    /* See close() call below. */
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&cur_mon->mon_lock);
-    QLIST_FOREACH(monfd, &cur_mon->fds, next) {
-        if (strcmp(monfd->name, fdname) != 0) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        tmp_fd = monfd->fd;
-        monfd->fd = fd;
-        qemu_mutex_unlock(&cur_mon->mon_lock);
-        /* Make sure close() is outside critical section */
-        close(tmp_fd);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    monfd = g_new0(mon_fd_t, 1);
-    monfd->name = g_strdup(fdname);
-    monfd->fd = fd;
-
-    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&cur_mon->fds, monfd, next);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&cur_mon->mon_lock);
+    monitor_add_fd(cur_mon, fd, fdname, errp);
 }
 
 void qmp_closefd(const char *fdname, Error **errp)
@@ -214,6 +223,41 @@ error:
     return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+void qmp_get_win32_socket(const char *infos, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autofree WSAPROTOCOL_INFOW *info = NULL;
+    gsize len;
+    SOCKET sk;
+    int fd;
+
+    info = (void *)g_base64_decode(infos, &len);
+    if (len != sizeof(*info)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid WSAPROTOCOL_INFOW value");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    sk = WSASocketW(FROM_PROTOCOL_INFO,
+                    FROM_PROTOCOL_INFO,
+                    FROM_PROTOCOL_INFO,
+                    info, 0, 0);
+    if (sk == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        error_setg_win32(errp, WSAGetLastError(), "Couldn't import socket");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    fd = _open_osfhandle(sk, _O_BINARY);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to associate a FD with the SOCKET");
+        closesocket(sk);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    monitor_add_fd(monitor_cur(), fd, fdname, errp);
+}
+#endif
+
+
 void qmp_remove_fd(int64_t fdset_id, bool has_fd, int64_t fd, Error **errp)
 {
     MonFdset *mon_fdset;
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index f0217cfba0..5ef6286af3 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -275,6 +275,37 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'getfd', 'data': {'fdname': 'str'} }
 
+##
+# @get-win32-socket:
+#
+# Add a socket that was duplicated to QEMU process with
+# WSADuplicateSocketW() via WSASocket() & WSAPROTOCOL_INFOW structure
+# and assign it a name (the SOCKET is associated with a CRT file
+# descriptor)
+#
+# @info: the WSAPROTOCOL_INFOW structure (encoded in base64)
+#
+# @fdname: file descriptor name
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success
+#
+# Since: 8.0
+#
+# Notes: If @fdname already exists, the file descriptor assigned to
+#        it will be closed and replaced by the received file
+#        descriptor.
+#
+#        The 'closefd' command can be used to explicitly close the
+#        file descriptor when it is no longer needed.
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "get-win32-socket", "arguments": { "info": "abcd123..", fdname": "skclient" } }
+# <- { "return": {} }
+#
+##
+{ 'command': 'get-win32-socket', 'data': {'info': 'str', 'fdname': 'str'}, 'if': 'CONFIG_WIN32' }
+
 ##
 # @closefd:
 #