diff --git a/migration/Makefile.objs b/migration/Makefile.objs
index 422186195e..2e5040c9e0 100644
--- a/migration/Makefile.objs
+++ b/migration/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-common-obj-y += migration.o socket.o
+common-obj-y += migration.o socket.o fd.o
 common-obj-y += vmstate.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file.o qemu-file-buf.o qemu-file-unix.o qemu-file-stdio.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-file-channel.o
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ common-obj-y += xbzrle.o postcopy-ram.o
 common-obj-y += qjson.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_RDMA) += rdma.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += exec.o fd.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += exec.o
 
 common-obj-y += block.o
 
diff --git a/migration/fd.c b/migration/fd.c
index 3d788bb297..60a75b81e0 100644
--- a/migration/fd.c
+++ b/migration/fd.c
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * QEMU live migration via generic fd
  *
- * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2009
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2009-2016
  *
  * Authors:
  *  Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>
+ *  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
  *
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
@@ -16,75 +17,57 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
-#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
-#include "migration/qemu-file.h"
-#include "block/block.h"
+#include "io/channel-util.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 
-//#define DEBUG_MIGRATION_FD
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_MIGRATION_FD
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
-    do { printf("migration-fd: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#else
-#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
-    do { } while (0)
-#endif
-
-static bool fd_is_socket(int fd)
-{
-    struct stat stat;
-    int ret = fstat(fd, &stat);
-    if (ret == -1) {
-        /* When in doubt say no */
-        return false;
-    }
-    return S_ISSOCK(stat.st_mode);
-}
 
 void fd_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 {
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
     int fd = monitor_get_fd(cur_mon, fdname, errp);
     if (fd == -1) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (fd_is_socket(fd)) {
-        s->to_dst_file = qemu_fopen_socket(fd, "wb");
-    } else {
-        s->to_dst_file = qemu_fdopen(fd, "wb");
+    trace_migration_fd_outgoing(fd);
+    ioc = qio_channel_new_fd(fd, errp);
+    if (!ioc) {
+        close(fd);
+        return;
     }
 
-    migrate_fd_connect(s);
+    migration_set_outgoing_channel(s, ioc);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(ioc));
 }
 
-static void fd_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
+static gboolean fd_accept_incoming_migration(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                                             GIOCondition condition,
+                                             gpointer opaque)
 {
-    QEMUFile *f = opaque;
-
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(qemu_get_fd(f), NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    process_incoming_migration(f);
+    migration_set_incoming_channel(migrate_get_current(), ioc);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(ioc));
+    return FALSE; /* unregister */
 }
 
 void fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *infd, Error **errp)
 {
+    QIOChannel *ioc;
     int fd;
-    QEMUFile *f;
-
-    DPRINTF("Attempting to start an incoming migration via fd\n");
 
     fd = strtol(infd, NULL, 0);
-    if (fd_is_socket(fd)) {
-        f = qemu_fopen_socket(fd, "rb");
-    } else {
-        f = qemu_fdopen(fd, "rb");
-    }
-    if(f == NULL) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to open the source descriptor");
+    trace_migration_fd_incoming(fd);
+
+    ioc = qio_channel_new_fd(fd, errp);
+    if (!ioc) {
+        close(fd);
         return;
     }
 
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, fd_accept_incoming_migration, NULL, f);
+    qio_channel_add_watch(ioc,
+                          G_IO_IN,
+                          fd_accept_incoming_migration,
+                          NULL,
+                          NULL);
 }
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index a38da3a153..8decc7d178 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -317,10 +317,8 @@ void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp)
 #endif
     } else if (strstart(uri, "unix:", &p)) {
         unix_start_incoming_migration(p, errp);
-#if !defined(WIN32)
     } else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p)) {
         fd_start_incoming_migration(p, errp);
-#endif
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "unknown migration protocol: %s", uri);
     }
@@ -1077,10 +1075,8 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
 #endif
     } else if (strstart(uri, "unix:", &p)) {
         unix_start_outgoing_migration(s, p, &local_err);
-#if !defined(WIN32)
     } else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p)) {
         fd_start_outgoing_migration(s, p, &local_err);
-#endif
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "uri",
                    "a valid migration protocol");
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index 62f634d0e0..e9945e7964 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -1595,6 +1595,10 @@ postcopy_ram_incoming_cleanup_entry(void) ""
 postcopy_ram_incoming_cleanup_exit(void) ""
 postcopy_ram_incoming_cleanup_join(void) ""
 
+# migration/fd.c
+migration_fd_outgoing(int fd) "fd=%d"
+migration_fd_incoming(int fd) "fd=%d"
+
 # migration/socket.c
 migration_socket_incoming_accepted(void) ""
 migration_socket_outgoing_connected(void) ""