diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
index 0ce88200b9..1e4240fd0d 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ typedef enum QmpCommandOptions
     QCO_ALLOW_OOB             =  (1U << 1),
     QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG       =  (1U << 2),
     QCO_COROUTINE             =  (1U << 3),
-    QCO_DEPRECATED            =  (1U << 4),
 } QmpCommandOptions;
 
 typedef struct QmpCommand
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct QmpCommand
     /* Runs in coroutine context if QCO_COROUTINE is set */
     QmpCommandFunc *fn;
     QmpCommandOptions options;
+    unsigned special_features;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(QmpCommand) node;
     bool enabled;
     const char *disable_reason;
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ typedef struct QmpCommand
 typedef QTAILQ_HEAD(QmpCommandList, QmpCommand) QmpCommandList;
 
 void qmp_register_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
-                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options);
+                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options,
+                          unsigned special_features);
 const QmpCommand *qmp_find_command(const QmpCommandList *cmds,
                                    const char *name);
 void qmp_disable_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
diff --git a/monitor/misc.c b/monitor/misc.c
index 3556b177f6..c2d227a07c 100644
--- a/monitor/misc.c
+++ b/monitor/misc.c
@@ -230,11 +230,13 @@ static void monitor_init_qmp_commands(void)
 
     qmp_init_marshal(&qmp_commands);
 
-    qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "device_add", qmp_device_add, 0);
+    qmp_register_command(&qmp_commands, "device_add",
+                         qmp_device_add, 0, 0);
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands, "qmp_capabilities",
-                         qmp_marshal_qmp_capabilities, QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG);
+                         qmp_marshal_qmp_capabilities,
+                         QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG, 0);
 }
 
 /* Set the current CPU defined by the user. Callers must hold BQL. */
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
index 7e943a0af5..8cca18c891 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ QDict *qmp_dispatch(const QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
                   "The command %s has not been found", command);
         goto out;
     }
-    if (cmd->options & QCO_DEPRECATED) {
+    if (cmd->special_features & 1u << QAPI_DEPRECATED) {
         switch (compat_policy.deprecated_input) {
         case COMPAT_POLICY_INPUT_ACCEPT:
             break;
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-registry.c b/qapi/qmp-registry.c
index f78c064aae..485bc5e6fc 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-registry.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-registry.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/dispatch.h"
 
 void qmp_register_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
-                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options)
+                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options,
+                          unsigned special_features)
 {
     QmpCommand *cmd = g_malloc0(sizeof(*cmd));
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ void qmp_register_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
     cmd->fn = fn;
     cmd->enabled = true;
     cmd->options = options;
+    cmd->special_features = special_features;
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(cmds, cmd, node);
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
index c8a975528f..21001bbd6b 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     QAPISchemaModularCVisitor,
     build_params,
     ifcontext,
+    gen_special_features,
 )
 from .schema import (
     QAPISchema,
@@ -217,9 +218,6 @@ def gen_register_command(name: str,
                          coroutine: bool) -> str:
     options = []
 
-    if 'deprecated' in [f.name for f in features]:
-        options += ['QCO_DEPRECATED']
-
     if not success_response:
         options += ['QCO_NO_SUCCESS_RESP']
     if allow_oob:
@@ -231,10 +229,11 @@ def gen_register_command(name: str,
 
     ret = mcgen('''
     qmp_register_command(cmds, "%(name)s",
-                         qmp_marshal_%(c_name)s, %(opts)s);
+                         qmp_marshal_%(c_name)s, %(opts)s, %(feats)s);
 ''',
                 name=name, c_name=c_name(name),
-                opts=' | '.join(options) or 0)
+                opts=' | '.join(options) or 0,
+                feats=gen_special_features(features))
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index 10a1a33761..52cf17e8ac 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ static void init_qmp_commands(void)
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands);
     qmp_register_command(&qmp_cap_negotiation_commands, "qmp_capabilities",
-                         qmp_marshal_qmp_capabilities, QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG);
+                         qmp_marshal_qmp_capabilities,
+                         QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG, 0);
 }
 
 static int getopt_set_loc(int argc, char **argv, const char *optstring,