diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h b/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
index 3ed499c..c25cb7c 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ typedef struct QmpInputVisitor QmpInputVisitor;
 
 QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj);
 QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new_strict(QObject *obj);
+QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new_full(QObject *obj,
+                                            bool strict,
+                                            bool autocast);
 
 void qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(QmpInputVisitor *v);
 
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
index e659832..59d2165 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct QmpInputVisitor
     StackObject stack[QIV_STACK_SIZE];
     int nb_stack;
     bool strict;
+    bool autocast;
 };
 
 static QmpInputVisitor *to_qiv(Visitor *v)
@@ -217,15 +218,26 @@ static void qmp_input_type_int64(Visitor *v, const char *name, int64_t *obj,
                                  Error **errp)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
-    QInt *qint = qobject_to_qint(qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true));
+    QObject *qobj = qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true);
+    QInt *qint;
+    QString *qstr;
 
-    if (!qint) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
-                   "integer");
+    qint = qobject_to_qint(qobj);
+    if (qint) {
+        *obj = qint_get_int(qint);
         return;
     }
 
-    *obj = qint_get_int(qint);
+    qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qobj);
+    if (qstr && qstr->string && qiv->autocast) {
+        errno = 0;
+        if (qemu_strtoll(qstr->string, NULL, 10, obj) == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
+               "integer");
 }
 
 static void qmp_input_type_uint64(Visitor *v, const char *name, uint64_t *obj,
@@ -233,30 +245,61 @@ static void qmp_input_type_uint64(Visitor *v, const char *name, uint64_t *obj,
 {
     /* FIXME: qobject_to_qint mishandles values over INT64_MAX */
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
-    QInt *qint = qobject_to_qint(qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true));
+    QObject *qobj = qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true);
+    QInt *qint;
+    QString *qstr;
 
-    if (!qint) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
-                   "integer");
+    qint = qobject_to_qint(qobj);
+    if (qint) {
+        *obj = qint_get_int(qint);
         return;
     }
 
-    *obj = qint_get_int(qint);
+    qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qobj);
+    if (qstr && qstr->string && qiv->autocast) {
+        errno = 0;
+        if (qemu_strtoull(qstr->string, NULL, 10, obj) == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
+               "integer");
 }
 
 static void qmp_input_type_bool(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *obj,
                                 Error **errp)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
-    QBool *qbool = qobject_to_qbool(qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true));
+    QObject *qobj = qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true);
+    QBool *qbool;
+    QString *qstr;
 
-    if (!qbool) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
-                   "boolean");
+    qbool = qobject_to_qbool(qobj);
+    if (qbool) {
+        *obj = qbool_get_bool(qbool);
         return;
     }
 
-    *obj = qbool_get_bool(qbool);
+
+    qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qobj);
+    if (qstr && qstr->string && qiv->autocast) {
+        if (!strcasecmp(qstr->string, "on") ||
+            !strcasecmp(qstr->string, "yes") ||
+            !strcasecmp(qstr->string, "true")) {
+            *obj = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!strcasecmp(qstr->string, "off") ||
+            !strcasecmp(qstr->string, "no") ||
+            !strcasecmp(qstr->string, "false")) {
+            *obj = false;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
+               "boolean");
 }
 
 static void qmp_input_type_str(Visitor *v, const char *name, char **obj,
@@ -281,6 +324,8 @@ static void qmp_input_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
     QObject *qobj = qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true);
     QInt *qint;
     QFloat *qfloat;
+    QString *qstr;
+    char *endp;
 
     qint = qobject_to_qint(qobj);
     if (qint) {
@@ -294,6 +339,15 @@ static void qmp_input_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
         return;
     }
 
+    qstr = qobject_to_qstring(qobj);
+    if (qstr && qstr->string && qiv->autocast) {
+        errno = 0;
+        *obj = strtod(qstr->string, &endp);
+        if (errno == 0 && endp != qstr->string && *endp == '\0') {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
                "number");
 }
@@ -368,3 +422,15 @@ QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new_strict(QObject *obj)
 
     return v;
 }
+
+QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new_full(QObject *obj,
+                                            bool strict, bool autocast)
+{
+    QmpInputVisitor *v;
+
+    v = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj);
+    v->strict = strict;
+    v->autocast = autocast;
+
+    return v;
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
index b05da5b..fd7eb63 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static void visitor_input_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
    function so that the JSON string used by the tests are kept in the test
    functions (and not in main()). */
 static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                                 bool strict, bool autocast,
                                                  const char *json_string,
                                                  va_list *ap)
 {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     data->obj = qobject_from_jsonv(json_string, ap);
     g_assert(data->obj);
 
-    data->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(data->obj);
+    data->qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new_full(data->obj, strict, autocast);
     g_assert(data->qiv);
 
     v = qmp_input_get_visitor(data->qiv);
@@ -59,6 +60,21 @@ static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_internal(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     return v;
 }
 
+static GCC_FMT_ATTR(4, 5)
+Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_full(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                      bool strict, bool autocast,
+                                      const char *json_string, ...)
+{
+    Visitor *v;
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, json_string);
+    v = visitor_input_test_init_internal(data, strict, autocast,
+                                         json_string, &ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return v;
+}
+
 static GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3)
 Visitor *visitor_input_test_init(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                  const char *json_string, ...)
@@ -67,7 +83,8 @@ Visitor *visitor_input_test_init(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     va_list ap;
 
     va_start(ap, json_string);
-    v = visitor_input_test_init_internal(data, json_string, &ap);
+    v = visitor_input_test_init_internal(data, NULL, NULL,
+                                         json_string, &ap);
     va_end(ap);
     return v;
 }
@@ -82,7 +99,8 @@ Visitor *visitor_input_test_init(TestInputVisitorData *data,
 static Visitor *visitor_input_test_init_raw(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                             const char *json_string)
 {
-    return visitor_input_test_init_internal(data, json_string, NULL);
+    return visitor_input_test_init_internal(data, NULL, NULL,
+                                            json_string, NULL);
 }
 
 static void test_visitor_in_int(TestInputVisitorData *data,
@@ -114,6 +132,33 @@ static void test_visitor_in_int_overflow(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     error_free_or_abort(&err);
 }
 
+static void test_visitor_in_int_autocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                         const void *unused)
+{
+    int64_t res = 0, value = -42;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init_full(data, false, true,
+                                     "\"-42\"");
+
+    visit_type_int(v, NULL, &res, &error_abort);
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, value);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_int_noautocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                           const void *unused)
+{
+    int64_t res = 0;
+    Visitor *v;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "\"-42\"");
+
+    visit_type_int(v, NULL, &res, &err);
+    g_assert(err != NULL);
+    error_free(err);
+}
+
 static void test_visitor_in_bool(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                  const void *unused)
 {
@@ -126,6 +171,32 @@ static void test_visitor_in_bool(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, true);
 }
 
+static void test_visitor_in_bool_autocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                          const void *unused)
+{
+    bool res = false;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init_full(data, false, true, "\"true\"");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, NULL, &res, &error_abort);
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, true);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_bool_noautocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                          const void *unused)
+{
+    bool res = false;
+    Visitor *v;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "\"true\"");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, NULL, &res, &err);
+    g_assert(err != NULL);
+    error_free(err);
+}
+
 static void test_visitor_in_number(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                    const void *unused)
 {
@@ -138,6 +209,32 @@ static void test_visitor_in_number(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     g_assert_cmpfloat(res, ==, value);
 }
 
+static void test_visitor_in_number_autocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                            const void *unused)
+{
+    double res = 0, value = 3.14;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init_full(data, false, true, "\"3.14\"");
+
+    visit_type_number(v, NULL, &res, &error_abort);
+    g_assert_cmpfloat(res, ==, value);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_number_noautocast(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                              const void *unused)
+{
+    double res = 0;
+    Visitor *v;
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "\"3.14\"");
+
+    visit_type_number(v, NULL, &res, &err);
+    g_assert(err != NULL);
+    error_free(err);
+}
+
 static void test_visitor_in_string(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                    const void *unused)
 {
@@ -811,10 +908,22 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_int);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/int_overflow",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_int_overflow);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/int_autocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_int_autocast);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/int_noautocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_int_noautocast);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/bool",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_bool);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/bool_autocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_bool_autocast);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/bool_noautocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_bool_noautocast);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/number",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_number);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/number_autocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_number_autocast);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/number_noautocast",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_number_noautocast);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/string",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_string);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/enum",
