diff --git a/python/qemu/.isort.cfg b/python/.isort.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from python/qemu/.isort.cfg
rename to python/.isort.cfg
diff --git a/python/qemu/__init__.py b/python/qemu/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ca06c34a41..00000000000
--- a/python/qemu/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# QEMU library
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Red Hat Inc.
-# Copyright (C) 2012 IBM Corp.
-#
-# Authors:
-#  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
-#
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
-# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
-#
diff --git a/python/qemu/.flake8 b/python/qemu/machine/.flake8
similarity index 100%
rename from python/qemu/.flake8
rename to python/qemu/machine/.flake8
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py b/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ac6c1e36e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""
+QEMU development and testing library.
+
+This library provides a few high-level classes for driving QEMU from a
+test suite, not intended for production use.
+
+- QEMUMachine: Configure and Boot a QEMU VM
+ - QEMUQtestMachine: VM class, with a qtest socket.
+
+- QEMUQtestProtocol: Connect to, send/receive qtest messages.
+
+- list_accel: List available accelerators
+- kvm_available: Probe for KVM support
+- tcg_available: Probe for TCG support
+"""
+
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 John Snow for Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2012 IBM Corp.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
+#  Fam Zheng <fam@euphon.net>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+#
+
+from .accel import kvm_available, list_accel, tcg_available
+from .machine import QEMUMachine
+from .qtest import QEMUQtestMachine, QEMUQtestProtocol
+
+
+__all__ = (
+    'list_accel',
+    'kvm_available',
+    'tcg_available',
+    'QEMUMachine',
+    'QEMUQtestProtocol',
+    'QEMUQtestMachine',
+)
diff --git a/python/qemu/accel.py b/python/qemu/machine/accel.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python/qemu/accel.py
rename to python/qemu/machine/accel.py
diff --git a/python/qemu/console_socket.py b/python/qemu/machine/console_socket.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python/qemu/console_socket.py
rename to python/qemu/machine/console_socket.py
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
similarity index 98%
rename from python/qemu/machine.py
rename to python/qemu/machine/machine.py
index 0df5b2f386f..dea343afeba 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
@@ -38,8 +38,14 @@
     Type,
 )
 
-from . import console_socket, qmp
-from .qmp import QMPMessage, QMPReturnValue, SocketAddrT
+from qemu.qmp import (
+    QEMUMonitorProtocol,
+    QMPMessage,
+    QMPReturnValue,
+    SocketAddrT,
+)
+
+from . import console_socket
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._events: List[QMPMessage] = []
         self._iolog: Optional[str] = None
         self._qmp_set = True   # Enable QMP monitor by default.
-        self._qmp_connection: Optional[qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol] = None
+        self._qmp_connection: Optional[QEMUMonitorProtocol] = None
         self._qemu_full_args: Tuple[str, ...] = ()
         self._temp_dir: Optional[str] = None
         self._launched = False
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ def _pre_launch(self) -> None:
             if self._remove_monitor_sockfile:
                 assert isinstance(self._monitor_address, str)
                 self._remove_files.append(self._monitor_address)
-            self._qmp_connection = qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol(
+            self._qmp_connection = QEMUMonitorProtocol(
                 self._monitor_address,
                 server=True,
                 nickname=self._name
@@ -543,7 +549,7 @@ def set_qmp_monitor(self, enabled: bool = True) -> None:
         self._qmp_set = enabled
 
     @property
-    def _qmp(self) -> qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol:
+    def _qmp(self) -> QEMUMonitorProtocol:
         if self._qmp_connection is None:
             raise QEMUMachineError("Attempt to access QMP with no connection")
         return self._qmp_connection
diff --git a/python/qemu/pylintrc b/python/qemu/machine/pylintrc
similarity index 100%
rename from python/qemu/pylintrc
rename to python/qemu/machine/pylintrc
diff --git a/python/qemu/qtest.py b/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
similarity index 99%
rename from python/qemu/qtest.py
rename to python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
index 39a0cf62fe9..53926e434a7 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qtest.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
     TextIO,
 )
 
+from qemu.qmp import SocketAddrT
+
 from .machine import QEMUMachine
-from .qmp import SocketAddrT
 
 
 class QEMUQtestProtocol:
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp.py b/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
similarity index 96%
rename from python/qemu/qmp.py
rename to python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
index 2cd4d43036c..9606248a3d2 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-""" QEMU Monitor Protocol Python class """
+"""
+QEMU Monitor Protocol (QMP) development library & tooling.
+
+This package provides a fairly low-level class for communicating to QMP
+protocol servers, as implemented by QEMU, the QEMU Guest Agent, and the
+QEMU Storage Daemon. This library is not intended for production use.
+
+`QEMUMonitorProtocol` is the primary class of interest, and all errors
+raised derive from `QMPError`.
+"""
+
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
index 83b1741ec85..ff7bf81f1a9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'python'))
 
-from qemu.accel import kvm_available
-from qemu.accel import tcg_available
 from qemu.machine import QEMUMachine
+from qemu.machine import kvm_available
+from qemu.machine import tcg_available
 
 def is_readable_executable_file(path):
     return os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path, os.R_OK | os.X_OK)
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py b/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
index ab18cddbb73..0685e30bcae 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from avocado_qemu import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
 from avocado_qemu import is_readable_executable_file
 
-from qemu.accel import kvm_available
+from qemu.machine import kvm_available
 
 import os
 import socket
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/300 b/tests/qemu-iotests/300
index b475a92c478..fe94de84edd 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/300
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/300
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import iotests
 
 # Import qemu after iotests.py has amended sys.path
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-import qemu
+from qemu.machine import machine
 
 BlockBitmapMapping = List[Dict[str, object]]
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class TestBlockBitmapMappingErrors(TestDirtyBitmapMigration):
         # the failed migration
         try:
             self.vm_b.shutdown()
-        except qemu.machine.AbnormalShutdown:
+        except machine.AbnormalShutdown:
             pass
 
     def test_aliased_bitmap_name_too_long(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 12e876fa67d..c144cb13e00 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error, wrong-import-position
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'python'))
-from qemu import qtest
+from qemu.machine import qtest
 from qemu.qmp import QMPMessage
 
 # Use this logger for logging messages directly from the iotests module
diff --git a/tests/vm/aarch64vm.py b/tests/vm/aarch64vm.py
index d70ab843b6b..39ff99b0859 100644
--- a/tests/vm/aarch64vm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/aarch64vm.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import basevm
-from qemu.accel import kvm_available
+from qemu.machine import kvm_available
 
 # This is the config needed for current version of QEMU.
 # This works for both kvm and tcg.
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 00f1d5ca8da..12d08cf2b1b 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 import time
 import datetime
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'python'))
-from qemu.accel import kvm_available
-from qemu.machine import QEMUMachine
+from qemu.machine import kvm_available, QEMUMachine
 import subprocess
 import hashlib
 import argparse
