diff --git a/migration/exec.c b/migration/exec.c
index 2bf882bbe1..c4a3293246 100644
--- a/migration/exec.c
+++ b/migration/exec.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-const char *exec_get_cmd_path(void);
 const char *exec_get_cmd_path(void)
 {
     g_autofree char *detected_path = g_new(char, MAX_PATH);
@@ -40,7 +39,8 @@ const char *exec_get_cmd_path(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-void exec_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *command, Error **errp)
+void exec_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *command,
+                                   Error **errp)
 {
     QIOChannel *ioc;
 
diff --git a/migration/exec.h b/migration/exec.h
index b210ffde7a..736cd71028 100644
--- a/migration/exec.h
+++ b/migration/exec.h
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 #ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_EXEC_H
 #define QEMU_MIGRATION_EXEC_H
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+const char *exec_get_cmd_path(void);
+#endif
 void exec_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
 
 void exec_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *host_port,
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 5de7f734b9..4c9ecd521b 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "yank_functions.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "options.h"
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 
 static NotifierList migration_state_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(migration_state_notifiers);
@@ -420,15 +421,62 @@ void migrate_add_address(SocketAddress *address)
                       QAPI_CLONE(SocketAddress, address));
 }
 
+static bool migrate_uri_parse(const char *uri, MigrateAddress **channel,
+                              Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autoptr(MigrateAddress) addrs = g_new0(MigrateAddress, 1);
+    SocketAddress *saddr = &addrs->u.socket;
+    InetSocketAddress *isock = &addrs->u.rdma;
+    strList **tail = &addrs->u.exec.args;
+
+    if (strstart(uri, "exec:", NULL)) {
+        addrs->transport = MIGRATE_TRANSPORT_EXEC;
+#ifdef WIN32
+        QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, g_strdup(exec_get_cmd_path()));
+#else
+        QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, g_strdup("/bin/sh"));
+#endif
+        QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, g_strdup("-c"));
+        QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, g_strdup(uri + strlen("exec:")));
+    } else if (strstart(uri, "rdma:", NULL)) {
+        if (inet_parse(isock, uri + strlen("rdma:"), errp)) {
+            qapi_free_InetSocketAddress(isock);
+            return false;
+        }
+        addrs->transport = MIGRATE_TRANSPORT_RDMA;
+    } else if (strstart(uri, "tcp:", NULL) ||
+                strstart(uri, "unix:", NULL) ||
+                strstart(uri, "vsock:", NULL) ||
+                strstart(uri, "fd:", NULL)) {
+        addrs->transport = MIGRATE_TRANSPORT_SOCKET;
+        saddr = socket_parse(uri, errp);
+        if (!saddr) {
+            qapi_free_SocketAddress(saddr);
+            return false;
+        }
+    } else {
+        error_setg(errp, "unknown migration protocol: %s", uri);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *channel = addrs;
+    return true;
+}
+
 static void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp)
 {
     const char *p = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(MigrateAddress) channel = g_new0(MigrateAddress, 1);
 
     /* URI is not suitable for migration? */
     if (!migration_channels_and_uri_compatible(uri, errp)) {
         return;
     }
 
+    if (uri && !migrate_uri_parse(uri, &channel, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     qapi_event_send_migration(MIGRATION_STATUS_SETUP);
     if (strstart(uri, "tcp:", &p) ||
         strstart(uri, "unix:", NULL) ||
@@ -1632,12 +1680,17 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_blk, bool blk,
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
     const char *p = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(MigrateAddress) channel = g_new0(MigrateAddress, 1);
 
     /* URI is not suitable for migration? */
     if (!migration_channels_and_uri_compatible(uri, errp)) {
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!migrate_uri_parse(uri, &channel, &local_err)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (!migrate_prepare(s, has_blk && blk, has_inc && inc,
                          has_resume && resume, errp)) {
         /* Error detected, put into errp */
