diff --git a/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.c b/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.c
index 1649f60..5876957 100644
--- a/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.c
+++ b/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.h"
 #include "hw/proxy/memory-sync.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
@@ -765,6 +766,27 @@ static void init_proxy(PCIDevice *dev, char *command, char *exec_name,
     }
 }
 
+static void proxy_vm_state_change(void *opaque, int running, RunState state)
+{
+    PCIProxyDev *dev = opaque;
+    MPQemuMsg msg = { 0 };
+    int wait = -1;
+
+    msg.cmd = RUNSTATE_SET;
+    msg.bytestream = 0;
+    msg.size = sizeof(msg.data1);
+    msg.data1.runstate.state = state;
+
+    wait = eventfd(0, EFD_CLOEXEC);
+    msg.num_fds = 1;
+    msg.fds[0] = wait;
+
+    mpqemu_msg_send(&msg, dev->mpqemu_link->com);
+
+    wait_for_remote(wait);
+    close(wait);
+}
+
 static void pci_proxy_dev_realize(PCIDevice *device, Error **errp)
 {
     PCIProxyDev *dev = PCI_PROXY_DEV(device);
@@ -782,6 +804,8 @@ static void pci_proxy_dev_realize(PCIDevice *device, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
+    dev->vmcse = qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(proxy_vm_state_change, dev);
+
     dev->set_proxy_sock = set_proxy_sock;
     dev->get_proxy_sock = get_proxy_sock;
     dev->init_proxy = init_proxy;
@@ -807,6 +831,8 @@ static void pci_dev_exit(PCIDevice *pdev)
     if (!QLIST_EMPTY(&proxy_dev_list.devices)) {
         start_broadcast_timer();
     }
+
+    qemu_del_vm_change_state_handler(dev->vmcse);
 }
 
 static void send_bar_access_msg(PCIProxyDev *dev, MemoryRegion *mr,
diff --git a/include/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.h b/include/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.h
index 537c227..6784298 100644
--- a/include/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.h
+++ b/include/hw/proxy/qemu-proxy.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ struct PCIProxyDev {
 
     ProxyMemoryRegion region[PCI_NUM_REGIONS];
 
+    VMChangeStateEntry *vmcse;
+
     uint64_t migsize;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/io/mpqemu-link.h b/include/io/mpqemu-link.h
index 01371fc..beb8293 100644
--- a/include/io/mpqemu-link.h
+++ b/include/io/mpqemu-link.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "exec/hwaddr.h"
 
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-run-state.h"
+
 #define TYPE_MPQEMU_LINK "mpqemu-link"
 #define MPQEMU_LINK(obj) \
     OBJECT_CHECK(MPQemuLinkState, (obj), TYPE_MPQEMU_LINK)
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ typedef enum {
     DEVICE_RESET,
     START_MIG_OUT,
     START_MIG_IN,
+    RUNSTATE_SET,
     MAX,
 } mpqemu_cmd_t;
 
@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ typedef struct {
 } mmio_ret_msg_t;
 
 typedef struct {
+    RunState state;
+} runstate_msg_t;
+
+typedef struct {
     mpqemu_cmd_t cmd;
     int bytestream;
     size_t size;
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ typedef struct {
         set_irqfd_msg_t set_irqfd;
         ret_pci_info_msg_t ret_pci_info;
         mmio_ret_msg_t mmio_ret;
+        runstate_msg_t runstate;
     } data1;
 
     int fds[REMOTE_MAX_FDS];
diff --git a/include/sysemu/runstate.h b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
index ece939f..8c5810f 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/runstate.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/runstate.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern RunState current_run_state;
 
 bool runstate_check(RunState state);
 void runstate_set(RunState new_state);
+void remote_runstate_set(RunState state);
 int runstate_is_running(void);
 bool runstate_needs_reset(void);
 bool runstate_store(char *str, size_t size);
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index f120509..8efa1a8 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "qemu/option_int.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "migration/misc.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
@@ -674,6 +675,7 @@ DeviceState *qdev_proxy_add(const char *rid, const char *id, char *bus,
     const char *str;
     bool need_spawn = false;
     bool remote_exists = false;
+    char *command = NULL;
 
     if (strlen(rid) > MAX_RID_LENGTH) {
         error_setg(errp, "rid %s is too long.", rid);
@@ -743,11 +745,18 @@ DeviceState *qdev_proxy_add(const char *rid, const char *id, char *bus,
         need_spawn = true;
     }
 
-    pdev->init_proxy(PCI_DEVICE(ds), cmd, exec_name, need_spawn, errp);
+    if (runstate_check(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE)) {
+        command = g_strdup_printf("%s %s", cmd, "-incoming defer");
+    } else {
+        command = g_strdup(cmd);
+    }
+
+    pdev->init_proxy(PCI_DEVICE(ds), command, exec_name, need_spawn, errp);
 
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&proxy_dev_list.devices, pdev, next);
 
     qemu_opts_del(proxy_opts);
+
     return ds;
 }
 
diff --git a/remote/remote-main.c b/remote/remote-main.c
index e97eb76..0260c7c 100644
--- a/remote/remote-main.c
+++ b/remote/remote-main.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "exec/ramlist.h"
 #include "exec/memattrs.h"
@@ -454,6 +455,10 @@ static void process_msg(GIOCondition cond, MPQemuChannel *chan)
     case START_MIG_OUT:
         process_start_mig_out(msg);
         break;
+    case RUNSTATE_SET:
+        remote_runstate_set(msg->data1.runstate.state);
+        notify_proxy(msg->fds[0], 0);
+        break;
     default:
         error_setg(&err, "Unknown command");
         goto finalize_loop;
diff --git a/remote/remote-opts.c b/remote/remote-opts.c
index e22ad5c..839baf1 100644
--- a/remote/remote-opts.c
+++ b/remote/remote-opts.c
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
 #include "remote/remote-opts.h"
 #include "include/qemu-common.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 
 #include "vl.h"
+
 /*
  * In remote process, we parse only subset of options. The code
  * taken from vl.c to re-use in remote command line parser.
@@ -85,6 +87,9 @@ void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_qmp:
                 monitor_parse(optarg, "control", false);
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_incoming:
+                remote_runstate_set(RUN_STATE_INMIGRATE);
+                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_monitor:
                 if (!strncmp(optarg, "stdio", 5)) {
                     warn_report("STDIO not supported in remote process");
diff --git a/runstate.c b/runstate.c
index 273345a..9c5c627 100644
--- a/runstate.c
+++ b/runstate.c
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ bool runstate_check(RunState state)
 {
     return current_run_state == state;
 }
+
+void remote_runstate_set(RunState state)
+{
+    current_run_state = state;
+}
