diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5763b7..a8cd0c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o
 LIBS+=$(BRLAPI_LIBS)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += tap-win32.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += migration-exec.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += migration-exec.o migration-fd.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_COREAUDIO
 AUDIO_PT = y
diff --git a/migration-fd.c b/migration-fd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fea5a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration-fd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU live migration via generic fd
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2009
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+#include "migration.h"
+#include "monitor.h"
+#include "qemu-char.h"
+#include "sysemu.h"
+#include "buffered_file.h"
+#include "block.h"
+#include "qemu_socket.h"
+
+//#define DEBUG_MIGRATION_FD
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MIGRATION_FD
+#define dprintf(fmt, ...) \
+    do { printf("migration-fd: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#else
+#define dprintf(fmt, ...) \
+    do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
+static int fd_errno(FdMigrationState *s)
+{
+    return errno;
+}
+
+static int fd_write(FdMigrationState *s, const void * buf, size_t size)
+{
+    return write(s->fd, buf, size);
+}
+
+static int fd_close(FdMigrationState *s)
+{
+    dprintf("fd_close\n");
+    if (s->fd != -1) {
+        close(s->fd);
+        s->fd = -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+MigrationState *fd_start_outgoing_migration(Monitor *mon,
+					    const char *fdname,
+					    int64_t bandwidth_limit,
+					    int detach)
+{
+    FdMigrationState *s;
+
+    s = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*s));
+
+    s->fd = monitor_get_fd(mon, fdname);
+    if (s->fd == -1) {
+        dprintf("fd_migration: no file descriptor supplied via SCM_RIGHTS\n");
+	qemu_free(s);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    socket_set_nonblock(s->fd);
+
+    s->get_error = fd_errno;
+    s->write = fd_write;
+    s->close = fd_close;
+    s->mig_state.cancel = migrate_fd_cancel;
+    s->mig_state.get_status = migrate_fd_get_status;
+    s->mig_state.release = migrate_fd_release;
+
+    s->state = MIG_STATE_ACTIVE;
+    s->mon_resume = NULL;
+    s->bandwidth_limit = bandwidth_limit;
+
+    if (!detach)
+        migrate_fd_monitor_suspend(s);
+
+    migrate_fd_connect(s);
+
+    return &s->mig_state;
+}
+
+static void fd_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
+{
+    struct sockaddr addr;
+    socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+    int s = (unsigned long)opaque;
+    QEMUFile *f;
+    int c, ret;
+
+    do {
+        c = accept(s, &addr, &addrlen);
+    } while (c == -1 && socket_error() == EINTR);
+
+    if (c == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not accept migration connection\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    dprintf("accepted migration\n");
+
+    f = qemu_fopen_socket(c);
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not qemu_fopen socket\n");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemu_loadvm_state(f);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "load of migration failed\n");
+        goto out_fopen;
+    }
+    qemu_announce_self();
+    dprintf("successfully loaded vm state\n");
+
+    /* we've successfully migrated, close the server socket */
+    qemu_set_fd_handler2(s, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    close(s);
+
+out_fopen:
+    qemu_fclose(f);
+out:
+    close(c);
+}
+
+int fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *infd)
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    dprintf("Attempting to start an fd incoming migration\n");
+
+    fd = strtol(infd, NULL, 0);
+
+    qemu_set_fd_handler2(fd, NULL, fd_accept_incoming_migration, NULL,
+			 (void *)(unsigned long)fd);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 34e2bc1..c18d595 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri)
         exec_start_incoming_migration(p);
+    else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p))
+        fd_start_incoming_migration(p);
 #endif
     else
         fprintf(stderr, "unknown migration protocol: %s\n", uri);
@@ -62,4 +64,6 @@ void do_migrate(Monitor *mon, int detach, const char *uri)
         s = exec_start_outgoing_migration(p, max_throttle, detach);
+    else if (strstart(uri, "fd:", &p))
+        s = fd_start_outgoing_migration(mon, p, max_throttle, detach);
 #endif
     else
         monitor_printf(mon, "unknown migration protocol: %s\n", uri);
diff --git a/migration.h b/migration.h
index 0ed1fcb..96dad38 100644
--- a/migration.h
+++ b/migration.h
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ MigrationState *unix_start_outgoing_migration(const char *path,
 					      int64_t bandwidth_limit,
 					      int detach);
 
+int fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *path);
+
+MigrationState *fd_start_outgoing_migration(Monitor *mon,
+					    const char *fdname,
+					    int64_t bandwidth_limit,
+					    int detach);
+
 void migrate_fd_monitor_suspend(FdMigrationState *s);
 
 void migrate_fd_error(FdMigrationState *s);