diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 0c061d8986..ee7b6ddeff 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import unittest
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from qemu.machine import qtest
-from qemu.qmp.legacy import QMPMessage, QEMUMonitorProtocol
+from qemu.qmp.legacy import QMPMessage, QMPReturnValue, QEMUMonitorProtocol
 from qemu.utils import VerboseProcessError
 
 # Use this logger for logging messages directly from the iotests module
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ class QemuStorageDaemon:
         assert self._qmp is not None
         return self._qmp
 
+    def cmd(self, cmd: str, args: Optional[Dict[str, object]] = None) \
+            -> QMPReturnValue:
+        assert self._qmp is not None
+        return self._qmp.cmd(cmd, **(args or {}))
+
     def stop(self, kill_signal=15):
         self._p.send_signal(kill_signal)
         self._p.wait()