diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index ab71d2d9e5..8ec2c5efea 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2618,6 +2618,7 @@ static int do_inject_nmi(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret_data)
 static void do_info_status_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
 {
     QDict *qdict;
+    const char *status;
 
     qdict = qobject_to_qdict(data);
 
@@ -2631,6 +2632,11 @@ static void do_info_status_print(Monitor *mon, const QObject *data)
         monitor_printf(mon, "paused");
     }
 
+    status = qdict_get_str(qdict, "status");
+    if (strcmp(status, "paused") && strcmp(status, "running")) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, " (%s)", status);
+    }
+
     monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
 }