diff --git a/hw/virtio/trace-events b/hw/virtio/trace-events
index e83500bee9..c40ad5ea27 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/virtio/trace-events
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ virtio_iommu_get_domain(uint32_t domain_id) "Alloc domain=%d"
 virtio_iommu_put_domain(uint32_t domain_id) "Free domain=%d"
 virtio_iommu_translate_out(uint64_t virt_addr, uint64_t phys_addr, uint32_t sid) "0x%"PRIx64" -> 0x%"PRIx64 " for sid=%d"
 virtio_iommu_report_fault(uint8_t reason, uint32_t flags, uint32_t endpoint, uint64_t addr) "FAULT reason=%d flags=%d endpoint=%d address =0x%"PRIx64
+
+# virtio-mem.c
+virtio_mem_send_response(uint16_t type) "type=%" PRIu16
+virtio_mem_plug_request(uint64_t addr, uint16_t nb_blocks) "addr=0x%" PRIx64 " nb_blocks=%" PRIu16
+virtio_mem_unplug_request(uint64_t addr, uint16_t nb_blocks) "addr=0x%" PRIx64 " nb_blocks=%" PRIu16
+virtio_mem_unplugged_all(void) ""
+virtio_mem_unplug_all_request(void) ""
+virtio_mem_resized_usable_region(uint64_t old_size, uint64_t new_size) "old_size=0x%" PRIx64 "new_size=0x%" PRIx64
+virtio_mem_state_request(uint64_t addr, uint16_t nb_blocks) "addr=0x%" PRIx64 " nb_blocks=%" PRIu16
+virtio_mem_state_response(uint16_t state) "state=%" PRIu16
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index 450b8dc49d..468fb4170f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "config-devices.h"
+#include "trace.h"
 
 /*
  * Use QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN, so no THP will have to be split when unplugging
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_send_response(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
     VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(vmem);
     VirtQueue *vq = vmem->vq;
 
+    trace_virtio_mem_send_response(le16_to_cpu(resp->type));
     iov_from_buf(elem->in_sg, elem->in_num, 0, resp, sizeof(*resp));
 
     virtqueue_push(vq, elem, sizeof(*resp));
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_plug_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
     const uint16_t nb_blocks = le16_to_cpu(req->u.plug.nb_blocks);
     uint16_t type;
 
+    trace_virtio_mem_plug_request(gpa, nb_blocks);
     type = virtio_mem_state_change_request(vmem, gpa, nb_blocks, true);
     virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, type);
 }
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_unplug_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
     const uint16_t nb_blocks = le16_to_cpu(req->u.unplug.nb_blocks);
     uint16_t type;
 
+    trace_virtio_mem_unplug_request(gpa, nb_blocks);
     type = virtio_mem_state_change_request(vmem, gpa, nb_blocks, false);
     virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, type);
 }
@@ -225,6 +229,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(VirtIOMEM *vmem,
         return;
     }
 
+    trace_virtio_mem_resized_usable_region(vmem->usable_region_size, newsize);
     vmem->usable_region_size = newsize;
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_unplug_all(VirtIOMEM *vmem)
         vmem->size = 0;
         notifier_list_notify(&vmem->size_change_notifiers, &vmem->size);
     }
-
+    trace_virtio_mem_unplugged_all();
     virtio_mem_resize_usable_region(vmem, vmem->requested_size, true);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -255,6 +260,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_unplug_all(VirtIOMEM *vmem)
 static void virtio_mem_unplug_all_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem,
                                           VirtQueueElement *elem)
 {
+    trace_virtio_mem_unplug_all_request();
     if (virtio_mem_unplug_all(vmem)) {
         virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_BUSY);
     } else {
@@ -272,6 +278,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_state_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
         .type = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ACK),
     };
 
+    trace_virtio_mem_state_request(gpa, nb_blocks);
     if (!virtio_mem_valid_range(vmem, gpa, size)) {
         virtio_mem_send_response_simple(vmem, elem, VIRTIO_MEM_RESP_ERROR);
         return;
@@ -284,6 +291,7 @@ static void virtio_mem_state_request(VirtIOMEM *vmem, VirtQueueElement *elem,
     } else {
         resp.u.state.state = cpu_to_le16(VIRTIO_MEM_STATE_MIXED);
     }
+    trace_virtio_mem_state_response(le16_to_cpu(resp.u.state.state));
     virtio_mem_send_response(vmem, elem, &resp);
 }
 
