diff --git a/examples/c/misc/event-test.c b/examples/c/misc/event-test.c
index 347ec44682..2ce82ca9e0 100644
--- a/examples/c/misc/event-test.c
+++ b/examples/c/misc/event-test.c
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ eventDetailToString(int event,
             case VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY_FAILED:
                 return "Post-copy Error";
 
+            case VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_GUEST_SHUTDOWN:
+                return "guest OS shutdown";
+
             case VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_LAST:
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index e16c1925cd..3f5bd1ff7b 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -5401,6 +5401,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_API_ERROR = 6, /* Some APIs (e.g., migration, snapshot) internally need to suspend a domain. This event detail is used when resume operation at the end of such API fails. (Since: 1.0.1) */
     VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY = 7, /* suspended for post-copy migration (Since: 1.3.3) */
     VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_POSTCOPY_FAILED = 8, /* suspended after failed post-copy (Since: 1.3.3) */
+    VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_GUEST_SHUTDOWN = 9, /* suspended after guest os shut-down (a long running job is preserving the VM until completion) (Since: 11.10.0) */
 
 # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS
     VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_LAST /* (Since: 0.9.10) */
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain-event.c b/tools/virsh-domain-event.c
index a47fdfc7fd..b9d1cdf019 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-event.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-event.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virshDomainEventSuspended,
               N_("Snapshot"),
               N_("API error"),
               N_("Post-copy"),
-              N_("Post-copy Error"));
+              N_("Post-copy Error"),
+              N_("guest shutdown"));
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virshDomainEventResumed);
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virshDomainEventResumed,