diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index aff1b5d3053805488761df1e84302d3d5721c2a7..508adade9e8fd891191f952dde0827c430c47395 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ def qemu_io(*args):
     '''Run qemu-io and return the stdout data'''
     return qemu_tool_pipe_and_status('qemu-io', qemu_io_wrap_args(args))[0]
 
+def qemu_io_pipe_and_status(*args):
+    return qemu_tool_pipe_and_status('qemu-io', qemu_io_wrap_args(args))
+
 def qemu_io_log(*args):
     result = qemu_io(*args)
     log(result, filters=[filter_testfiles, filter_qemu_io])