diff --git a/ui/dbus-chardev.c b/ui/dbus-chardev.c
index 9442b47551..55117029ac 100644
--- a/ui/dbus-chardev.c
+++ b/ui/dbus-chardev.c
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ dbus_display_chardev_export(DBusDisplay *dpy, DBusChardev *chr)
     sk = g_dbus_object_skeleton_new(path);
     g_dbus_object_skeleton_add_interface(
         sk, G_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON(chr->iface));
+    if (chr->iface_vc_encoding) {
+        const char *interfaces[] = {
+            "org.qemu.Display1.Chardev.VCEncoding",
+            NULL
+        };
+        g_dbus_object_skeleton_add_interface(
+            sk, G_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON(chr->iface_vc_encoding));
+        g_object_set(chr->iface, "interfaces", interfaces, NULL);
+    }
     g_dbus_object_manager_server_export(dpy->server, sk);
     chr->exported = true;
 }
@@ -290,6 +299,7 @@ char_dbus_finalize(Object *obj)
     };
 
     dbus_display_notify(&event);
+    g_clear_object(&dc->iface_vc_encoding);
     g_clear_object(&dc->iface);
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/dbus-display1.xml b/ui/dbus-display1.xml
index 4a41a7e0f3..d96bae2ed6 100644
--- a/ui/dbus-display1.xml
+++ b/ui/dbus-display1.xml
@@ -1141,4 +1141,22 @@
     -->
     <property name="Interfaces" type="as" access="read"/>
   </interface>
+
+  <!--
+      org.qemu.Display1.Chardev.VCEncoding:
+
+      Provides encoding information for virtual console chardevs.
+
+      This interface is present on chardev objects that are virtual
+      consoles, and exposes the character encoding used by the guest.
+  -->
+  <interface name="org.qemu.Display1.Chardev.VCEncoding">
+    <!--
+        Encoding:
+
+        The character encoding used by the virtual console
+        (matching ``ChardevVCEncoding``): ``cp437`` or ``utf8``.
+    -->
+    <property name="Encoding" type="s" access="read"/>
+  </interface>
 </node>
diff --git a/ui/dbus.c b/ui/dbus.c
index 59b73e0aa9..e02a94df2f 100644
--- a/ui/dbus.c
+++ b/ui/dbus.c
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ CHARDEV_VC_ENCODING_PROPERTY_DEFINE(DBUS_VC_CHARDEV)
 static bool
 dbus_vc_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
 {
+    DBusChardev *dc = DBUS_CHARDEV(chr);
     DBusVCChardev *vc = DBUS_VC_CHARDEV(chr);
     ChardevClass *parent =
         CHARDEV_CLASS(object_class_by_name(TYPE_CHARDEV_DBUS));
@@ -522,6 +523,11 @@ dbus_vc_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
     if (be->has_encoding) {
         vc->encoding = be->encoding;
     }
+    dc->iface_vc_encoding =
+        qemu_dbus_display1_chardev_vcencoding_skeleton_new();
+    qemu_dbus_display1_chardev_vcencoding_set_encoding(
+        dc->iface_vc_encoding,
+        qapi_enum_lookup(&ChardevVCEncoding_lookup, vc->encoding));
 
     return parent->chr_open(chr, backend, errp);
 }
diff --git a/ui/dbus.h b/ui/dbus.h
index 986d777460..e4e78590b4 100644
--- a/ui/dbus.h
+++ b/ui/dbus.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ typedef struct DBusChardev {
 
     bool exported;
     QemuDBusDisplay1Chardev *iface;
+    QemuDBusDisplay1ChardevVCEncoding *iface_vc_encoding;
 } DBusChardev;
 
 DECLARE_INSTANCE_CHECKER(DBusChardev, DBUS_CHARDEV, TYPE_CHARDEV_DBUS)