diff --git a/emulator/vhci.c b/emulator/vhci.c
index ecf1db3..c6a5caa 100644
--- a/emulator/vhci.c
+++ b/emulator/vhci.c
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ void vhci_close(struct vhci *vhci)
 	vhci_destroy(vhci);
 }
 
+bool vhci_pause_input(struct vhci *vhci, bool paused)
+{
+	if (paused)
+		return io_set_read_handler(vhci->io, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	else
+		return io_set_read_handler(vhci->io, vhci_read_callback, vhci,
+									NULL);
+}
+
 struct btdev *vhci_get_btdev(struct vhci *vhci)
 {
 	if (!vhci)
diff --git a/emulator/vhci.h b/emulator/vhci.h
index 68eae4c..12c4b55 100644
--- a/emulator/vhci.h
+++ b/emulator/vhci.h
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ int vhci_set_emu_opcode(struct vhci *vhci, uint16_t opcode);
 int vhci_set_force_static_address(struct vhci *vhci, bool enable);
 int vhci_force_devcd(struct vhci *vhci, const void *data, size_t len);
 int vhci_read_devcd(struct vhci *vhci, void *buf, size_t size);
+bool vhci_pause_input(struct vhci *vhci, bool paused);