Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
cherry picked from commit 9c889dcbd58817b0c917a9d2dd16161f48ac8203
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/qmp/qmp_shell.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_shell.py b/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_shell.py
index 02028e94b5a..c923ff09e1f 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_shell.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/qmp_shell.py
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ def main_wrap() -> None:
 
                 for _ in qemu.repl():
                     pass
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"ERROR: QEMU executable '{cmd[0]}' not found.\n")
     finally:
         os.unlink(sockpath)
 
-- 
2.50.1