diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 19525b309a..5200c27891 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,21 @@ virDomainDefGetVcpus(const virDomainDef *def)
 }
 
 
+virDomainVcpuInfoPtr
+virDomainDefGetVcpu(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                    unsigned int vcpu)
+{
+    if (vcpu > def->maxvcpus) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                       _("vCPU '%u' is not present in domain definition"),
+                       vcpu);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return &def->vcpus[vcpu];
+}
+
+
 virDomainDiskDefPtr
 virDomainDiskDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 6b9fa86446..cec681a788 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2356,6 +2356,8 @@ bool virDomainDefHasVcpusOffline(const virDomainDef *def);
 unsigned int virDomainDefGetVcpusMax(const virDomainDef *def);
 int virDomainDefSetVcpus(virDomainDefPtr def, unsigned int vcpus);
 unsigned int virDomainDefGetVcpus(const virDomainDef *def);
+virDomainVcpuInfoPtr virDomainDefGetVcpu(virDomainDefPtr def, unsigned int vcpu)
+    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 unsigned long long virDomainDefGetMemoryInitial(const virDomainDef *def);
 void virDomainDefSetMemoryTotal(virDomainDefPtr def, unsigned long long size);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 402245896a..63d8618fa1 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ virDomainDefGetDefaultEmulator;
 virDomainDefGetMemoryActual;
 virDomainDefGetMemoryInitial;
 virDomainDefGetSecurityLabelDef;
+virDomainDefGetVcpu;
 virDomainDefGetVcpus;
 virDomainDefGetVcpusMax;
 virDomainDefHasDeviceAddress;