diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
index c5245c0191..3ce0f961a8 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
@@ -673,6 +673,32 @@ error:
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+lxcSetCpusetTune(virDomainDefPtr def, virConfPtr properties)
+{
+    virConfValuePtr value;
+
+    if ((value = virConfGetValue(properties, "lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus")) &&
+            value->str) {
+        if (virBitmapParse(value->str, 0, &def->cpumask,
+                           VIR_DOMAIN_CPUMASK_LEN) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+        def->placement_mode = VIR_DOMAIN_CPU_PLACEMENT_MODE_STATIC;
+    }
+
+    if ((value = virConfGetValue(properties, "lxc.cgroup.cpuset.mems")) &&
+            value->str) {
+        def->numatune.memory.placement_mode = VIR_NUMA_TUNE_MEM_PLACEMENT_MODE_STATIC;
+        def->numatune.memory.mode = VIR_DOMAIN_NUMATUNE_MEM_STRICT;
+        if (virBitmapParse(value->str, 0, &def->numatune.memory.nodemask,
+                           VIR_DOMAIN_CPUMASK_LEN) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 virDomainDefPtr
 lxcParseConfigString(const char *config)
 {
@@ -753,6 +779,10 @@ lxcParseConfigString(const char *config)
     if (lxcSetCpuTune(vmdef, properties) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    /* lxc.cgroup.cpuset.* */
+    if (lxcSetCpusetTune(vmdef, properties) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     goto cleanup;
 
 error:
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.config b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a550f57e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+lxc.rootfs = /var/lib/lxc/migrate_test/rootfs
+lxc.utsname = migrate_test
+lxc.autodev=1
+
+lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus = 1,2,5-7
+lxc.cgroup.cpuset.mems = 1-4
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.xml b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b8fb0ca13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-cpusettune.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<domain type='lxc'>
+  <name>migrate_test</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>65536</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>0</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='1-2,5-7' current='0'>1</vcpu>
+  <numatune>
+    <memory mode='strict' nodeset='1-4'/>
+  </numatune>
+  <os>
+    <type>exe</type>
+    <init>/sbin/init</init>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <privnet/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
+      <source dir='/var/lib/lxc/migrate_test/rootfs'/>
+      <target dir='/'/>
+    </filesystem>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c b/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
index 1148cd30c5..6bee5c5070 100644
--- a/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("idmap", false);
     DO_TEST("memtune", false);
     DO_TEST("cputune", false);
+    DO_TEST("cpusettune", false);
 
     return ret;
 }