diff --git a/src/domain_conf.c b/src/domain_conf.c
index 2750c88a25..0fd6cc8e75 100644
--- a/src/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/domain_conf.c
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     char *internal = NULL;
     char *nic_name = NULL;
     char *hostnet_name = NULL;
+    char *vlan = NULL;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0) {
         virReportOOMError(conn);
@@ -1031,6 +1032,7 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virConnectPtr conn,
                        xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "state")) {
                 nic_name = virXMLPropString(cur, "nic");
                 hostnet_name = virXMLPropString(cur, "hostnet");
+                vlan = virXMLPropString(cur, "vlan");
             }
         }
         cur = cur->next;
@@ -1046,6 +1048,13 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     def->hostnet_name = hostnet_name;
     nic_name = hostnet_name = NULL;
 
+    def->vlan = -1;
+    if (vlan && virStrToLong_i(vlan, NULL, 10, &def->vlan) < 0) {
+        virDomainReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                             _("Cannot parse <state> 'vlan' attribute"));
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     switch (def->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK:
         if (network == NULL) {
@@ -1167,6 +1176,7 @@ cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(internal);
     VIR_FREE(nic_name);
     VIR_FREE(hostnet_name);
+    VIR_FREE(vlan);
 
     return def;
 
@@ -3624,6 +3634,8 @@ virDomainNetDefFormat(virConnectPtr conn,
             virBufferEscapeString(buf, " nic='%s'", def->nic_name);
         if (def->hostnet_name)
             virBufferEscapeString(buf, " hostnet='%s'", def->hostnet_name);
+        if (def->vlan > 0)
+            virBufferVSprintf(buf, " vlan='%d'", def->vlan);
         virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/domain_conf.h b/src/domain_conf.h
index a274efe17e..2836b013f1 100644
--- a/src/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/domain_conf.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct _virDomainNetDef {
     char *ifname;
     char *nic_name;
     char *hostnet_name;
+    int vlan;
 };
 
 enum virDomainChrSrcType {
diff --git a/src/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu_conf.c
index 0362d765df..6d876cb5a3 100644
--- a/src/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu_conf.c
@@ -1535,11 +1535,13 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
             char *nic, *host;
             int tapfd = -1;
 
+            net->vlan = i;
+
             if ((qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NET_NAME) &&
                 qemuAssignNetNames(def, net) < 0)
                 goto no_memory;
 
-            if (qemuBuildNicStr(conn, net, NULL, ',', i, &nic) < 0)
+            if (qemuBuildNicStr(conn, net, NULL, ',', net->vlan, &nic) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
             ADD_ARG_LIT("-net");
@@ -1565,7 +1567,8 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                 (*tapfds)[(*ntapfds)++] = tapfd;
             }
 
-            if (qemuBuildHostNetStr(conn, net, NULL, ',', i, tapfd, &host) < 0)
+            if (qemuBuildHostNetStr(conn, net, NULL, ',',
+                                    net->vlan, tapfd, &host) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
             ADD_ARG_LIT("-net");