diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 9783c9d27e..e8d47a41cd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4099,6 +4099,7 @@ static char *
 getAutoDumpPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                 virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
+    const char *root = driver->embeddedRoot;
     g_autofree char *domname = virDomainDefGetShortName(vm->def);
     g_autoptr(GDateTime) now = g_date_time_new_now_local();
     g_autofree char *nowstr = NULL;
@@ -4111,6 +4112,11 @@ getAutoDumpPath(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     nowstr = g_date_time_format(now, "%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S");
 
+    if (root && !STRPREFIX(cfg->autoDumpPath, root)) {
+        g_autofree char * hash = virDomainDriverGenerateRootHash(QEMU_DRIVER_NAME, root);
+        return g_strdup_printf("%s/%s-%s-%s", cfg->autoDumpPath, hash, domname, nowstr);
+    }
+
     return g_strdup_printf("%s/%s-%s", cfg->autoDumpPath, domname, nowstr);
 }