diff --git a/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng b/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
index db6ff49a04..9c528175bd 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
     </element>
   </define>
 
-  <define name='sourceinfonetfsgluster'>
+  <define name='sourceinfonetrelativepath'>
     <element name='dir'>
       <attribute name='path'>
         <ref name='dirPath'/>
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@
           <choice>
             <value>auto</value>
             <value>nfs</value>
-            <value>cifs</value>
           </choice>
         </attribute>
       </element>
@@ -488,10 +487,13 @@
         <group>
           <interleave>
             <ref name='sourceinfohost'/>
-            <ref name='sourceinfonetfsgluster'/>
+            <ref name='sourceinfonetrelativepath'/>
             <element name='format'>
               <attribute name='type'>
-                <value>glusterfs</value>
+                <choice>
+                  <value>cifs</value>
+                  <value>glusterfs</value>
+                </choice>
               </attribute>
             </element>
             <optional>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-cifs.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-cifs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bc6380b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-netfs-cifs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<pool type='netfs'>
+  <source>
+    <host name='example.com'/>
+    <format type='cifs'/>
+    <dir path='samba_share'/>
+  </source>
+  <name>netfs-cifs</name>
+  <uuid>d5609ced-94b1-489e-b218-eff35c30336a</uuid>
+  <target>
+    <path>/mnt/cifs</path>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-cifs.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-cifs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afaa7d06b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-netfs-cifs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<pool type='netfs'>
+  <name>netfs-cifs</name>
+  <uuid>d5609ced-94b1-489e-b218-eff35c30336a</uuid>
+  <capacity unit='bytes'>0</capacity>
+  <allocation unit='bytes'>0</allocation>
+  <available unit='bytes'>0</available>
+  <source>
+    <host name='example.com'/>
+    <dir path='samba_share'/>
+    <format type='cifs'/>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/mnt/cifs</path>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
index bec1b8fa1d..b03c4b0176 100644
--- a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("pool-iscsi-auth");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs");
     DO_TEST("pool-netfs-gluster");
+    DO_TEST("pool-netfs-cifs");
     DO_TEST("pool-scsi");
     DO_TEST("pool-scsi-type-scsi-host");
     DO_TEST("pool-scsi-type-fc-host");