diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index e7ec9e972d..6dea670257 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -2820,13 +2820,19 @@ void virDomainShmemDefFree(virDomainShmemDefPtr def)
 
 
 virDomainVideoDefPtr
-virDomainVideoDefNew(void)
+virDomainVideoDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
     virDomainVideoDefPtr def;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
+    if (xmlopt && xmlopt->privateData.videoNew &&
+        !(def->privateData = xmlopt->privateData.videoNew())) {
+        VIR_FREE(def);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     def->heads = 1;
     return def;
 }
@@ -2858,6 +2864,7 @@ void virDomainVideoDefFree(virDomainVideoDefPtr def)
         return;
 
     virDomainVideoDefClear(def);
+    virObjectUnref(def->privateData);
     VIR_FREE(def);
 }
 
@@ -5681,7 +5688,8 @@ virDomainDefPostParseVideo(virDomainDefPtr def,
 
 static int
 virDomainDefPostParseCommon(virDomainDefPtr def,
-                            struct virDomainDefPostParseDeviceIteratorData *data)
+                            struct virDomainDefPostParseDeviceIteratorData *data,
+                            virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
     size_t i;
 
@@ -5716,7 +5724,7 @@ virDomainDefPostParseCommon(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (virDomainDefPostParseTimer(def) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(def) < 0)
+    if (virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(def, xmlopt) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (virDomainDefPostParseVideo(def, data) < 0)
@@ -5842,7 +5850,7 @@ virDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (virDomainDefPostParseCheckFailure(def, parseFlags, ret) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if ((ret = virDomainDefPostParseCommon(def, &data)) < 0)
+    if ((ret = virDomainDefPostParseCommon(def, &data, xmlopt)) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (xmlopt->config.assignAddressesCallback) {
@@ -15451,7 +15459,7 @@ virDomainVideoDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) vgamem = NULL;
     VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) primary = NULL;
 
-    if (!(def = virDomainVideoDefNew()))
+    if (!(def = virDomainVideoDefNew(xmlopt)))
         return NULL;
 
     ctxt->node = node;
@@ -23743,7 +23751,7 @@ virDomainDefAddImplicitControllers(virDomainDefPtr def)
 }
 
 static int
-virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(virDomainDefPtr def)
+virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     virDomainVideoDefPtr video = NULL;
@@ -23753,7 +23761,7 @@ virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(virDomainDefPtr def)
     if (def->ngraphics == 0 || def->nvideos > 0)
         return 0;
 
-    if (!(video = virDomainVideoDefNew()))
+    if (!(video = virDomainVideoDefNew(xmlopt)))
         goto cleanup;
     video->type = virDomainVideoDefaultType(def);
     if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->videos, def->nvideos, video) < 0)
@@ -23766,7 +23774,7 @@ virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(virDomainDefPtr def)
 }
 
 int
-virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(virDomainDefPtr def)
+virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
     if (virDomainDefAddConsoleCompat(def) < 0)
         return -1;
@@ -23774,7 +23782,7 @@ virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(virDomainDefPtr def)
     if (virDomainDefAddImplicitControllers(def) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(def) < 0)
+    if (virDomainDefAddImplicitVideo(def, xmlopt) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 0143efddbe..cff33f6682 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1427,6 +1427,8 @@ struct _virDomainVideoDriverDef {
 };
 
 struct _virDomainVideoDef {
+    virObjectPtr privateData;
+
     int type;   /* enum virDomainVideoType */
     unsigned int ram;  /* kibibytes (multiples of 1024) */
     unsigned int vram; /* kibibytes (multiples of 1024) */
@@ -2729,6 +2731,7 @@ struct _virDomainXMLPrivateDataCallbacks {
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    vsockNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    graphicsNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    networkNew;
+    virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    videoNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataFormatFunc format;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataParseFunc  parse;
     /* following function shall return a pointer which will be used as the
@@ -2870,7 +2873,7 @@ void virDomainSoundDefFree(virDomainSoundDefPtr def);
 void virDomainMemballoonDefFree(virDomainMemballoonDefPtr def);
 void virDomainNVRAMDefFree(virDomainNVRAMDefPtr def);
 void virDomainWatchdogDefFree(virDomainWatchdogDefPtr def);
-virDomainVideoDefPtr virDomainVideoDefNew(void);
+virDomainVideoDefPtr virDomainVideoDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt);
 void virDomainVideoDefFree(virDomainVideoDefPtr def);
 void virDomainVideoDefClear(virDomainVideoDefPtr def);
 virDomainHostdevDefPtr virDomainHostdevDefNew(void);
@@ -3063,7 +3066,8 @@ bool virDomainDefCheckABIStabilityFlags(virDomainDefPtr src,
                                         virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                                         unsigned int flags);
 
-int virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(virDomainDefPtr def);
+int virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                                   virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt);
 
 virDomainIOThreadIDDefPtr virDomainIOThreadIDFind(const virDomainDef *def,
                                                   unsigned int iothread_id);
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
index c6e3398620..7ac4888ecb 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ prlsdkLoadDomain(vzDriverPtr driver,
     if (prlsdkGetDomainState(dom, sdkdom, &domainState) < 0)
         goto error;
 
-    if (!IS_CT(def) && virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(def) < 0)
+    if (!IS_CT(def) && virDomainDefAddImplicitDevices(def, driver->xmlopt) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (def->ngraphics > 0) {