diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index 7ecabb3c54..c243086e21 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -4155,3 +4155,11 @@ int vboxDomainAttachDevice(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml)
 {
     return vboxDomainAttachDeviceImpl(dom, xml, 0);
 }
+
+int vboxDomainAttachDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
+                                unsigned int flags)
+{
+    virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_LIVE, -1);
+
+    return vboxDomainAttachDeviceImpl(dom, xml, 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index 08b3ea932d..11325090a7 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -1650,21 +1650,6 @@ static int vboxDomainAttachDeviceImpl(virDomainPtr dom,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int
-vboxDomainAttachDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
-                            unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_LIVE | VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CONFIG, -1);
-
-    if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CONFIG) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
-                       _("cannot modify the persistent configuration of a domain"));
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return vboxDomainAttachDeviceImpl(dom, xml, 0);
-}
-
 static int vboxDomainUpdateDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
                                        unsigned int flags)
 {
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
index 1f826167d3..69090f37fa 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ int vboxConnectListDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
                                   char ** const names, int maxnames);
 int vboxConnectNumOfDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn);
 int vboxDomainAttachDevice(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml);
+int vboxDomainAttachDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
+                                unsigned int flags);
 
 /* Version specified functions for installing uniformed API */
 void vbox22InstallUniformedAPI(vboxUniformedAPI *pVBoxAPI);