diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
index 3ce0f961a8..45cc289173 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
@@ -699,6 +699,68 @@ lxcSetCpusetTune(virDomainDefPtr def, virConfPtr properties)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+lxcBlkioDeviceWalkCallback(const char *name, virConfValuePtr value, void *data)
+{
+    char **parts = NULL;
+    virBlkioDevicePtr device = NULL;
+    virDomainDefPtr def = data;
+
+    if (STRNEQ(name, "lxc.cgroup.blkio.device_weight") || !value->str)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!(parts = lxcStringSplit(value->str)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (!parts[0] || !parts[1]) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("invalid blkio.device_weight value: '%s'"),
+                       value->str);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if (VIR_EXPAND_N(def->blkio.devices, def->blkio.ndevices, 1) < 0)
+        goto error;
+    device = &def->blkio.devices[def->blkio.ndevices - 1];
+
+    if (virAsprintf(&device->path, "/dev/block/%s", parts[0]) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (virStrToLong_ui(parts[1], NULL, 10, &device->weight) < 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("failed to parse integer: '%s'"), parts[1]);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    virStringFreeList(parts);
+
+    return 0;
+
+error:
+    if (parts)
+        virStringFreeList(parts);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+lxcSetBlkioTune(virDomainDefPtr def, virConfPtr properties)
+{
+    virConfValuePtr value;
+
+    if ((value = virConfGetValue(properties, "lxc.cgroup.blkio.weight")) &&
+            value->str && virStrToLong_ui(value->str, NULL, 10,
+                                          &def->blkio.weight) < 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("failed to parse integer: '%s'"), value->str);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (virConfWalk(properties, lxcBlkioDeviceWalkCallback, def) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 virDomainDefPtr
 lxcParseConfigString(const char *config)
 {
@@ -783,6 +845,10 @@ lxcParseConfigString(const char *config)
     if (lxcSetCpusetTune(vmdef, properties) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    /* lxc.cgroup.blkio.* */
+    if (lxcSetBlkioTune(vmdef, properties) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     goto cleanup;
 
 error:
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.config b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8083c71d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.config
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+lxc.rootfs = /var/lib/lxc/migrate_test/rootfs
+lxc.utsname = migrate_test
+lxc.autodev=1
+
+lxc.cgroup.blkio.weight = 500
+lxc.cgroup.blkio.device_weight = 8:16	1000
+lxc.cgroup.blkio.device_weight = 8:0    300
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.xml b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2408f48ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmldata/lxcconf2xml-blkiotune.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<domain type='lxc'>
+  <name>migrate_test</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>65536</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>0</currentMemory>
+  <blkiotune>
+    <weight>500</weight>
+    <device>
+      <path>/dev/block/8:16</path>
+      <weight>1000</weight>
+    </device>
+    <device>
+      <path>/dev/block/8:0</path>
+      <weight>300</weight>
+    </device>
+  </blkiotune>
+  <vcpu placement='static' current='0'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type>exe</type>
+    <init>/sbin/init</init>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <privnet/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
+      <source dir='/var/lib/lxc/migrate_test/rootfs'/>
+      <target dir='/'/>
+    </filesystem>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c b/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
index 6bee5c5070..77baf20831 100644
--- a/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/lxcconf2xmltest.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memtune", false);
     DO_TEST("cputune", false);
     DO_TEST("cpusettune", false);
+    DO_TEST("blkiotune", false);
 
     return ret;
 }