diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 5b72b7f7bf..d71d9b3273 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -14217,10 +14217,16 @@ qemuDomainPrepareDiskSource(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
 {
     qemuDomainPrepareDiskCachemode(disk);
 
-    /* add raw file format if the storage pool did not fill it in */
+    /* set default format for storage pool based disks */
     if (disk->src->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_VOLUME &&
-        disk->src->format <= VIR_STORAGE_FILE_NONE)
-        disk->src->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW;
+        disk->src->format <= VIR_STORAGE_FILE_NONE) {
+        int actualType = virStorageSourceGetActualType(disk->src);
+
+        if (actualType == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_DIR)
+            disk->src->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_FAT;
+        else
+            disk->src->format = VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW;
+    }
 
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV)) {
         if (qemuDomainPrepareDiskSourceBlockdev(disk, priv, cfg) < 0)
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.args
index 65565fe49e..7c05599822 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.args
@@ -36,4 +36,8 @@ readonly=on \
 readonly=on \
 -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
 id=virtio-disk0 \
+-drive file=fat:/some/dir/device/vol2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,\
+readonly=on \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,\
+id=virtio-disk1 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.xml
index 96bcae9a57..31b148b4bb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-source-pool.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
       <readonly/>
     </disk>
+    <disk type='volume' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu'/>
+      <source pool='pool-disk' volume='dir+vol2'/>
+      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+      <readonly/>
+    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
     <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-source-pool.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-source-pool.xml
index 7e3961381e..78e0449dfd 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-source-pool.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-source-pool.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
       <readonly/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
     </disk>
+    <disk type='volume' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu'/>
+      <source pool='pool-disk' volume='dir+vol2'/>
+      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+      <readonly/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
     </controller>