diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index a98eee0abd..327ddd398d 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@ int virNodeSetMemoryParameters(virConnectPtr conn,
                                int nparams,
                                unsigned int flags);
 
+/*
+ *  node CPU map
+ */
+int virNodeGetCPUMap(virConnectPtr conn,
+                     unsigned char **cpumap,
+                     unsigned int *online,
+                     unsigned int flags);
+
 
 /* Management of scheduler parameters */
 
diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index ced7e41f24..c76ff2a5b0 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ skip_impl = (
     'virConnectRegisterCloseCallback',
     'virNodeGetMemoryParameters',
     'virNodeSetMemoryParameters',
+    'virNodeGetCPUMap',
 )
 
 qemu_skip_impl = (
diff --git a/src/driver.h b/src/driver.h
index bdcaa0183d..7ba66adab7 100644
--- a/src/driver.h
+++ b/src/driver.h
@@ -898,6 +898,12 @@ typedef int
                                      int nparams,
                                      unsigned int flags);
 
+typedef int
+    (*virDrvNodeGetCPUMap)(virConnectPtr conn,
+                           unsigned char **cpumap,
+                           unsigned int *online,
+                           unsigned int flags);
+
 /**
  * _virDriver:
  *
@@ -1087,6 +1093,7 @@ struct _virDriver {
     virDrvDomainGetMetadata             domainGetMetadata;
     virDrvNodeGetMemoryParameters       nodeGetMemoryParameters;
     virDrvNodeSetMemoryParameters       nodeSetMemoryParameters;
+    virDrvNodeGetCPUMap                 nodeGetCPUMap;
 };
 
 typedef int
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 33cf7cbeb6..7e7947087f 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -20106,3 +20106,54 @@ error:
     virDispatchError(domain->conn);
     return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * virNodeGetCPUMap:
+ * @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
+ * @cpumap: optional pointer to a bit map of real CPUs on the host node
+ *      (in 8-bit bytes) (OUT)
+ *      In case of success each bit set to 1 means that corresponding
+ *      CPU is online.
+ *      Bytes are stored in little-endian order: CPU0-7, 8-15...
+ *      In each byte, lowest CPU number is least significant bit.
+ *      The bit map is allocated by virNodeGetCPUMap and needs
+ *      to be released using free() by the caller.
+ * @online: optional number of online CPUs in cpumap (OUT)
+ *      Contains the number of online CPUs if the call was successful.
+ * @flags: extra flags; not used yet, so callers should always pass 0
+ *
+ * Get CPU map of host node CPUs.
+ *
+ * Returns number of CPUs present on the host node,
+ * or -1 if there was an error.
+ */
+int
+virNodeGetCPUMap(virConnectPtr conn,
+                 unsigned char **cpumap,
+                 unsigned int *online,
+                 unsigned int flags)
+{
+    VIR_DEBUG("conn=%p, cpumap=%p, online=%p, flags=%x",
+              conn, cpumap, online, flags);
+
+    virResetLastError();
+
+    if (!VIR_IS_CONNECT(conn)) {
+        virLibConnError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_CONN, __FUNCTION__);
+        virDispatchError(NULL);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (conn->driver->nodeGetCPUMap) {
+        int ret = conn->driver->nodeGetCPUMap(conn, cpumap, online, flags);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto error;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    virLibConnError(VIR_ERR_NO_SUPPORT, __FUNCTION__);
+
+error:
+    virDispatchError(conn);
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index 2c924d5e3f..f494821be2 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -569,4 +569,9 @@ LIBVIRT_0.10.2 {
         virStoragePoolListAllVolumes;
 } LIBVIRT_0.10.0;
 
+LIBVIRT_1.0.0 {
+    global:
+        virNodeGetCPUMap;
+} LIBVIRT_0.10.2;
+
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....