diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index 024c4ec552..6e8d5dd433 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -2445,6 +2445,10 @@ struct _virStorageVolInfo {
 
 typedef virStorageVolInfo *virStorageVolInfoPtr;
 
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE    = (1 << 0), /* dump inactive pool/volume information */
+} virStorageXMLFlags;
+
 /*
  * Get connection from pool.
  */
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 0aa50cb6e9..ef5ac47137 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -12169,7 +12169,7 @@ error:
 /**
  * virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc:
  * @pool: pointer to storage pool
- * @flags: bitwise-OR of virDomainXMLFlags
+ * @flags: bitwise-OR of virStorageXMLFlags
  *
  * Fetch an XML document describing all aspects of the
  * storage pool. This is suitable for later feeding back
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_driver.c b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
index 3b95c704b0..fbc630d2bf 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
@@ -960,9 +960,10 @@ storagePoolGetXMLDesc(virStoragePoolPtr obj,
 {
     virStorageDriverStatePtr driver = obj->conn->storagePrivateData;
     virStoragePoolObjPtr pool;
+    virStoragePoolDefPtr def;
     char *ret = NULL;
 
-    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
+    virCheckFlags(VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE, NULL);
 
     storageDriverLock(driver);
     pool = virStoragePoolObjFindByUUID(&driver->pools, obj->uuid);
@@ -974,7 +975,12 @@ storagePoolGetXMLDesc(virStoragePoolPtr obj,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    ret = virStoragePoolDefFormat(pool->def);
+    if ((flags & VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE) && pool->newDef)
+        def = pool->newDef;
+    else
+        def = pool->def;
+
+    ret = virStoragePoolDefFormat(def);
 
 cleanup:
     if (pool)
diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index 567a5f6a08..2b4cb2cea0 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -10807,6 +10807,7 @@ static const vshCmdInfo info_pool_dumpxml[] = {
 
 static const vshCmdOptDef opts_pool_dumpxml[] = {
     {"pool", VSH_OT_DATA, VSH_OFLAG_REQ, N_("pool name or uuid")},
+    {"inactive", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, N_("show inactive defined XML")},
     {NULL, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -10815,15 +10816,20 @@ cmdPoolDumpXML(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
 {
     virStoragePoolPtr pool;
     bool ret = true;
+    bool inactive = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "inactive");
+    unsigned int flags = 0;
     char *dump;
 
+    if (inactive)
+        flags |= VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE;
+
     if (!vshConnectionUsability(ctl, ctl->conn))
         return false;
 
     if (!(pool = vshCommandOptPool(ctl, cmd, "pool", NULL)))
         return false;
 
-    dump = virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc(pool, 0);
+    dump = virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc(pool, flags);
     if (dump != NULL) {
         vshPrint(ctl, "%s", dump);
         VIR_FREE(dump);
@@ -16127,7 +16133,8 @@ cmdPoolEdit(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     bool ret = false;
     virStoragePoolPtr pool = NULL;
     virStoragePoolPtr pool_edited = NULL;
-    unsigned int flags = 0;
+    unsigned int flags = VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE;
+    char *tmp_desc = NULL;
 
     if (!vshConnectionUsability(ctl, ctl->conn))
         goto cleanup;
@@ -16136,6 +16143,19 @@ cmdPoolEdit(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (pool == NULL)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    /* Some old daemons don't support _INACTIVE flag */
+    if (!(tmp_desc = virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc(pool, flags))) {
+        if (last_error->code == VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG) {
+            flags &= ~VIR_STORAGE_XML_INACTIVE;
+            virFreeError(last_error);
+            last_error = NULL;
+        } else {
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    } else {
+        VIR_FREE(tmp_desc);
+    }
+
 #define EDIT_GET_XML virStoragePoolGetXMLDesc(pool, flags)
 #define EDIT_NOT_CHANGED \
     vshPrint(ctl, _("Pool %s XML configuration not changed.\n"),    \
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index f83a29da07..191c9f2387 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -2112,9 +2112,11 @@ Destroy the resources used by a given I<pool> object. This operation
 is non-recoverable.  The I<pool> object will still exist after this
 command, ready for the creation of new storage volumes.
 
-=item B<pool-dumpxml> I<pool-or-uuid>
+=item B<pool-dumpxml> [I<--inactive>] I<pool-or-uuid>
 
 Returns the XML information about the I<pool> object.
+I<--inactive> tells virsh to dump pool configuration that will be used
+on next start of the pool as opposed to the current pool configuration.
 
 =item B<pool-edit> I<pool-or-uuid>