diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index b01f9c2e9a..0157eeea67 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Requires: /usr/bin/qemu-img
 # For image compression
 Requires: gzip
 Requires: bzip2
+Requires: lzop
 Requires: xz
 %else
 %if %{with_xen}
diff --git a/src/qemu.conf b/src/qemu.conf
index 342bb8a19c..6d6b86afdb 100644
--- a/src/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu.conf
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@
 # memory from the domain is dumped out directly to a file.  If you have
 # guests with a large amount of memory, however, this can take up quite
 # a bit of space.  If you would like to compress the images while they
-# are being saved to disk, you can also set "gzip", "bzip2", "lzma", "xz",
-# or "lzop" for save_image_format.  Note that this means you slow down
-# the process of saving a domain in order to save disk space.
+# are being saved to disk, you can also set "lzop", "gzip", "bzip2", or "xz"
+# for save_image_format.  Note that this means you slow down the process of
+# saving a domain in order to save disk space; the list above is in descending
+# order by performance and ascending order by compression ratio.
 #
 # save_image_format = "raw"
 
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index 8f16e726cb..5c2a8ec255 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3624,10 +3624,10 @@ enum qemud_save_formats {
     QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_BZIP2 = 2,
     /*
      * Deprecated by xz and never used as part of a release
-     * QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LZMA,
-     * QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LZOP,
+     * QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LZMA
      */
     QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_XZ = 3,
+    QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LZOP = 4,
     /* Note: add new members only at the end.
        These values are used in the on-disk format.
        Do not change or re-use numbers. */
@@ -3640,7 +3640,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemudSaveCompression, QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LAST,
               "raw",
               "gzip",
               "bzip2",
-              "xz")
+              "xz",
+              "lzop")
 
 struct qemud_save_header {
     char magic[sizeof(QEMUD_SAVE_MAGIC)-1];
@@ -4384,6 +4385,8 @@ static int qemudDomainRestore(virConnectPtr conn,
             intermediate_argv[0] = "bzip2";
         else if (header.compressed == QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_XZ)
             intermediate_argv[0] = "xz";
+        else if (header.compressed == QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_LZOP)
+            intermediate_argv[0] = "lzop";
         else if (header.compressed != QEMUD_SAVE_FORMAT_RAW) {
             qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED,
                              _("Unknown compressed save format %d"),