diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index b81b558d91..ab89dab61e 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -2629,6 +2629,33 @@
       </optional>
     </interleave>
   </define>
+
+  <!--
+      All ip-related info for either the host or guest side of an interface
+  -->
+  <define name="interface-ip-info">
+    <zeroOrMore>
+      <element name="ip">
+        <attribute name="address">
+          <ref name="ipAddr"/>
+        </attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <attribute name="family">
+            <ref name="addr-family"/>
+          </attribute>
+        </optional>
+        <optional>
+          <attribute name="prefix">
+            <ref name="ipPrefix"/>
+          </attribute>
+        </optional>
+        <empty/>
+      </element>
+    </zeroOrMore>
+    <zeroOrMore>
+      <ref name="route"/>
+    </zeroOrMore>
+  </define>
   <!--
       An emulator description is just a path to the binary used for the task
     -->
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 07b9a57c7e..def3099a99 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -6186,6 +6186,53 @@ virDomainNetIPParseXML(xmlNodePtr node)
     return ret;
 }
 
+
+/* fill in a virNetDevIPInfoPtr from the <route> and <ip>
+ * elements found in the given XML context.
+ *
+ * return 0 on success (including none found) and -1 on failure.
+ */
+static int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
+virDomainNetIPInfoParseXML(const char *source,
+                           xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
+                           virNetDevIPInfoPtr def)
+{
+    xmlNodePtr *nodes = NULL;
+    virNetDevIPAddrPtr ip = NULL;
+    virNetDevIPRoutePtr route = NULL;
+    int nnodes;
+    int ret = -1;
+    size_t i;
+
+    if ((nnodes = virXPathNodeSet("./ip", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
+        if (!(ip = virDomainNetIPParseXML(nodes[i])) ||
+            VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->ips, def->nips, ip) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    }
+    VIR_FREE(nodes);
+
+    if ((nnodes = virXPathNodeSet("./route", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nnodes; i++) {
+        if (!(route = virNetDevIPRouteParseXML(source, nodes[i], ctxt)) ||
+            VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->routes, def->nroutes, route) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+    if (ret < 0)
+        virNetDevIPInfoClear(def);
+    VIR_FREE(ip);
+    virNetDevIPRouteFree(route);
+    VIR_FREE(nodes);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 virDomainHostdevDefParseXMLCaps(xmlNodePtr node ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                 xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
@@ -20322,6 +20369,19 @@ virDomainNetRoutesFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
     return 0;
 }
 
+
+static int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
+virDomainNetIPInfoFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
+                         virNetDevIPInfoPtr def)
+{
+    if (virDomainNetIPsFormat(buf, def->ips, def->nips) < 0)
+        return -1;
+    if (virDomainNetRoutesFormat(buf, def->routes, def->nroutes) < 0)
+        return -1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 virDomainHostdevDefFormatSubsys(virBufferPtr buf,
                                 virDomainHostdevDefPtr def,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b75db718e4..4617f5d5d2 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1931,6 +1931,7 @@ virNetDevBridgeSetVlanFiltering;
 virNetDevIPAddrAdd;
 virNetDevIPAddrDel;
 virNetDevIPAddrGet;
+virNetDevIPInfoClear;
 virNetDevIPRouteAdd;
 virNetDevIPRouteFree;
 virNetDevIPRouteGetAddress;
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevip.c b/src/util/virnetdevip.c
index 619f926782..376d4adbdb 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevip.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevip.c
@@ -845,3 +845,19 @@ virNetDevIPRouteGetGateway(virNetDevIPRoutePtr def)
         return &def->gateway;
     return NULL;
 }
+
+/* manipulating the virNetDevIPInfo object */
+
+void
+virNetDevIPInfoClear(virNetDevIPInfoPtr ip)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ip->nips; i++)
+        VIR_FREE(ip->ips[i]);
+    VIR_FREE(ip->ips);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ip->nroutes; i++)
+        virNetDevIPRouteFree(ip->routes[i]);
+    VIR_FREE(ip->routes);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevip.h b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
index 7a07b73e09..be41636db5 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevip.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevip.h
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ typedef struct {
     virSocketAddr gateway;      /* gateway IP address for ip-route */
 } virNetDevIPRoute, *virNetDevIPRoutePtr;
 
+/* A full set of all IP config info for a network device */
+typedef struct {
+    size_t nips;
+    virNetDevIPAddrPtr *ips;
+    size_t nroutes;
+    virNetDevIPRoutePtr *routes;
+} virNetDevIPInfo, *virNetDevIPInfoPtr;
+
 /* manipulating/querying the netdev */
 int virNetDevIPAddrAdd(const char *ifname,
                        virSocketAddr *addr,
@@ -76,4 +84,7 @@ int virNetDevIPRouteGetPrefix(virNetDevIPRoutePtr def);
 unsigned int virNetDevIPRouteGetMetric(virNetDevIPRoutePtr def);
 virSocketAddrPtr virNetDevIPRouteGetGateway(virNetDevIPRoutePtr def);
 
+/* virNetDevIPInfo object */
+void virNetDevIPInfoClear(virNetDevIPInfoPtr ip);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_NETDEVIP_H__ */