diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 7dc31469e9..2b0defc75d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -2607,7 +2607,8 @@ virDomainGetXMLDesc(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned int flags)
     virCheckDomainReturn(domain, NULL);
     conn = domain->conn;
 
-    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)) {
+    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) &&
+        (flags & (VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE | VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, "%s",
                        _("virDomainGetXMLDesc with secure flag"));
         goto error;
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index db12cdadd0..ebf453071a 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -3255,6 +3255,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @acl: domain:read
      * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_XML_DESC = 14,