diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 6d659652e6..33cf7cbeb6 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -4620,6 +4620,7 @@ virDomainMigrateVersion2 (virDomainPtr domain,
     int cookielen = 0, ret;
     virDomainInfo info;
     virErrorPtr orig_err = NULL;
+    unsigned int getxml_flags = 0;
     int cancelled;
     VIR_DOMAIN_DEBUG(domain,
                      "dconn=%p, flags=%lx, dname=%s, uri=%s, bandwidth=%lu",
@@ -4646,9 +4647,15 @@ virDomainMigrateVersion2 (virDomainPtr domain,
         virDispatchError(domain->conn);
         return NULL;
     }
-    dom_xml = domain->conn->driver->domainGetXMLDesc(domain,
-                                                     VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE |
-                                                     VIR_DOMAIN_XML_UPDATE_CPU);
+
+    if (VIR_DRV_SUPPORTS_FEATURE(domain->conn->driver, domain->conn,
+                                 VIR_DRV_FEATURE_XML_MIGRATABLE)) {
+        getxml_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE;
+    } else {
+        getxml_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE | VIR_DOMAIN_XML_UPDATE_CPU;
+    }
+
+    dom_xml = domain->conn->driver->domainGetXMLDesc(domain, getxml_flags);
     if (!dom_xml)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_internal.h b/src/libvirt_internal.h
index 23e71535d0..71483e4695 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_internal.h
+++ b/src/libvirt_internal.h
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ enum {
      * messages).
      */
     VIR_DRV_FEATURE_PROGRAM_KEEPALIVE = 10,
+
+    /*
+     * Support for VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE flag in domainGetXMLDesc
+     */
+    VIR_DRV_FEATURE_XML_MIGRATABLE = 11,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index feda4d9a21..2f83626127 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ qemudSupportsFeature (virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int feature)
     case VIR_DRV_FEATURE_MIGRATE_CHANGE_PROTECTION:
     case VIR_DRV_FEATURE_FD_PASSING:
     case VIR_DRV_FEATURE_TYPED_PARAM_STRING:
+    case VIR_DRV_FEATURE_XML_MIGRATABLE:
         return 1;
     default:
         return 0;