diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 36adaf09c7..a471b3b01f 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #include "configmake.h"
 
 #include "virdbus.h"
+#include "cpu/cpu_map.h"
 
 #if WITH_SASL
 virNetSASLContextPtr saslCtxt = NULL;
@@ -1157,13 +1158,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (strstr(argv[0], "lt-libvirtd") ||
         strstr(argv[0], "/daemon/.libs/libvirtd")) {
         char *tmp = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+        char *cpumap;
         if (!tmp) {
             fprintf(stderr, _("%s: cannot identify driver directory\n"), argv[0]);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
         *tmp = '\0';
         char *driverdir;
-        if (virAsprintfQuiet(&driverdir, "%s/../../src/.libs", argv[0]) < 0) {
+        if (virAsprintfQuiet(&driverdir, "%s/../../src/.libs", argv[0]) < 0 ||
+            virAsprintfQuiet(&cpumap, "%s/../../src/cpu/cpu_map.xml",
+                             argv[0]) < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, _("%s: initialization failed\n"), argv[0]);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
@@ -1176,6 +1180,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #ifdef WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
         virDriverModuleInitialize(driverdir);
 #endif
+        cpuMapOverride(cpumap);
         *tmp = '/';
         /* Must not free 'driverdir' - it is still used */
     }
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 25b33a7f03..d4d7b2b2a7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -976,6 +976,10 @@ libvirt_la_BUILT_LIBADD += libvirt_cpu.la
 libvirt_cpu_la_CFLAGS = \
 		-I$(top_srcdir)/src/conf $(AM_CFLAGS)
 libvirt_cpu_la_SOURCES = $(CPU_SOURCES)
+libvirt_cpu_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(abs_builddir)/cpu/cpu_map.xml
+
+$(abs_builddir)/cpu/cpu_map.xml:
+	$(AM_V_GEN)ln -s $(abs_srcdir)/cpu/cpu_map.xml $@
 
 if WITH_VMX
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libvirt_vmx.la
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_map.c b/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
index 7c2bdec01e..f6c63d49c2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_map.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "cpu_map.h"
 #include "configmake.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
+#include "virlog.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_CPU
 
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ int cpuMapLoad(const char *arch,
     int element;
     const char *mapfile = (cpumap ? cpumap : CPUMAPFILE);
 
+    VIR_DEBUG("Loading CPU map from %s", mapfile);
+
     if (arch == NULL) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        "%s", _("undefined hardware architecture"));