diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 26f65e2d9b..42db316ef7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatBlockjobs(virBufferPtr buf,
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatAllowReboot(virBufferPtr buf,
                                          virTristateBool allowReboot)
 {
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseBlockjobs(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv,
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseAllowReboot(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
                                         virTristateBool *allowReboot)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index afe979d2ed..1c99be4c28 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -979,4 +979,12 @@ qemuDomainFixupCPUs(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 char *
 qemuDomainGetMachineName(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 
+void
+qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatAllowReboot(virBufferPtr buf,
+                                         virTristateBool allowReboot);
+
+int
+qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseAllowReboot(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
+                                        virTristateBool *allowReboot);
+
 #endif /* __QEMU_DOMAIN_H__ */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index b286d68061..57544ee837 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -2023,6 +2023,8 @@ qemuMigrationBeginPhase(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (priv->origCPU)
         cookieFlags |= QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU;
 
+    cookieFlags |= QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT;
+
     if (!(mig = qemuMigrationEatCookie(driver, vm, NULL, 0, 0)))
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -2649,7 +2651,8 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                        QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_NBD |
                                        QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG |
                                        QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU_HOTPLUG |
-                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU)))
+                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU |
+                                       QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (STREQ_NULLABLE(protocol, "rdma") &&
@@ -2689,6 +2692,8 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto stopjob;
     stopProcess = true;
 
+    priv->allowReboot = mig->allowReboot;
+
     if (!(incoming = qemuMigrationPrepareIncoming(vm, tunnel, protocol,
                                                   listenAddress, port,
                                                   dataFD[0])))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
index bc6a8dc552..2877913793 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuMigrationCookieFlag,
               "statistics",
               "memory-hotplug",
               "cpu-hotplug",
-              "cpu");
+              "cpu",
+              "allowReboot");
 
 
 static void
@@ -537,6 +538,18 @@ qemuMigrationCookieAddCPU(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
 }
 
 
+static void
+qemuMigrationCookieAddAllowReboot(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
+                                  virDomainObjPtr vm)
+{
+    qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+
+    mig->allowReboot = priv->allowReboot;
+
+    mig->flags |= QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT;
+}
+
+
 static void
 qemuMigrationCookieGraphicsXMLFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
                                      qemuMigrationCookieGraphicsPtr grap)
@@ -777,6 +790,9 @@ qemuMigrationCookieXMLFormat(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (mig->flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU && mig->cpu)
         virCPUDefFormatBufFull(buf, mig->cpu, NULL);
 
+    if (mig->flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT)
+        qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatAllowReboot(buf, mig->allowReboot);
+
     virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, -2);
     virBufferAddLit(buf, "</qemu-migration>\n");
     return 0;
@@ -1225,6 +1241,10 @@ qemuMigrationCookieXMLParse(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
         virCPUDefParseXML(ctxt, "./cpu[1]", VIR_CPU_TYPE_GUEST, &mig->cpu) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT &&
+        qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseAllowReboot(ctxt, &mig->allowReboot) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     return 0;
 
@@ -1305,6 +1325,9 @@ qemuMigrationBakeCookie(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
         qemuMigrationCookieAddCPU(mig, dom) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT)
+        qemuMigrationCookieAddAllowReboot(mig, dom);
+
     if (!(*cookieout = qemuMigrationCookieXMLFormatStr(driver, mig)))
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
index e5f3d75a95..4a25511a9a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG,
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_CPU_HOTPLUG,
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_CPU,
+    QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_ALLOW_REBOOT,
 
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_LAST
 } qemuMigrationCookieFlags;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG = (1 << QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG),
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU_HOTPLUG = (1 << QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_CPU_HOTPLUG),
     QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU = (1 << QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_CPU),
+    QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT = (1 << QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_FLAG_ALLOW_REBOOT),
 } qemuMigrationCookieFeatures;
 
 typedef struct _qemuMigrationCookieGraphics qemuMigrationCookieGraphics;
@@ -127,6 +129,9 @@ struct _qemuMigrationCookie {
 
     /* If flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_CPU */
     virCPUDefPtr cpu;
+
+    /* If flags & QEMU_MIGRATION_COOKIE_ALLOW_REBOOT */
+    virTristateBool allowReboot;
 };