diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
index 4416a09ddeb6f5e8503a6d5d505d44417cb8a511..34233a955f74a62a67c5abde51c46ab0fa279f46 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ libxlMakeNetworkDiskSrcStr(virStorageSourcePtr src,
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+    case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_NO_SUPPORT,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
index 7fb12ea5a1949c764a48b5a05130e65c7f7e3b4a..d07269f4ede3342dd0e7d96016da0eb2c10a48c9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_block.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ qemuBlockStorageSourceGetBackendProps(virStorageSourcePtr src)
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d7f7fa9b16ef96852d6b15c8c9949e82dc9d0f58..6e9d8aa43e578f6ba8fdde0552e32366acbf66ab 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ qemuBuildNetworkDriveStr(virStorageSourcePtr src,
                            _("'ssh' protocol is not yet supported"));
             goto cleanup;
 
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index bddba6b710927414015198e2ea4d341e65b50e3f..9a219959ba7b8f2aec133e44f2ad767216b4dbb7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -13876,6 +13876,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalBackingInactive(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk)
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("external inactive snapshots are not supported on "
@@ -13939,6 +13940,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskExternalOverlayActive(virDomainSnapshotDiskDefPtr d
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("external active snapshots are not supported on "
@@ -14084,6 +14086,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotPrepareDiskInternal(virConnectPtr conn,
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("internal inactive snapshots are not supported on "
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_parse_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_parse_command.c
index 8cb96a24a40a2a3e48df843175f0ec217be7ece6..9190a37baed5100b270f203ada1e04b348faa89e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_parse_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_parse_command.c
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr caps,
                 case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS:
                 case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP:
                 case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+                case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
                 case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
                 case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
                     /* ignored for now */
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index e94ad32f09bd836a33f341c0c86887646aeb05a7..ca306c27bab2e158eedfba13b4fd37c2fe9f261d 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageNetProtocol, VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST,
               "ftp",
               "ftps",
               "tftp",
-              "ssh")
+              "ssh",
+              "vxhs")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virStorageNetHostTransport, VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_LAST,
               "tcp",
@@ -2712,6 +2713,7 @@ virStorageSourceParseBackingColon(virStorageSourcePtr src,
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_ISCSI:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+    case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("malformed backing store path for protocol %s"),
                        protocol);
@@ -3992,6 +3994,7 @@ virStorageSourceNetworkDefaultPort(virStorageNetProtocol protocol)
             /* we don't provide a default for RBD */
             return 0;
 
+        case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
         case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
             return 0;
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.h b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
index 6c388b1a5e59f3c7fea7a6dd2184ae5bd0019c1a..f7e897f25e824cf55aef0b826b049814cd1bc58a 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.h
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_FTPS,
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_TFTP,
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH,
+    VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS,
 
     VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST
 } virStorageNetProtocol;
diff --git a/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c b/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
index d168d3fa437fc4da87c8a44f68b1aabc5a4b4f50..8acbfe3f6927f60d2e8f8ad3c3b7f6a05769b643 100644
--- a/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
+++ b/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@ xenFormatXLDiskSrcNet(virStorageSourcePtr src)
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_GLUSTER:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SHEEPDOG:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_SSH:
+    case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_VXHS:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_LAST:
     case VIR_STORAGE_NET_PROTOCOL_NONE:
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_NO_SUPPORT,