diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index debb51cd701ed3bee795cbdc018a40073951a22c..0ff3beeb7e4cd82b8115c65277e731f70edef644 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 @SRCDIR@/src/bhyve/bhyve_monitor.c
 @SRCDIR@/src/bhyve/bhyve_parse_command.c
 @SRCDIR@/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.c
+@SRCDIR@/src/conf/backup_conf.c
 @SRCDIR@/src/conf/capabilities.c
 @SRCDIR@/src/conf/checkpoint_conf.c
 @SRCDIR@/src/conf/cpu_conf.c
diff --git a/src/conf/Makefile.inc.am b/src/conf/Makefile.inc.am
index 5035b9b524e86562422e58a69d78e9148749fdec..debc6f4eef06a40cb0befad36c47b91539bc82c2 100644
--- a/src/conf/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/conf/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ NETDEV_CONF_SOURCES = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 DOMAIN_CONF_SOURCES = \
+	conf/backup_conf.c \
+	conf/backup_conf.h \
 	conf/capabilities.c \
 	conf/capabilities.h \
 	conf/checkpoint_conf.c \
diff --git a/src/conf/backup_conf.c b/src/conf/backup_conf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6be2e0498ebb3c94e280b6a69d72f08e5a1aaa66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf/backup_conf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,503 @@
+/*
+ * backup_conf.c: domain backup XML processing
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "configmake.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "virbuffer.h"
+#include "datatypes.h"
+#include "domain_conf.h"
+#include "virlog.h"
+#include "viralloc.h"
+#include "backup_conf.h"
+#include "virstoragefile.h"
+#include "virfile.h"
+#include "virerror.h"
+#include "virxml.h"
+#include "virstring.h"
+#include "virhash.h"
+#include "virenum.h"
+
+#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_DOMAIN
+
+VIR_LOG_INIT("conf.backup_conf");
+
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainBackup);
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainBackup,
+              VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_LAST,
+              "default",
+              "push",
+              "pull");
+
+/* following values appear in the status XML */
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainBackupDiskState);
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainBackupDiskState,
+              VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_LAST,
+              "",
+              "running",
+              "complete",
+              "failed",
+              "cancelling",
+              "cancelled");
+
+void
+virDomainBackupDefFree(virDomainBackupDefPtr def)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (!def)
+        return;
+
+    g_free(def->incremental);
+    virStorageNetHostDefFree(1, def->server);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
+        virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr disk = def->disks + i;
+
+        g_free(disk->name);
+        virObjectUnref(disk->store);
+    }
+
+    g_free(def->disks);
+    g_free(def);
+}
+
+
+static int
+virDomainBackupDiskDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
+                               xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
+                               virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr def,
+                               bool push,
+                               unsigned int flags,
+                               virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
+{
+    VIR_XPATH_NODE_AUTORESTORE(ctxt);
+    g_autofree char *type = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *driver = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *backup = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *state = NULL;
+    int tmp;
+    xmlNodePtr srcNode;
+    unsigned int storageSourceParseFlags = 0;
+    bool internal = flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_PARSE_INTERNAL;
+
+    if (internal)
+        storageSourceParseFlags = VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_STATUS;
+
+    ctxt->node = node;
+
+    if (!(def->name = virXMLPropString(node, "name"))) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("missing name from disk backup element"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    def->backup = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
+
+    if ((backup = virXMLPropString(node, "backup"))) {
+        if ((tmp = virTristateBoolTypeFromString(backup)) <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("invalid disk 'backup' state '%s'"), backup);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        def->backup = tmp;
+    }
+
+    /* don't parse anything else if backup is disabled */
+    if (def->backup == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (internal) {
+        if (!(state = virXMLPropString(node, "state")) ||
+            (tmp = virDomainBackupDiskStateTypeFromString(state)) < 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                           _("disk '%s' backup state wrong or missing'"), def->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        def->state = tmp;
+    }
+
+    if (!(def->store = virStorageSourceNew()))
+        return -1;
+
+    if ((type = virXMLPropString(node, "type"))) {
+        if ((def->store->type = virStorageTypeFromString(type)) <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("unknown disk backup type '%s'"), type);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (def->store->type != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE &&
+            def->store->type != VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("unsupported disk backup type '%s'"), type);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        def->store->type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE;
+    }
+
+    if (push)
+        srcNode = virXPathNode("./target", ctxt);
+    else
+        srcNode = virXPathNode("./scratch", ctxt);
+
+    if (srcNode &&
+        virDomainStorageSourceParse(srcNode, ctxt, def->store,
+                                    storageSourceParseFlags, xmlopt) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if ((driver = virXPathString("string(./driver/@type)", ctxt))) {
+        def->store->format = virStorageFileFormatTypeFromString(driver);
+        if (def->store->format <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("unknown disk backup driver '%s'"), driver);
+            return -1;
+        } else if (!push && def->store->format != VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("pull mode requires qcow2 driver, not '%s'"),
+                           driver);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static virDomainBackupDefPtr
+virDomainBackupDefParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
+                        virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
+                        unsigned int flags)
+{
+    g_autoptr(virDomainBackupDef) def = NULL;
+    g_autofree xmlNodePtr *nodes = NULL;
+    xmlNodePtr node = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *mode = NULL;
+    bool push;
+    size_t i;
+    int n;
+
+    def = g_new0(virDomainBackupDef, 1);
+
+    def->type = VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PUSH;
+
+    if ((mode = virXMLPropString(ctxt->node, "mode"))) {
+        if ((def->type = virDomainBackupTypeFromString(mode)) <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("unknown backup mode '%s'"), mode);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    push = def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PUSH;
+
+    def->incremental = virXPathString("string(./incremental)", ctxt);
+
+    if ((node = virXPathNode("./server", ctxt))) {
+        if (def->type != VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PULL) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("use of <server> requires pull mode backup"));
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        def->server = g_new0(virStorageNetHostDef, 1);
+
+        if (virDomainStorageNetworkParseHost(node, def->server) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+
+        if (def->server->transport == VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_RDMA) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                           _("transport rdma is not supported for <server>"));
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (def->server->transport == VIR_STORAGE_NET_HOST_TRANS_UNIX &&
+            def->server->socket[0] != '/') {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("backup socket path '%s' must be absolute"),
+                           def->server->socket);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ((n = virXPathNodeSet("./disks/*", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    def->disks = g_new0(virDomainBackupDiskDef, n);
+
+    def->ndisks = n;
+    for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
+        if (virDomainBackupDiskDefParseXML(nodes[i], ctxt,
+                                           &def->disks[i], push,
+                                           flags, xmlopt) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return g_steal_pointer(&def);
+}
+
+
+virDomainBackupDefPtr
+virDomainBackupDefParseString(const char *xmlStr,
+                              virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
+                              unsigned int flags)
+{
+    virDomainBackupDefPtr ret = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(xmlDoc) xml = NULL;
+    int keepBlanksDefault = xmlKeepBlanksDefault(0);
+
+    if ((xml = virXMLParse(NULL, xmlStr, _("(domain_backup)")))) {
+        xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
+        ret = virDomainBackupDefParseNode(xml, xmlDocGetRootElement(xml),
+                                          xmlopt, flags);
+    }
+    xmlKeepBlanksDefault(keepBlanksDefault);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+virDomainBackupDefPtr
+virDomainBackupDefParseNode(xmlDocPtr xml,
+                            xmlNodePtr root,
+                            virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
+                            unsigned int flags)
+{
+    g_autoptr(xmlXPathContext) ctxt = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *schema = NULL;
+
+    if (!virXMLNodeNameEqual(root, "domainbackup")) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s", _("domainbackup"));
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!(flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_PARSE_INTERNAL)) {
+        if (!(schema = virFileFindResource("domainbackup.rng",
+                                           abs_top_srcdir "/docs/schemas",
+                                           PKGDATADIR "/schemas")))
+            return NULL;
+
+        if (virXMLValidateAgainstSchema(schema, xml) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!(ctxt = virXMLXPathContextNew(xml)))
+        return NULL;
+
+    ctxt->node = root;
+    return virDomainBackupDefParse(ctxt, xmlopt, flags);
+}
+
+
+static int
+virDomainBackupDiskDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
+                             virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr disk,
+                             bool push,
+                             bool internal)
+{
+    g_auto(virBuffer) attrBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+    g_auto(virBuffer) childBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INIT_CHILD(buf);
+    const char *sourcename = "scratch";
+    unsigned int storageSourceFormatFlags = 0;
+
+    if (push)
+        sourcename = "target";
+
+    if (internal)
+        storageSourceFormatFlags |= VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_FORMAT_STATUS;
+
+    virBufferEscapeString(&attrBuf, " name='%s'", disk->name);
+    virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " backup='%s'", virTristateBoolTypeToString(disk->backup));
+    if (internal)
+        virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " state='%s'", virDomainBackupDiskStateTypeToString(disk->state));
+
+    if (disk->backup == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " type='%s'", virStorageTypeToString(disk->store->type));
+
+        if (disk->store->format > 0)
+            virBufferEscapeString(&childBuf, "<driver type='%s'/>\n",
+                                  virStorageFileFormatTypeToString(disk->store->format));
+
+        if (virDomainDiskSourceFormat(&childBuf, disk->store, sourcename,
+                                      0, false, storageSourceFormatFlags, NULL) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    virXMLFormatElement(buf, "disk", &attrBuf, &childBuf);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+virDomainBackupDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
+                         virDomainBackupDefPtr def,
+                         bool internal)
+{
+    g_auto(virBuffer) attrBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+    g_auto(virBuffer) childBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INIT_CHILD(buf);
+    g_auto(virBuffer) serverAttrBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+    g_auto(virBuffer) disksChildBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INIT_CHILD(&childBuf);
+    size_t i;
+
+    virBufferAsprintf(&attrBuf, " mode='%s'", virDomainBackupTypeToString(def->type));
+
+    virBufferEscapeString(&childBuf, "<incremental>%s</incremental>\n", def->incremental);
+
+    if (def->server) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&serverAttrBuf, " transport='%s'",
+                          virStorageNetHostTransportTypeToString(def->server->transport));
+        virBufferEscapeString(&serverAttrBuf, " name='%s'", def->server->name);
+        if (def->server->port)
+            virBufferAsprintf(&serverAttrBuf, " port='%u'", def->server->port);
+        virBufferEscapeString(&serverAttrBuf, " socket='%s'", def->server->socket);
+    }
+
+    virXMLFormatElement(&childBuf, "server", &serverAttrBuf, NULL);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
+        if (virDomainBackupDiskDefFormat(&disksChildBuf, &def->disks[i],
+                                         def->type == VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PUSH,
+                                         internal) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    virXMLFormatElement(&childBuf, "disks", NULL, &disksChildBuf);
+    virXMLFormatElement(buf, "domainbackup", &attrBuf, &childBuf);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int
+virDomainBackupDefAssignStore(virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr disk,
+                              virStorageSourcePtr src,
+                              const char *suffix)
+{
+    if (virStorageSourceIsEmpty(src)) {
+        if (disk->store) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("disk '%s' has no media"), disk->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (src->readonly) {
+        if (disk->store) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("backup of readonly disk '%s' makes no sense"),
+                           disk->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (!disk->store) {
+        if (virStorageSourceGetActualType(src) == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE) {
+            if (!(disk->store = virStorageSourceNew()))
+                return -1;
+
+            disk->store->type = VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_FILE;
+            disk->store->path = g_strdup_printf("%s.%s", src->path, suffix);
+        } else {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("refusing to generate file name for disk '%s'"),
+                           disk->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+virDomainBackupAlignDisks(virDomainBackupDefPtr def,
+                          virDomainDefPtr dom,
+                          const char *suffix)
+{
+    g_autoptr(virHashTable) disks = NULL;
+    size_t i;
+    int ndisks;
+    bool backup_all = false;
+
+
+    if (!(disks = virHashNew(NULL)))
+        return -1;
+
+    /* Unlikely to have a guest without disks but technically possible.  */
+    if (!dom->ndisks) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("domain must have at least one disk to perform backup"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Double check requested disks.  */
+    for (i = 0; i < def->ndisks; i++) {
+        virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr backupdisk = &def->disks[i];
+        virDomainDiskDefPtr domdisk;
+
+        if (!(domdisk = virDomainDiskByTarget(dom, backupdisk->name))) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("no disk named '%s'"), backupdisk->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (virHashAddEntry(disks, backupdisk->name, NULL) < 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           _("disk '%s' specified twice"),
+                           backupdisk->name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (backupdisk->backup == VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES &&
+            virDomainBackupDefAssignStore(backupdisk, domdisk->src, suffix) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (def->ndisks == 0)
+        backup_all = true;
+
+    ndisks = def->ndisks;
+    if (VIR_EXPAND_N(def->disks, def->ndisks, dom->ndisks - def->ndisks) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < dom->ndisks; i++) {
+        virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr backupdisk = NULL;
+        virDomainDiskDefPtr domdisk =  dom->disks[i];
+
+        if (virHashHasEntry(disks, domdisk->dst))
+            continue;
+
+        backupdisk = &def->disks[ndisks++];
+
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(backupdisk->name, domdisk->dst) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+        if (backup_all &&
+            !virStorageSourceIsEmpty(domdisk->src) &&
+            !domdisk->src->readonly) {
+            backupdisk->backup = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_YES;
+
+            if (virDomainBackupDefAssignStore(backupdisk, domdisk->src, suffix) < 0)
+                return -1;
+        } else {
+            backupdisk->backup = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/conf/backup_conf.h b/src/conf/backup_conf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c970e01920727c476260b6652fa69a39e78c5412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conf/backup_conf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * backup_conf.h: domain backup XML processing
+ *                 (based on domain_conf.h)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Daniel P. Berrange
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "virconftypes.h"
+
+/* Items related to incremental backup state */
+
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PUSH,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_PULL,
+
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_TYPE_LAST
+} virDomainBackupType;
+
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_NONE = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_RUNNING,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_COMPLETE,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_FAILED,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_CANCELLING,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_CANCELLED,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_DISK_STATE_LAST
+} virDomainBackupDiskState;
+
+/* Stores disk-backup information */
+typedef struct _virDomainBackupDiskDef virDomainBackupDiskDef;
+typedef virDomainBackupDiskDef *virDomainBackupDiskDefPtr;
+struct _virDomainBackupDiskDef {
+    char *name;     /* name matching the <target dev='...' of the domain */
+    virTristateBool backup; /* whether backup is requested */
+
+    /* details of target for push-mode, or of the scratch file for pull-mode */
+    virStorageSourcePtr store;
+
+    /* internal data */
+    virDomainBackupDiskState state;
+};
+
+/* Stores the complete backup metadata */
+typedef struct _virDomainBackupDef virDomainBackupDef;
+typedef virDomainBackupDef *virDomainBackupDefPtr;
+struct _virDomainBackupDef {
+    /* Public XML.  */
+    int type; /* virDomainBackupType */
+    char *incremental;
+    virStorageNetHostDefPtr server; /* only when type == PULL */
+
+    size_t ndisks; /* should not exceed dom->ndisks */
+    virDomainBackupDiskDef *disks;
+};
+
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_PARSE_INTERNAL = 1 << 0,
+} virDomainBackupParseFlags;
+
+virDomainBackupDefPtr
+virDomainBackupDefParseString(const char *xmlStr,
+                              virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
+                              unsigned int flags);
+
+virDomainBackupDefPtr
+virDomainBackupDefParseNode(xmlDocPtr xml,
+                            xmlNodePtr root,
+                            virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
+                            unsigned int flags);
+void
+virDomainBackupDefFree(virDomainBackupDefPtr def);
+
+G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(virDomainBackupDef, virDomainBackupDefFree);
+
+int
+virDomainBackupDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
+                         virDomainBackupDefPtr def,
+                         bool internal);
+int
+virDomainBackupAlignDisks(virDomainBackupDefPtr backup,
+                          virDomainDefPtr dom,
+                          const char *suffix);
diff --git a/src/conf/virconftypes.h b/src/conf/virconftypes.h
index 2c91d3f331955832b505b8a15db67083ef7671ec..1c62cde251abde8bb171b620f0a7247f34105d53 100644
--- a/src/conf/virconftypes.h
+++ b/src/conf/virconftypes.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ typedef virDomainABIStability *virDomainABIStabilityPtr;
 typedef struct _virDomainActualNetDef virDomainActualNetDef;
 typedef virDomainActualNetDef *virDomainActualNetDefPtr;
 
+typedef struct _virDomainBackupDef virDomainBackupDef;
+typedef virDomainBackupDef *virDomainBackupDefPtr;
+
 typedef struct _virDomainBIOSDef virDomainBIOSDef;
 typedef virDomainBIOSDef *virDomainBIOSDefPtr;
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 5da5307fa3b1ae743232838d2ad247dafc2bbd2a..4a342239e53ae2db7765017aac58ae6e754dc629 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ virAccessPermStorageVolTypeFromString;
 virAccessPermStorageVolTypeToString;
 
 
+# conf/backup_conf.h
+virDomainBackupAlignDisks;
+virDomainBackupDefFormat;
+virDomainBackupDefFree;
+virDomainBackupDefParseNode;
+virDomainBackupDefParseString;
+
+
 # conf/capabilities.h
 virCapabilitiesAddGuest;
 virCapabilitiesAddGuestDomain;