diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 66608f8013b782f3f46a2e8d22f23c7449807cc6..ad4b8a7cfd4dee95b904cdbde8b650c6f6d751a9 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * virt-aa-helper: wrapper program used by AppArmor security driver.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Canonical Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Canonical Ltd.
  *
  * See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
  *
@@ -568,9 +568,6 @@ valid_path(const char *path, const bool readonly)
             case S_IFDIR:
                 return 1;
                 break;
-            case S_IFIFO:
-                return 1;
-                break;
             case S_IFSOCK:
                 return 1;
                 break;
@@ -795,6 +792,51 @@ vah_add_file(virBufferPtr buf, const char *path, const char *perms)
     return rc;
 }
 
+static int
+vah_add_file_chardev(virBufferPtr buf,
+                     const char *path,
+                     const char *perms,
+                     const int type)
+{
+    char *pipe_in;
+    char *pipe_out;
+    int rc = -1;
+
+    if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PIPE) {
+        /* add the pipe input */
+        if (virAsprintf(&pipe_in, "%s.in", path) == -1) {
+            vah_error(NULL, 0, _("could not allocate memory"));
+            goto clean;
+        }
+
+        if (vah_add_file(buf, pipe_in, perms) != 0)
+            goto clean_pipe_in;
+
+        /* add the pipe output */
+        if (virAsprintf(&pipe_out, "%s.out", path) == -1) {
+            vah_error(NULL, 0, _("could not allocate memory"));
+            goto clean_pipe_in;
+        }
+
+        if (vah_add_file(buf, pipe_out, perms) != 0)
+            goto clean_pipe_out;
+
+        rc = 0;
+      clean_pipe_out:
+        VIR_FREE(pipe_out);
+      clean_pipe_in:
+        VIR_FREE(pipe_in);
+    } else {
+        /* add the file */
+        if (vah_add_file(buf, path, perms) != 0)
+            goto clean;
+        rc = 0;
+    }
+
+  clean:
+    return rc;
+}
+
 static int
 file_iterate_hostdev_cb(usbDevice *dev ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                         const char *file, void *opaque)
@@ -835,7 +877,6 @@ add_file_path(virDomainDiskDefPtr disk,
     return ret;
 }
 
-
 static int
 get_files(vahControl * ctl)
 {
@@ -878,12 +919,17 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl)
              ctl->def->serials[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_FILE ||
              ctl->def->serials[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PIPE) &&
             ctl->def->serials[i]->source.data.file.path)
-            if (vah_add_file(&buf,
-                             ctl->def->serials[i]->source.data.file.path, "rw") != 0)
+            if (vah_add_file_chardev(&buf,
+                                     ctl->def->serials[i]->source.data.file.path,
+                                     "rw",
+                                     ctl->def->serials[i]->source.type) != 0)
                 goto clean;
 
     if (ctl->def->console && ctl->def->console->source.data.file.path)
-        if (vah_add_file(&buf, ctl->def->console->source.data.file.path, "rw") != 0)
+        if (vah_add_file_chardev(&buf,
+                                 ctl->def->console->source.data.file.path,
+                                 "rw",
+                                 ctl->def->console->source.type) != 0)
             goto clean;
 
     for (i = 0 ; i < ctl->def->nparallels; i++)
@@ -893,9 +939,10 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl)
              ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_FILE ||
              ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PIPE) &&
             ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.data.file.path)
-            if (vah_add_file(&buf,
-                             ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.data.file.path,
-                             "rw") != 0)
+            if (vah_add_file_chardev(&buf,
+                                     ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.data.file.path,
+                                     "rw",
+                                     ctl->def->parallels[i]->source.type) != 0)
                 goto clean;
 
     for (i = 0 ; i < ctl->def->nchannels; i++)
@@ -905,9 +952,10 @@ get_files(vahControl * ctl)
              ctl->def->channels[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_FILE ||
              ctl->def->channels[i]->source.type == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_TYPE_PIPE) &&
             ctl->def->channels[i]->source.data.file.path)
-            if (vah_add_file(&buf,
-                             ctl->def->channels[i]->source.data.file.path,
-                             "rw") != 0)
+            if (vah_add_file_chardev(&buf,
+                                     ctl->def->channels[i]->source.data.file.path,
+                                     "rw",
+                                     ctl->def->channels[i]->source.type) != 0)
                 goto clean;
 
     if (ctl->def->os.kernel)
diff --git a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
index c8bf398de9ff968ca144aed002e97af0d1f4d010..21a27666b511739a7b14b15704842eb19e6705ef 100755
--- a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
+++ b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# virt-aa-helper needs a working locale system. If testing this in a chroot
+# system, need to make sure these are setup properly. On Debian-based systems
+# this can be done with something like (as root):
+#  locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+
 set -e
 
 test_hostdev="no"
@@ -255,6 +261,10 @@ testme "0" "serial (pty)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<serial type='dev'><source path='/dev/ttyS0'/><target port='0'/></serial></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 testme "0" "serial (dev)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<serial type='pipe'><source path='$tmpdir/serial.pipe'/><target port='0'/></serial></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+mkfifo "$tmpdir/serial.pipe.in" "$tmpdir/serial.pipe.out"
+testme "0" "serial (pipe)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<console type='file'><source path='$tmpdir/console.log'/><target port='0'/></console></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 touch "$tmpdir/console.log"
 testme "0" "console" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
@@ -262,9 +272,17 @@ testme "0" "console" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<console type='pty'><target port='0'/></console></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 testme "0" "console (pty)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<console type='pipe'><source path='$tmpdir/console.pipe'/><target port='0'/></console></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+mkfifo "$tmpdir/console.pipe.in" "$tmpdir/console.pipe.out"
+testme "0" "console (pipe)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<parallel type='pty'><source path='/dev/pts/0'/><target port='0'/></parallel></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 testme "0" "parallel (pty)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<parallel type='pipe'><source path='$tmpdir/parallel.pipe'/><target port='0'/></parallel></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+mkfifo "$tmpdir/parallel.pipe.in" "$tmpdir/parallel.pipe.out"
+testme "0" "parallel (pipe)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,</devices>,<channel type='unix'><source mode='bind' path='$tmpdir/guestfwd'/><target type='guestfwd' address='10.0.2.1' port='4600'/></channel></devices>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 touch "$tmpdir/guestfwd"
 testme "0" "channel (unix)" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"