diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 8e7404da64cfd2dcad98ed1c6c90818ef02a467c..9a8ae26aca649a3e82768a0dd52893fff77d244d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
     virCPUDefFormatBufFull(buf, priv->origCPU, NULL, false);
 
     if (priv->chardevStdioLogd)
-        virBufferAddLit(buf, "<chardevStdioLogd/>");
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, "<chardevStdioLogd/>\n");
 
     return 0;
 }