diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d459f8e3e36ce61f77c32af796403f97e96d1d2d..f2c18f11021ffc345c7e5d4c60085ef642ccb58e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ qemuBuildTLSx509BackendProps(const char *tlspath,
     if (virJSONValueObjectCreate(propsret,
                                  "s:dir", path,
                                  "s:endpoint", (isListen ? "server": "client"),
-                                 "b:verify-peer", verifypeer,
+                                 "b:verify-peer", (isListen ? verifypeer : true),
                                  NULL) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev.args
index b456cce3041782258f74a78e5b5ec27e76652799..003d11de72be24174014b41a786bf8ce66d47cc5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-chardev.args
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ server,nowait \
 localport=1111 \
 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
 -object tls-creds-x509,id=objcharserial1_tls0,dir=/etc/pki/libvirt-chardev,\
-endpoint=client,verify-peer=no \
+endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes \
 -chardev socket,id=charserial1,host=127.0.0.1,port=5555,\
 tls-creds=objcharserial1_tls0 \
 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-secret-chardev.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-secret-chardev.args
index 7f9fedb6c283072da3a692ce492363ecf2e2cb47..a020ff0060dbf67a8602afe5fe5118fe81540f01 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-secret-chardev.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-serial-tcp-tlsx509-secret-chardev.args
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ localport=1111 \
 data=9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1,\
 keyid=masterKey0,iv=AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==,format=base64 \
 -object tls-creds-x509,id=objcharserial1_tls0,dir=/etc/pki/libvirt-chardev,\
-endpoint=client,verify-peer=no,passwordid=charserial1-secret0 \
+endpoint=client,verify-peer=yes,passwordid=charserial1-secret0 \
 -chardev socket,id=charserial1,host=127.0.0.1,port=5555,\
 tls-creds=objcharserial1_tls0 \
 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial1,id=serial1 \