diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index bfcc0b38f6ecf9017e8dd76217625e16a6e391d8..979f115e84ec91a19485b3529f555340a619756d 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -9853,6 +9853,8 @@ cmdMigrate(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     bool live_flag = false;
     virshCtrlData data = { .dconn = NULL };
 
+    VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("live", "offline");
+
     if (!(dom = virshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL)))
         return false;