diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index f4469988127ecd9808019f2413f7c767b41e1c57..d440eb31f70dbe69fae5940202b44a1e47667815 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -2864,6 +2864,41 @@ virDomainObjPtr virDomainObjListAdd(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
     return ret;
 }
 
+
+int
+virDomainObjListRenameAddNew(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
+                             virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                             const char *name)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+    virObjectLock(doms);
+
+    /* Add new name into the hash table of domain names. */
+    if (virHashAddEntry(doms->objsName, name, vm) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    /* Okay, this is crazy. virHashAddEntry() does not increment
+     * the refcounter of @vm, but virHashRemoveEntry() does
+     * decrement it. We need to work around it. */
+    virObjectRef(vm);
+
+    ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+    virObjectUnlock(doms);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+int
+virDomainObjListRenameRemove(virDomainObjListPtr doms, const char *name)
+{
+    virObjectLock(doms);
+    virHashRemoveEntry(doms->objsName, name);
+    virObjectUnlock(doms);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Mark the running VM config as transient. Ensures transient hotplug
  * operations do not persist past shutdown.
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index e1872bca002c3a602fd9c464be67ad555ff56f7c..961e4ed6b47eb0ce4ef79e27181190f7073d8a84 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2580,6 +2580,11 @@ virDomainObjPtr virDomainObjListAdd(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
                                     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                                     unsigned int flags,
                                     virDomainDefPtr *oldDef);
+int virDomainObjListRenameAddNew(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
+                                 virDomainObjPtr vm,
+                                 const char *name);
+int virDomainObjListRenameRemove(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
+                                 const char *name);
 void virDomainObjAssignDef(virDomainObjPtr domain,
                            virDomainDefPtr def,
                            bool live,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 45f42f5020350cf2e0fc90969c300d43af01faa1..9042330f99749767120abfa8585ab4c47f375f07 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ virDomainObjListNew;
 virDomainObjListNumOfDomains;
 virDomainObjListRemove;
 virDomainObjListRemoveLocked;
+virDomainObjListRenameAddNew;
+virDomainObjListRenameRemove;
 virDomainObjNew;
 virDomainObjParseNode;
 virDomainObjSetDefTransient;