diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
index ae369bcdabddcd201a52618607650578749a9c16..2565f6473cb576cf0b4eefd0cf27fd8d22b8d311 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
@@ -271,11 +271,12 @@ libxlMakeChrdevStr(virDomainChrDefPtr def, char **buf)
 
 static int
 libxlMakeDomBuildInfo(virDomainDefPtr def,
-                      libxl_ctx *ctx,
+                      libxlDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                       virCapsPtr caps,
                       libxl_domain_config *d_config)
 {
     virDomainClockDef clock = def->clock;
+    libxl_ctx *ctx = cfg->ctx;
     libxl_domain_build_info *b_info = &d_config->b_info;
     int hvm = def->os.type == VIR_DOMAIN_OSTYPE_HVM;
     size_t i;
@@ -2346,17 +2347,17 @@ libxlDriverNodeGetInfo(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver, virNodeInfoPtr info)
 int
 libxlBuildDomainConfig(virPortAllocatorRangePtr graphicsports,
                        virDomainDefPtr def,
-                       const char *channelDir LIBXL_ATTR_UNUSED,
-                       libxl_ctx *ctx,
-                       virCapsPtr caps,
+                       libxlDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                        libxl_domain_config *d_config)
 {
+    virCapsPtr caps = cfg->caps;
+    libxl_ctx *ctx = cfg->ctx;
     libxl_domain_config_init(d_config);
 
     if (libxlMakeDomCreateInfo(ctx, def, &d_config->c_info) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (libxlMakeDomBuildInfo(def, ctx, caps, d_config) < 0)
+    if (libxlMakeDomBuildInfo(def, cfg, caps, d_config) < 0)
         return -1;
 
 #ifdef LIBXL_HAVE_VNUMA
@@ -2388,7 +2389,7 @@ libxlBuildDomainConfig(virPortAllocatorRangePtr graphicsports,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef LIBXL_HAVE_DEVICE_CHANNEL
-    if (libxlMakeChannelList(channelDir, def, d_config) < 0)
+    if (libxlMakeChannelList(cfg->channelDir, def, d_config) < 0)
         return -1;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
index 0e85dffa3690e1eed7542904cecb5ec5d1599879..633ebf5467fd6c492fa2308589bbef66bd1c59da 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ libxlCreateXMLConf(void);
 int
 libxlBuildDomainConfig(virPortAllocatorRangePtr graphicsports,
                        virDomainDefPtr def,
-                       const char *channelDir LIBXL_ATTR_UNUSED,
-                       libxl_ctx *ctx,
-                       virCapsPtr caps,
+                       libxlDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                        libxl_domain_config *d_config);
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
index ef9a902671d553aeecf5eba305b4bb1b05dfc1cd..0614589d20fc6a800d12dba45c7fc902d7eac4f2 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ libxlDomainStart(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
         goto cleanup_dom;
 
     if (libxlBuildDomainConfig(driver->reservedGraphicsPorts, vm->def,
-                               cfg->channelDir, cfg->ctx, cfg->caps, &d_config) < 0)
+                               cfg, &d_config) < 0)
         goto cleanup_dom;
 
     if (cfg->autoballoon && libxlDomainFreeMem(cfg->ctx, &d_config) < 0)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 2c0d1311c2cc6127edf3b0ab720b5fea1be4ad32..8c4b6c22068e6e06d4622e98a24890bff0ab7b8a 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ libxlxml2domconfigtest_LDADD = $(libxl_LDADDS) $(LIBXML_LIBS)
 
 virmocklibxl_la_SOURCES = \
 	virmocklibxl.c
+virmocklibxl_la_CFLAGS = $(LIBXL_CFLAGS)
 virmocklibxl_la_LDFLAGS = $(MOCKLIBS_LDFLAGS)
 virmocklibxl_la_LIBADD = $(MOCKLIBS_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/tests/libxlxml2domconfigtest.c b/tests/libxlxml2domconfigtest.c
index 6eec4c752d6e2c3c5b479e31782fa14038c59a7b..9d280e97d4f4ee0920aed64d27bfb54b03de3350 100644
--- a/tests/libxlxml2domconfigtest.c
+++ b/tests/libxlxml2domconfigtest.c
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ testCompareXMLToDomConfig(const char *xmlfile,
     int ret = -1;
     libxl_domain_config actualconfig;
     libxl_domain_config expectconfig;
+    libxlDriverConfigPtr cfg;
     xentoollog_logger *log = NULL;
-    libxl_ctx *ctx = NULL;
     virPortAllocatorRangePtr gports = NULL;
     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = NULL;
     virDomainDefPtr vmdef = NULL;
@@ -68,10 +68,18 @@ testCompareXMLToDomConfig(const char *xmlfile,
     libxl_domain_config_init(&actualconfig);
     libxl_domain_config_init(&expectconfig);
 
+    if (!(cfg = libxlDriverConfigNew()))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    cfg->caps = caps;
+
     if (!(log = (xentoollog_logger *)xtl_createlogger_stdiostream(stderr, XTL_DEBUG, 0)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (libxl_ctx_alloc(&ctx, LIBXL_VERSION, 0, log) < 0)
+    /* replace logger with stderr one */
+    libxl_ctx_free(cfg->ctx);
+
+    if (libxl_ctx_alloc(&cfg->ctx, LIBXL_VERSION, 0, log) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!(gports = virPortAllocatorRangeNew("vnc", 5900, 6000)))
@@ -84,22 +92,22 @@ testCompareXMLToDomConfig(const char *xmlfile,
                                         NULL, VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INACTIVE)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (libxlBuildDomainConfig(gports, vmdef, NULL, ctx, caps, &actualconfig) < 0)
+    if (libxlBuildDomainConfig(gports, vmdef, cfg, &actualconfig) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (!(actualjson = libxl_domain_config_to_json(ctx, &actualconfig))) {
+    if (!(actualjson = libxl_domain_config_to_json(cfg->ctx, &actualconfig))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        "Failed to retrieve JSON doc for libxl_domain_config");
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
     virTestLoadFile(jsonfile, &tempjson);
-    if (libxl_domain_config_from_json(ctx, &expectconfig, tempjson) != 0) {
+    if (libxl_domain_config_from_json(cfg->ctx, &expectconfig, tempjson) != 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        "Failed to create libxl_domain_config from JSON doc");
         goto cleanup;
     }
-    if (!(expectjson = libxl_domain_config_to_json(ctx, &expectconfig))) {
+    if (!(expectjson = libxl_domain_config_to_json(cfg->ctx, &expectconfig))) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        "Failed to retrieve JSON doc for libxl_domain_config");
         goto cleanup;
@@ -122,10 +130,11 @@ testCompareXMLToDomConfig(const char *xmlfile,
     virDomainDefFree(vmdef);
     virPortAllocatorRangeFree(gports);
     virObjectUnref(xmlopt);
-    libxl_ctx_free(ctx);
     libxl_domain_config_dispose(&actualconfig);
     libxl_domain_config_dispose(&expectconfig);
     xtl_logger_destroy(log);
+    cfg->caps = NULL;
+    virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/virmocklibxl.c b/tests/virmocklibxl.c
index 973595659b0dc5e1f220a0c66d77505bbb5d68ea..50ae25810f457e1f610553dfd0439df054aaf107 100644
--- a/tests/virmocklibxl.c
+++ b/tests/virmocklibxl.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 # include <unistd.h>
 # include <libxl.h>
+# include <util/virfile.h>
 # include <xenstore.h>
 # include <xenctrl.h>
 # include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -49,6 +50,25 @@ VIR_MOCK_IMPL_RET_ARGS(xc_interface_open,
 }
 
 
+VIR_MOCK_IMPL_RET_ARGS(libxl_get_version_info,
+                       const libxl_version_info*,
+                       libxl_ctx *, ctx)
+{
+    static libxl_version_info info;
+
+    memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+
+    /* silence gcc warning about unused function */
+    if (0)
+        real_libxl_get_version_info(ctx);
+    return &info;
+}
+
+VIR_MOCK_STUB_RET_ARGS(libxl_get_free_memory,
+                       int, 0,
+                       libxl_ctx *, ctx,
+                       uint32_t *, memkb);
+
 VIR_MOCK_STUB_RET_ARGS(xc_interface_close,
                        int, 0,
                        xc_interface *, handle)
@@ -75,6 +95,17 @@ VIR_MOCK_STUB_RET_ARGS(bind,
                        const struct sockaddr *, addr,
                        socklen_t, addrlen)
 
+VIR_MOCK_IMPL_RET_ARGS(virFileMakePath, int,
+                       const char *, path)
+{
+    /* replace log path with a writable directory */
+    if (strstr(path, "/log/")) {
+        snprintf((char*)path, strlen(path), ".");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return real_virFileMakePath(path);
+}
+
 VIR_MOCK_IMPL_RET_ARGS(__xstat, int,
                        int, ver,
                        const char *, path,