diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
index 32c8b4232970e773a79712d8677d876f18982505..c52782f9fc7217ce276e57358a280152671ff9d8 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_logical.c
@@ -498,11 +498,98 @@ virStorageBackendLogicalFindPoolSources(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * virStorageBackendLogicalMatchPoolSource
+ * @pool: Pointer to the source pool object
+ *
+ * Search the output generated by a 'pvs --noheadings -o pv_name,vg_name'
+ * to match the 'vg_name' with the pool def->source.name and for the list
+ * of pool def->source.devices[].
+ *
+ * Returns true if the volume group name matches the pool's source.name
+ * and at least one of the pool's def->source.devices[] matches the
+ * list of physical device names listed for the pool. Return false if
+ * we cannot find a matching volume group name and if we cannot match
+ * the any device list members.
+ */
+static bool
+virStorageBackendLogicalMatchPoolSource(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
+{
+    virStoragePoolSourceList sourceList;
+    virStoragePoolSource *thisSource;
+    size_t i, j;
+    int matchcount = 0;
+    bool ret = false;
+
+    memset(&sourceList, 0, sizeof(sourceList));
+    sourceList.type = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_LOGICAL;
+
+    if (virStorageBackendLogicalGetPoolSources(&sourceList) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    /* Search the pvs output for this pool's source.name */
+    for (i = 0; i < sourceList.nsources; i++) {
+        thisSource = &sourceList.sources[i];
+        if (STREQ(thisSource->name, pool->def->source.name))
+            break;
+    }
+
+    if (i == sourceList.nsources) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                       _("cannot find logical volume group name '%s'"),
+                       pool->def->source.name);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /* Let's make sure the pool's device(s) match what the pvs output has
+     * for volume group devices.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < pool->def->source.ndevice; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < thisSource->ndevice; j++) {
+            if (STREQ(pool->def->source.devices[i].path,
+                      thisSource->devices[j].path))
+                matchcount++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* If we didn't find any matches, then this pool has listed (a) source
+     * device path(s) that don't/doesn't match what was created for the pool
+     */
+    if (matchcount == 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                       _("cannot find any matching source devices for logical "
+                         "volume group '%s'"), pool->def->source.name);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /* Either there's more devices in the pool source device list or there's
+     * more devices in the pvs output. Could easily happen if someone decides
+     * to 'add' to or 'remove' from the volume group outside of libvirt's
+     * knowledge. Rather than fail on that, provide a warning and move on.
+     */
+    if (matchcount != pool->def->source.ndevice)
+        VIR_WARN("pool device list count doesn't match pvs device list count");
+
+    ret = true;
+
+ cleanup:
+    for (i = 0; i < sourceList.nsources; i++)
+        virStoragePoolSourceClear(&sourceList.sources[i]);
+    VIR_FREE(sourceList.sources);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 static int
 virStorageBackendLogicalCheckPool(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
                                   bool *isActive)
 {
-    *isActive = virFileExists(pool->def->target.path);
+    /* If we can find the target.path as well as ensure that the
+     * pool's def source
+     */
+    *isActive = virFileExists(pool->def->target.path) &&
+                virStorageBackendLogicalMatchPoolSource(pool);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -510,7 +597,11 @@ static int
 virStorageBackendLogicalStartPool(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                   virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
 {
-    if (virStorageBackendLogicalSetActive(pool, 1) < 0)
+    /* Let's make sure that the pool's name matches the pvs output and
+     * that the pool's source devices match the pvs output.
+     */
+    if (!virStorageBackendLogicalMatchPoolSource(pool) ||
+        virStorageBackendLogicalSetActive(pool, 1) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return 0;