diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 901361be419d7186cc8b6acc4bea234029153ae2..a101e2a55358a20ac834b89240a3334d8bd2bf95 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ struct _virDomainKeyWrapDef {
 typedef struct _virDomainDef virDomainDef;
 typedef virDomainDef *virDomainDefPtr;
 struct _virDomainDef {
-    int virtType;
+    virDomainVirtType virtType;
     int id;
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
     char *name;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 15ba39b30fac378cb33b63fd9e756716738769c3..49d4aa2c0f7f727c1e128b724b1deceb41bbd276 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ qemuMonitorSetLink(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 int
 qemuMonitorGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                       int *virtType)
+                       virDomainVirtType *virtType)
 {
     QEMU_CHECK_MONITOR(mon);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index 720fb2de275766e7887ff687442f22a5ed34e19b..2ce39581fb8dbd054cbb303ef389ca5f238f4bfc 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int qemuMonitorSystemPowerdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorGetCPUInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                           int **pids);
 int qemuMonitorGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                           int *virtType);
+                           virDomainVirtType *virtType);
 int qemuMonitorGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               unsigned long long *currmem);
 int qemuMonitorGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 5c2f50ffaa2c50386d7a992404e05ce10087f9e3..df0c82a34eb4348423a006b49f132eda89f0dc01 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               int *virtType)
+                               virDomainVirtType *virtType)
 {
     int ret;
     virJSONValuePtr cmd = qemuMonitorJSONMakeCommand("query-kvm",
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index b76d85b9b6218a894aee0f65fcb6363019393e87..120bd935a43301be8141b496c3eb7082bf62607b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int qemuMonitorJSONSystemReset(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               int **pids);
 int qemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               int *virtType);
+                               virDomainVirtType *virtType);
 int qemuMonitorJSONUpdateVideoMemorySize(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                          virDomainVideoDefPtr video,
                                          char *path);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
index d5ef089042ca7a150a488518a541c16ab02b1a19..f44da20fc97b0975ba7ee6f39320e3840ecdf0b3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ int qemuMonitorTextGetCPUInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
 
 int qemuMonitorTextGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               int *virtType)
+                               virDomainVirtType *virtType)
 {
     char *reply = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
index 3fa603bcd444c02a0ac614aa00409c3722423386..53c503dc0beb09463c92cc956b1aa4af00e17450 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int qemuMonitorTextSystemReset(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorTextGetCPUInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               int **pids);
 int qemuMonitorTextGetVirtType(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
-                               int *virtType);
+                               virDomainVirtType *virtType);
 int qemuMonitorTextGetBalloonInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                   unsigned long long *currmem);
 int qemuMonitorTextGetMemoryStats(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
diff --git a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
index 7d4741e4a7a25d1a37904feb868bd3e4e17d85d4..46d4e1ed94dd9608227371630bf58ed60814e0bf 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitorjsontest.c
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ testQemuMonitorJSONqemuMonitorJSONGetVirtType(const void *data)
     virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt = (virDomainXMLOptionPtr)data;
     qemuMonitorTestPtr test = qemuMonitorTestNewSimple(true, xmlopt);
     int ret = -1;
-    int virtType;
+    virDomainVirtType virtType;
 
     if (!test)
         return -1;