diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index eff44eb72b8f2350feb10d7ae526c1441cae90ca..41f5cd31f829cbf2e0d4d681d84bef7aaa31ec0e 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -4586,7 +4586,8 @@ virDomainGetXMLDesc(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned int flags)
 
     conn = domain->conn;
 
-    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)) {
+    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) &&
+        (flags & (VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE | VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE))) {
         virLibConnError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, "%s",
                         _("virDomainGetXMLDesc with secure flag"));
         goto error;
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 8c402084d830f93baa10293e10a5859bfdc219fe..0568fbf863c5ae937d82b473f9b8833c39f38fe5 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -2993,6 +2993,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @acl: domain:read
      * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_XML_DESC = 14,