diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index a403ba8c5bb2621e115db8d318f00449af4aa999..f05350e80fef414f659036f0a77b4a1821508e1e 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -515,9 +515,15 @@
         However, the value will be rounded up to the nearest kibibyte
         by libvirt, and may be further rounded to the granularity
         supported by the hypervisor.  Some hypervisors also enforce a
-        minimum, such as
-        4000KiB. <span class='since'><code>unit</code> since
-        0.9.11</span></dd>
+        minimum, such as 4000KiB.
+
+        In the case of crash, optional attribute <code>dumpCore</code>
+        can be used to control whether the guest memory should be
+        included in the generated coredump or not (values "on", "off").
+
+        <span class='since'><code>unit</code> since 0.9.11</span>,
+        <span class='since'><code>dumpCore</code> since 0.10.2
+        (QEMU only)</span></dd>
       <dt><code>currentMemory</code></dt>
       <dd>The actual allocation of memory for the guest. This value can
         be less than the maximum allocation, to allow for ballooning
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index afa6bbd19f6265ff44ecb96aa51cf1ae4fddc9c4..75afac2e151f0c197ab23ed71991f0f80f098c98 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -470,6 +470,14 @@
     <interleave>
       <element name="memory">
         <ref name='scaledInteger'/>
+        <optional>
+          <attribute name="dumpCore">
+            <choice>
+              <value>on</value>
+              <value>off</value>
+            </choice>
+          </attribute>
+        </optional>
       </element>
       <optional>
         <element name="currentMemory">
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index d6f2ebfe20a3e188834fe52cb13fb85f18dc5391..4b20b72f3a5798791a1f3e91ed17622edc62afa3 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainSoundModel, VIR_DOMAIN_SOUND_MODEL_LAST,
               "ac97",
               "ich6")
 
+VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainMemDump, VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_DUMP_LAST,
+              "default",
+              "on",
+              "off")
+
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainMemballoonModel, VIR_DOMAIN_MEMBALLOON_MODEL_LAST,
               "virtio",
               "xen",
@@ -8524,6 +8529,18 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
                              &def->mem.cur_balloon, false) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    /* and info about it */
+    tmp = virXPathString("string(./memory[1]/@dumpCore)", ctxt);
+    if (tmp) {
+        def->mem.dump_core = virDomainMemDumpTypeFromString(tmp);
+
+        if (def->mem.dump_core <= 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, _("Bad value '%s'"), tmp);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        VIR_FREE(tmp);
+    }
+
     if (def->mem.cur_balloon > def->mem.max_balloon) {
         /* Older libvirt could get into this situation due to
          * rounding; if the discrepancy is less than 1MiB, we silently
@@ -13266,8 +13283,13 @@ virDomainDefFormatInternal(virDomainDefPtr def,
         xmlIndentTreeOutput = oldIndentTreeOutput;
     }
 
-    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "  <memory unit='KiB'>%llu</memory>\n",
+    virBufferAddLit(buf, "  <memory");
+    if (def->mem.dump_core)
+        virBufferAsprintf(buf, " dumpCore='%s'",
+                          virDomainMemDumpTypeToString(def->mem.dump_core));
+    virBufferAsprintf(buf, " unit='KiB'>%llu</memory>\n",
                       def->mem.max_balloon);
+
     virBufferAsprintf(buf, "  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>%llu</currentMemory>\n",
                       def->mem.cur_balloon);
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index d719d57dad7b2d6f6c47871c6a899fb033815bf3..fae699f7d91a6884ca4346d167aaf5a5e9a01266 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1320,6 +1320,14 @@ struct _virDomainRedirFilterDef {
     virDomainRedirFilterUsbDevDefPtr *usbdevs;
 };
 
+enum virDomainMemDump {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_DUMP_DEFAULT = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_DUMP_ON,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_DUMP_OFF,
+
+    VIR_DOMAIN_MEM_DUMP_LAST,
+};
+
 enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_MEMBALLOON_MODEL_VIRTIO,
     VIR_DOMAIN_MEMBALLOON_MODEL_XEN,
@@ -1641,6 +1649,7 @@ struct _virDomainDef {
         unsigned long long max_balloon; /* in kibibytes */
         unsigned long long cur_balloon; /* in kibibytes */
         bool hugepage_backed;
+        int dump_core; /* enum virDomainMemDump */
         unsigned long long hard_limit; /* in kibibytes */
         unsigned long long soft_limit; /* in kibibytes */
         unsigned long long min_guarantee; /* in kibibytes */
@@ -2177,6 +2186,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainChrTcpProtocol)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainChrSpicevmc)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainSoundCodec)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainSoundModel)
+VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainMemDump)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainMemballoonModel)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainSmbiosMode)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainWatchdogModel)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0b538950e94abb8949251be21826932b6f94ff7d..0b6068d4415bc22fccf66ff2b3ddb642cfefcee3 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ virDomainLiveConfigHelperMethod;
 virDomainLoadAllConfigs;
 virDomainMemballoonModelTypeFromString;
 virDomainMemballoonModelTypeToString;
+virDomainMemDumpTypeFromString;
+virDomainMemDumpTypeToString;
 virDomainNetDefFree;
 virDomainNetFind;
 virDomainNetGetActualBandwidth;