diff --git a/src/driver.h b/src/driver.h
index fe21ea39bf944ffa2bc41f921c3330603f1cf29e..8c5d97dae219bdca0188efe839e7f964b36d2c5a 100644
--- a/src/driver.h
+++ b/src/driver.h
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ typedef char *
                          unsigned int ncpus,
                          unsigned int flags);
 
+typedef int
+    (*virDrvDomainGetJobInfo)(virDomainPtr domain,
+                              virDomainJobInfoPtr info);
+
 /**
  * _virDriver:
  *
@@ -464,6 +468,7 @@ struct _virDriver {
     virDrvDomainIsPersistent   domainIsPersistent;
     virDrvCPUCompare            cpuCompare;
     virDrvCPUBaseline           cpuBaseline;
+    virDrvDomainGetJobInfo     domainGetJobInfo;
 };
 
 typedef int
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_driver.c
index e125a09b25e9f8a76c5ced3679cf3180928aec72..226a6a0dfbf5d46d3dad3ce42220952f4b246bd9 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_driver.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_driver.c
@@ -3404,6 +3404,7 @@ static virDriver esxDriver = {
     esxDomainIsPersistent,           /* domainIsPersistent */
     NULL,                            /* cpuCompare */
     NULL,                            /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 9d50c92a9fbe8f91cd512b345b10cf40a40d583b..4585a4902e3070a410ebc93491317f811f424049 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -11159,3 +11159,51 @@ error:
     virDispatchError(conn);
     return NULL;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * virDomainGetJobInfo:
+ * @domain: a domain object
+ * @info: pointer to a virDomainJobInfo structure allocated by the user
+ *
+ * Extract information about progress of a background job on a domain.
+ * Will return an error if the domain is not active.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
+ */
+int
+virDomainGetJobInfo(virDomainPtr domain, virDomainJobInfoPtr info)
+{
+    virConnectPtr conn;
+    DEBUG("domain=%p, info=%p", domain, info);
+
+    virResetLastError();
+
+    if (!VIR_IS_CONNECTED_DOMAIN(domain)) {
+        virLibDomainError(NULL, VIR_ERR_INVALID_DOMAIN, __FUNCTION__);
+        virDispatchError(NULL);
+        return (-1);
+    }
+    if (info == NULL) {
+        virLibDomainError(domain, VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, __FUNCTION__);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    memset(info, 0, sizeof(virDomainJobInfo));
+
+    conn = domain->conn;
+
+    if (conn->driver->domainGetJobInfo) {
+        int ret;
+        ret = conn->driver->domainGetJobInfo (domain, info);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto error;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    virLibConnError (conn, VIR_ERR_NO_SUPPORT, __FUNCTION__);
+
+error:
+    virDispatchError(domain->conn);
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index 152aae4ce57994f3ea92e846f3e07cd92ec14e94..6997b7b4b539e1b3a3bd709623accdcb584d20e3 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ LIBVIRT_0.7.7 {
         virDomainAttachDeviceFlags;
         virDomainDetachDeviceFlags;
         virConnectBaselineCPU;
+        virDomainGetJobInfo;
 } LIBVIRT_0.7.5;
 
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index f7e9c7d34062d7427043ebfbcba44e3f5475d6d5..2613bd5621d104bd10616681f68171d407529c6b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -2451,6 +2451,7 @@ static virDriver lxcDriver = {
     lxcDomainIsPersistent,
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 static virStateDriver lxcStateDriver = {
diff --git a/src/opennebula/one_driver.c b/src/opennebula/one_driver.c
index 57825d5a346a74a60add60f1e9c15395144b463b..5ffc5eb2edcb38aff3c2ee66f86c2663854e3586 100644
--- a/src/opennebula/one_driver.c
+++ b/src/opennebula/one_driver.c
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ static virDriver oneDriver = {
     NULL, /* domainIsPersistent */
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 static virStateDriver oneStateDriver = {
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
index 4673b6c5ae9cbaeaef46d50b65eb9d67a4eff6a4..f0d8c95bae0b40a73a101aa275422bae5851bc0a 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
@@ -1538,6 +1538,7 @@ static virDriver openvzDriver = {
     openvzDomainIsPersistent,
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 int openvzRegister(void) {
diff --git a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
index 3fc5a0c27e506830b594a39a728221cba2c08a04..1fe4261d62627072f629e45196397d2d88f622be 100644
--- a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
+++ b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ virDriver phypDriver = {
     NULL,                       /* domainIsPersistent */
     NULL,                       /* cpuCompare */
     NULL,                       /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 int
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 329ba6a75d88c73b07ebc74e56cc5557cd7d9cbf..4161d87b5172cb19ed1e0680228972578bbde104 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -8773,6 +8773,7 @@ static virDriver qemuDriver = {
     qemuDomainIsPersistent,
     qemuCPUCompare, /* cpuCompare */
     qemuCPUBaseline, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index def4617b5feb39e3f25e7ff0b57243aa8737454c..a5af698c645246d2d677441a8f0b92c020092e5f 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -9060,6 +9060,7 @@ static virDriver remote_driver = {
     remoteDomainIsPersistent, /* domainIsPersistent */
     remoteCPUCompare, /* cpuCompare */
     remoteCPUBaseline, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 static virNetworkDriver network_driver = {
diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index e4720efcbf579c117e07983ae90ab23c035387b8..e0c4f89169a0f9aed07382e77b6b4e7238a1324b 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -5243,6 +5243,7 @@ static virDriver testDriver = {
     testDomainIsPersistent, /* domainIsPersistent */
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 static virNetworkDriver testNetworkDriver = {
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_driver.c b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
index 10268dbbdc8f0f09b15e7a05ce6759b507876486..e2be5b332e415390eded26d87d248e3dc88a5196 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_driver.c
+++ b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
@@ -1920,6 +1920,7 @@ static virDriver umlDriver = {
     umlDomainIsPersistent,
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index c414fb812abfdf0af19a0b3fd202e11d671bfcf0..2d1cca1749517e0d25ff7e7efed2dd3e520bb031 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -7063,6 +7063,7 @@ virDriver NAME(Driver) = {
     vboxDomainIsPersistent,
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 virNetworkDriver NAME(NetworkDriver) = {
diff --git a/src/xen/xen_driver.c b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
index 700682cec7a28da7bc821d085f5f6f5393b7ffc3..3e796d3e2518fc94562b359971ff56104f87a2e7 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_driver.c
+++ b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,7 @@ static virDriver xenUnifiedDriver = {
     xenUnifiedDomainisPersistent,
     NULL, /* cpuCompare */
     NULL, /* cpuBaseline */
+    NULL, /* domainGetJobInfo */
 };
 
 /**