diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index b56a5620c924520e5f4dd57273ddfe3d8fad7fa1..56a82df0503cdc9166e793b793498d5ef11b5012 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -7259,6 +7259,28 @@ qemuDomainSaveStatus(virDomainObjPtr obj)
 }
 
 
+void
+qemuDomainSaveConfig(virDomainObjPtr obj)
+{
+    virQEMUDriverPtr driver = QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(obj)->driver;
+    VIR_AUTOUNREF(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr) cfg = NULL;
+    virDomainDefPtr def = NULL;
+
+    if (virDomainObjIsActive(obj))
+        def = obj->newDef;
+    else
+        def = obj->def;
+
+    if (!def)
+        return;
+
+    cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
+
+    if (virDomainSaveConfig(cfg->configDir, driver->caps, def) < 0)
+        VIR_WARN("Failed to save config of vm %s", obj->def->name);
+}
+
+
 void
 qemuDomainObjSetJobPhase(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                          virDomainObjPtr obj,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 43f5dd9a7b1b74388630e6b739b805f29733766b..5a4188ab651136a1854a0d445a14b9929eb7cf42 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ typedef void (*qemuDomainCleanupCallback)(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 #define QEMU_DOMAIN_MASTER_KEY_LEN 32  /* 32 bytes for 256 bit random key */
 
 void qemuDomainSaveStatus(virDomainObjPtr obj);
+void qemuDomainSaveConfig(virDomainObjPtr obj);
 
 
 /* helper data types for async device unplug */