diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 93d303e55fbf5a288683f4b0975ebb1acc957cb6..d53315a3d5591ce5c85190b16725c93753f8d425 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6541,7 +6541,7 @@ qemuBuildGraphicsVNCCommandLine(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
             virBufferAddLit(&opt, ",sasl");
 
             if (cfg->vncSASLdir)
-                virCommandAddEnvPair(cmd, "SASL_CONF_DIR", cfg->vncSASLdir);
+                virCommandAddEnvPair(cmd, "SASL_CONF_PATH", cfg->vncSASLdir);
 
             /* TODO: Support ACLs later */
         }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
index 67ef88ff5c0b4ca0ea646974d33577e811aea0de..239fde1dee0c3324c104d64bd99e801358e1bb34 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-sasl.args
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test \
-SASL_CONF_DIR=/root/.sasl2 QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 \
 -smp 1 -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda \
 /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none -vnc \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
index d71a9987beefe77cf51123a09497e030d2da4ad4..c681b1baf920cfe4d55ec38628eb8e8b0b8e3276 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-vnc-tls.args
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test \
-SASL_CONF_DIR=/root/.sasl2 QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+SASL_CONF_PATH=/root/.sasl2 QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 \
 -smp 1 -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda \
 /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none -vnc \