diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 18c2d2cb8a7a63bd45765438c991c11411bd644c..74b82450b43d6e74182044e4e97344fec2fa4c99 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2451,6 +2451,8 @@ virDomainXMLPrivateDataCallbacks virQEMUDriverPrivateDataCallbacks = {
     .chrSourceNew = qemuDomainChrSourcePrivateNew,
     .parse = qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParse,
     .format = qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormat,
+    .storageParse = virStorageSourcePrivateDataParseRelPath,
+    .storageFormat = virStorageSourcePrivateDataFormatRelPath,
 };