diff --git a/docs/schemas/capability.rng b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
index 65c7c72edd87731d6324c310b0e37039eb9f3bf5..aee03d7fcd5870d24fcfdbfb0a7d0bcdbcc24ca9 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/capability.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
           <element name='doi'>
             <text/>
           </element>
+          <zeroOrMore>
+            <element name='baselabel'>
+              <attribute name='type'>
+                <text/>
+              </attribute>
+              <text/>
+            </element>
+          </zeroOrMore>
        </interleave>
     </element>
   </define>
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 1acc9366f7b604f84e4caacc5144842e04956129..1eb5e3aa0b8b16a38c94b029b108eda82fb0d607 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ virCapabilitiesFreeNUMAInfo(virCapsPtr caps)
     caps->host.nnumaCell = 0;
 }
 
+static void
+virCapabilitiesClearSecModel(virCapsHostSecModelPtr secmodel)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < secmodel->nlabels; i++) {
+        VIR_FREE(secmodel->labels[i].type);
+        VIR_FREE(secmodel->labels[i].label);
+    }
+
+    VIR_FREE(secmodel->labels);
+    VIR_FREE(secmodel->model);
+    VIR_FREE(secmodel->doi);
+}
+
 static void
 virCapabilitiesDispose(void *object)
 {
@@ -204,8 +218,7 @@ virCapabilitiesDispose(void *object)
     VIR_FREE(caps->host.migrateTrans);
 
     for (i = 0; i < caps->host.nsecModels; i++) {
-        VIR_FREE(caps->host.secModels[i].model);
-        VIR_FREE(caps->host.secModels[i].doi);
+        virCapabilitiesClearSecModel(&caps->host.secModels[i]);
     }
     VIR_FREE(caps->host.secModels);
 
@@ -506,6 +519,44 @@ virCapabilitiesAddGuestFeature(virCapsGuestPtr guest,
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel
+ * @secmodel: Security model to add a base label for
+ * @type: virtualization type
+ * @label: base label
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero on error.
+ */
+extern int
+virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel(virCapsHostSecModelPtr secmodel,
+                                        const char *type,
+                                        const char *label)
+{
+    char *t = NULL, *l = NULL;
+
+    if (type == NULL || label == NULL)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(t, type) < 0)
+        goto no_memory;
+
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(l, label) < 0)
+        goto no_memory;
+
+    if (VIR_EXPAND_N(secmodel->labels, secmodel->nlabels, 1) < 0)
+        goto no_memory;
+
+    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].type = t;
+    secmodel->labels[secmodel->nlabels - 1].label = l;
+
+    return 0;
+
+no_memory:
+    VIR_FREE(l);
+    VIR_FREE(t);
+    return -1;
+}
+
 /**
  * virCapabilitiesSupportsGuestArch:
  * @caps: capabilities to query
@@ -826,6 +877,11 @@ virCapabilitiesFormatXML(virCapsPtr caps)
                           caps->host.secModels[i].model);
         virBufferAsprintf(&xml, "      <doi>%s</doi>\n",
                           caps->host.secModels[i].doi);
+        for (j = 0; j < caps->host.secModels[i].nlabels; j++) {
+            virBufferAsprintf(&xml, "      <baselabel type='%s'>%s</baselabel>\n",
+                              caps->host.secModels[i].labels[j].type,
+                              caps->host.secModels[i].labels[j].label);
+        }
         virBufferAddLit(&xml, "    </secmodel>\n");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.h b/src/conf/capabilities.h
index 88ec4547f7ff9ebbf2c369cd49d3c79f47ef6e11..5bc7bb502343a973eb2fe42a4a4edfa600059973 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.h
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.h
@@ -104,11 +104,20 @@ struct _virCapsHostNUMACell {
     virCapsHostNUMACellCPUPtr cpus;
 };
 
+typedef struct _virCapsHostSecModelLabel virCapsHostSecModelLabel;
+typedef virCapsHostSecModelLabel *virCapsHostSecModelLabelPtr;
+struct _virCapsHostSecModelLabel {
+    char *type;
+    char *label;
+};
+
 typedef struct _virCapsHostSecModel virCapsHostSecModel;
 typedef virCapsHostSecModel *virCapsHostSecModelPtr;
 struct _virCapsHostSecModel {
     char *model;
     char *doi;
+    size_t nlabels;
+    virCapsHostSecModelLabelPtr labels;
 };
 
 typedef struct _virCapsHost virCapsHost;
@@ -224,6 +233,11 @@ virCapabilitiesAddGuestFeature(virCapsGuestPtr guest,
                                int defaultOn,
                                int toggle);
 
+extern int
+virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel(virCapsHostSecModelPtr secmodel,
+                                        const char *type,
+                                        const char *label);
+
 extern int
 virCapabilitiesSupportsGuestArch(virCapsPtr caps,
                                  virArch arch);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 092f79749c468028a39a0e1c5437ad834c5298df..675835f040a5ac72b100e4f52cb3148d236680fb 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ virCapabilitiesFormatXML;
 virCapabilitiesFreeMachines;
 virCapabilitiesFreeNUMAInfo;
 virCapabilitiesGetCpusForNodemask;
+virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel;
 virCapabilitiesNew;
 virCapabilitiesSetHostCPU;
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
index c1cee3f841810e245515635933290cddcdbea651..557191aec0cbe4f0cd438176d44207d1c36ec858 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.c
@@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ virCapsPtr virLXCDriverCapsInit(virLXCDriverPtr driver)
 
     if (driver) {
         /* Security driver data */
-        const char *doi, *model;
+        const char *doi, *model, *label, *type;
 
         doi = virSecurityManagerGetDOI(driver->securityManager);
         model = virSecurityManagerGetModel(driver->securityManager);
+        label = virSecurityManagerGetBaseLabel(driver->securityManager,
+                                               VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_LXC);
+        type = virDomainVirtTypeToString(VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_LXC);
         /* Allocate the primary security driver for LXC. */
         if (VIR_ALLOC(caps->host.secModels) < 0)
             goto error;
@@ -138,6 +141,11 @@ virCapsPtr virLXCDriverCapsInit(virLXCDriverPtr driver)
             goto error;
         if (VIR_STRDUP(caps->host.secModels[0].doi, doi) < 0)
             goto error;
+        if (label &&
+            virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel(&caps->host.secModels[0],
+                                                    type,
+                                                    label) < 0)
+            goto error;
 
         VIR_DEBUG("Initialized caps for security driver \"%s\" with "
                   "DOI \"%s\"", model, doi);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 4ef9c758884519a5cc7ea16dcf8809a5015f4f47..03c9c7d486d27c0ad0614d683b67ad66a468d2d0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -605,12 +605,14 @@ virQEMUDriverCreateXMLConf(virQEMUDriverPtr driver)
 
 virCapsPtr virQEMUDriverCreateCapabilities(virQEMUDriverPtr driver)
 {
-    size_t i;
+    size_t i, j;
     virCapsPtr caps;
     virSecurityManagerPtr *sec_managers = NULL;
     /* Security driver data */
-    const char *doi, *model;
+    const char *doi, *model, *lbl, *type;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
+    const int virtTypes[] = {VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM,
+                             VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU,};
 
     /* Basic host arch / guest machine capabilities */
     if (!(caps = virQEMUCapsInit(driver->qemuCapsCache)))
@@ -635,11 +637,21 @@ virCapsPtr virQEMUDriverCreateCapabilities(virQEMUDriverPtr driver)
         goto error;
 
     for (i = 0; sec_managers[i]; i++) {
+        virCapsHostSecModelPtr sm = &caps->host.secModels[i];
         doi = virSecurityManagerGetDOI(sec_managers[i]);
         model = virSecurityManagerGetModel(sec_managers[i]);
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(caps->host.secModels[i].model, model) < 0 ||
-            VIR_STRDUP(caps->host.secModels[i].doi, doi) < 0)
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(sm->model, model) < 0 ||
+            VIR_STRDUP(sm->doi, doi) < 0)
             goto error;
+
+        for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_CARDINALITY(virtTypes); j++) {
+            lbl = virSecurityManagerGetBaseLabel(sec_managers[i], virtTypes[j]);
+            type = virDomainVirtTypeToString(virtTypes[j]);
+            if (lbl &&
+                virCapabilitiesHostSecModelAddBaseLabel(sm, type, lbl) < 0)
+                goto error;
+        }
+
         VIR_DEBUG("Initialized caps for security driver \"%s\" with "
                   "DOI \"%s\"", model, doi);
     }
diff --git a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-qemu-kvm.xml b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-qemu-kvm.xml
index de0c57feb408c7d6b2eb9f922d6b549fcf212647..55faa16b2d3a1efdc5ce8e9ef12c062e921501c2 100644
--- a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-qemu-kvm.xml
+++ b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-qemu-kvm.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     <secmodel>
       <model>selinux</model>
       <doi>0</doi>
+      <baselabel type='kvm'>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0</baselabel>
+      <baselabel type='qemu'>system_u:system_r:svirt_tcg_t:s0</baselabel>
     </secmodel>
   </host>
 
diff --git a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
index e6c56c55f98f3364e036f705a2ce9930d6347ade..7e21f850488a531a2e385a12f7532db04868cf2a 100644
--- a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
+++ b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
     <secmodel>
       <model>dac</model>
       <doi>0</doi>
+      <baselabel type='kvm'>107:107</baselabel>
+      <baselabel type='qemu'>107:107</baselabel>
     </secmodel>
   </host>