diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 761f9bffef89cea64a294a959fdadce79a914301..54d6364f4f45173a6e4d5bc879c6863c75eb2967 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ void virDomainGraphicsDefFree(virDomainGraphicsDefPtr def)
         virDomainGraphicsListenDefClear(&def->listens[i]);
     VIR_FREE(def->listens);
 
+    virObjectUnref(def->privateData);
     VIR_FREE(def);
 }
 
@@ -14116,13 +14117,19 @@ virDomainGraphicsDefParseXMLEGLHeadless(virDomainGraphicsDefPtr def,
 
 
 virDomainGraphicsDefPtr
-virDomainGraphicsDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+virDomainGraphicsDefNew(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
 {
     virDomainGraphicsDefPtr def = NULL;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
+    if (xmlopt && xmlopt->privateData.graphicsNew &&
+        !(def->privateData = xmlopt->privateData.graphicsNew())) {
+        VIR_FREE(def);
+        def = NULL;
+    }
+
     return def;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 2a97ad8ab3eeb8cb5c16d0efee47771b3dbf1111..7776a3afb2b1f040f033e26e82a3430b1cb191a5 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1603,6 +1603,8 @@ struct _virDomainGraphicsListenDef {
 };
 
 struct _virDomainGraphicsDef {
+    virObjectPtr privateData;
+
     /* Port value discipline:
      * Value -1 is legacy syntax indicating that it should be auto-allocated.
      * Value 0 means port wasn't specified in XML at all.
@@ -2783,6 +2785,7 @@ struct _virDomainXMLPrivateDataCallbacks {
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    vcpuNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    chrSourceNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    vsockNew;
+    virDomainXMLPrivateDataNewFunc    graphicsNew;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataFormatFunc format;
     virDomainXMLPrivateDataParseFunc  parse;
     /* following function shall return a pointer which will be used as the