diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 239315ad1cd75e8039c9b2a52ebc74e32fde9093..c40b127de0f737fedd2da2626bf465f98c6666b8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Apr 25 13:37:22 EDT 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/xend_internal.c: applied patch from Jim Fehlig when parsing
+	  domain S-Expr the kernel may not be provided (Dom0)
+
 Mon Apr 24 18:23:29 EDT 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/hash.c src/internal.h: add virGetDomainByID() to speed up
diff --git a/src/xend_internal.c b/src/xend_internal.c
index 1bea597f46fcbbdc5a25ecc476d3c20a17c0a74f..3655246516ffa1eecc4aef56d523a2192af35baa 100644
--- a/src/xend_internal.c
+++ b/src/xend_internal.c
@@ -1350,28 +1350,30 @@ xend_parse_sexp_desc(struct sexpr *root)
     tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/bootloader");
     if (tmp != NULL)
 	virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "  <bootloader>%s</bootloader>\n", tmp);
-    tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/kernel");
-    if (tmp == NULL) {
-        /*
-         * TODO: we will need some fallback here for other guest OSes
-         */
-        virXendError(NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                     "domain informations incomplete, missing kernel");
-        goto error;
+    if (sexpr_lookup(root, "domain/image")) {
+        tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/kernel");
+        if (tmp == NULL) {
+           /*
+            * TODO: we will need some fallback here for other guest OSes
+            */
+           virXendError(NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                        "domain informations incomplete, missing kernel");
+           goto error;
+        }
+        virBufferAdd(&buf, "  <os>\n", 7);
+        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <type>linux</type>\n");
+        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <kernel>%s</kernel>\n", tmp);
+        tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/ramdisk");
+        if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
+           virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <initrd>%s</initrd>\n", tmp);
+        tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/root");
+        if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
+           virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <root>%s</root>\n", tmp);
+        tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/args");
+        if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
+           virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <cmdline>%s</cmdline>\n", tmp);
+        virBufferAdd(&buf, "  </os>\n", 8);
     }
-    virBufferAdd(&buf, "  <os>\n", 7);
-    virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <type>linux</type>\n");
-    virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <kernel>%s</kernel>\n", tmp);
-    tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/ramdisk");
-    if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
-        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <initrd>%s</initrd>\n", tmp);
-    tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/root");
-    if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
-        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <root>%s</root>\n", tmp);
-    tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/image/linux/args");
-    if ((tmp != NULL) && (tmp[0] != 0))
-        virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "    <cmdline>%s</cmdline>\n", tmp);
-    virBufferAdd(&buf, "  </os>\n", 8);
     virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "  <memory>%d</memory>\n",
                       (int) (sexpr_u64(root, "domain/maxmem") << 10));
     virBufferVSprintf(&buf, "  <vcpu>%d</vcpu>\n",