diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index d8183ee580f6f4f39f08b4eb0bd1ce914355c347..84a6706e6c73e2e1c7e435d819490406f6cb00f4 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -2979,9 +2979,15 @@ cmdUndefine(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     size_t i;
     size_t j;
 
-
     ignore_value(vshCommandOptString(cmd, "storage", &vol_string));
 
+    if (!(vol_string || remove_all_storage) && wipe_storage) {
+        vshError(ctl,
+                 _("'--wipe-storage' requires '--storage <string>' or "
+                   "'--remove-all-storage'"));
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (managed_save) {
         flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_UNDEFINE_MANAGED_SAVE;
         managed_save_safe = true;