diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 27afb740cb6a88765b89a078ff4567757b262454..6288e427b1ccc90dcb1f83f7fb861cdf7b468a99 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -4554,7 +4554,8 @@ virDomainGetXMLDesc(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned int flags)
 
     conn = domain->conn;
 
-    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)) {
+    if ((conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) &&
+        (flags & (VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE | VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE))) {
         virLibConnError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, "%s",
                         _("virDomainGetXMLDesc with secure flag"));
         goto error;
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
index 225b5ecebe15ded0db2256ec99988d3905e28319..db3aa8a4691323eb8caecc5186767bceaed86630 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
+++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
@@ -2984,6 +2984,7 @@ enum remote_procedure {
      * @generate: both
      * @acl: domain:read
      * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE
+     * @acl: domain:read_secure:VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE
      */
     REMOTE_PROC_DOMAIN_GET_XML_DESC = 14,