diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index b845a8aa0e..292e032a66 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -3500,7 +3500,11 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
         will add a default <code>video</code> according to the guest type.
         For a guest of type "kvm", the default <code>video</code> for it is:
         <code>type</code> with value "cirrus", <code>vram</code> with value
-        "9216", and <code>heads</code> with value "1".
+        "9216", and <code>heads</code> with value "1". By default, the first
+        video device in domain xml is the primary one, but the optional
+        attribute <code>primary</code> (<span class="since">since 1.0.2</span>)
+        with value 'yes' can be used to mark the primary in cases of mutiple
+        video device. The non-primary must be type of "qxl".
       </dd>
 
       <dt><code>model</code></dt>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 14344e2029..cdc511568e 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -2259,6 +2259,14 @@
               <ref name="unsignedInt"/>
             </attribute>
           </optional>
+          <optional>
+            <attribute name="primary">
+              <choice>
+                <value>yes</value>
+                <value>no</value>
+              </choice>
+            </attribute>
+          </optional>
           <optional>
             <element name="acceleration">
               <optional>
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 12eeb5ee80..19af0584f4 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -7275,6 +7275,7 @@ virDomainVideoDefParseXML(const xmlNodePtr node,
     char *type = NULL;
     char *heads = NULL;
     char *vram = NULL;
+    char *primary = NULL;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0) {
         virReportOOMError();
@@ -7289,6 +7290,11 @@ virDomainVideoDefParseXML(const xmlNodePtr node,
                 type = virXMLPropString(cur, "type");
                 vram = virXMLPropString(cur, "vram");
                 heads = virXMLPropString(cur, "heads");
+
+                if ((primary = virXMLPropString(cur, "primary")) != NULL)
+                    if (STREQ(primary, "yes"))
+                        def->primary = 1;
+
                 def->accel = virDomainVideoAccelDefParseXML(cur);
             }
         }
@@ -8709,6 +8715,7 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
     xmlNodePtr cur;
     bool usb_none = false;
     bool usb_other = false;
+    bool primaryVideo = false;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0) {
         virReportOOMError();
@@ -9996,12 +10003,28 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps,
     if (n && VIR_ALLOC_N(def->videos, n) < 0)
         goto no_memory;
     for (i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) {
+        size_t ii = def->nvideos;
         virDomainVideoDefPtr video = virDomainVideoDefParseXML(nodes[i],
                                                                def,
                                                                flags);
         if (!video)
             goto error;
-        def->videos[def->nvideos++] = video;
+
+        if (video->primary) {
+            if (primaryVideo) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                               _("Only one primary video device is supported"));
+                goto error;
+            }
+
+            ii = 0;
+            primaryVideo = true;
+        }
+        if (VIR_INSERT_ELEMENT_INPLACE(def->videos,
+                                       ii,
+                                       def->nvideos,
+                                       video) < 0)
+            goto error;
     }
     VIR_FREE(nodes);
 
@@ -13151,6 +13174,8 @@ virDomainVideoDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, " vram='%u'", def->vram);
     if (def->heads)
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, " heads='%u'", def->heads);
+    if (def->primary)
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, " primary='yes'");
     if (def->accel) {
         virBufferAddLit(buf, ">\n");
         virDomainVideoAccelDefFormat(buf, def->accel);
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index e6659cd038..bc9ef88864 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ struct _virDomainVideoDef {
     int type;
     unsigned int vram;
     unsigned int heads;
+    bool primary;
     virDomainVideoAccelDefPtr accel;
     virDomainDeviceInfo info;
 };