diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index f876f9117c..0b5b5a314f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct _virQEMUDriverConfig {
     bool dynamicOwnership;
 
     virBitmapPtr namespaces;
+    bool rememberOwner;
 
     int cgroupControllers;
     char **cgroupDeviceACL;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 1beb5969c1..2f65bbe34e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -1963,6 +1963,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateDataClear(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
     virBitmapFree(priv->namespaces);
     priv->namespaces = NULL;
 
+    priv->rememberOwner = false;
+
     priv->reconnectBlockjobs = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_ABSENT;
     priv->allowReboot = VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_ABSENT;
 
@@ -2480,6 +2482,9 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
     if (priv->chardevStdioLogd)
         virBufferAddLit(buf, "<chardevStdioLogd/>\n");
 
+    if (priv->rememberOwner)
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, "<rememberOwner/>\n");
+
     qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatAllowReboot(buf, priv->allowReboot);
 
     qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLFormatPR(buf, priv);
@@ -2891,6 +2896,8 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
         priv->namespaces = NULL;
     }
 
+    priv->rememberOwner = virXPathBoolean("count(./rememberOwner) > 0", ctxt);
+
     if ((n = virXPathNodeSet("./vcpus/vcpu", ctxt, &nodes)) < 0)
         goto error;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 87de433b22..53b5ea1678 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ struct _qemuDomainObjPrivate {
     /* qemuProcessStartCPUs stores the reason for starting vCPUs here for the
      * RESUME event handler to use it */
     virDomainRunningReason runningReason;
+
+    /* true if libvirt remembers the original owner for files */
+    bool rememberOwner;
 };
 
 # define QEMU_DOMAIN_PRIVATE(vm) \
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 36164a3183..031383b987 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5898,6 +5898,9 @@ qemuProcessPrepareDomain(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         priv->chardevStdioLogd = true;
     }
 
+    /* Track if this domain remembers original owner */
+    priv->rememberOwner = cfg->rememberOwner;
+
     qemuProcessPrepareAllowReboot(vm);
 
     /* clear the 'blockdev' capability for VMs which have disks that need