diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index bc0a48c172..1d3bee67f4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5623,7 +5623,8 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageUpdateDef(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     if (!(newdef_migr = qemuDomainDefCopy(driver,
                                           newdef,
-                                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE)))
+                                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE |
+                                          VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!virDomainDefCheckABIStability(def, newdef_migr)) {