diff --git a/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug b/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
index b6f6dc49fd..8bc23baa66 100644
--- a/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
+++ b/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ module Libvirtd_qemu =
let spice_entry = str_entry "spice_listen"
| bool_entry "spice_tls"
| str_entry "spice_tls_x509_cert_dir"
+ | bool_entry "spice_auto_unix_socket"
| str_entry "spice_password"
| bool_entry "spice_sasl"
| str_entry "spice_sasl_dir"
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu.conf b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
index 59c839ea8d..796427368e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@
#spice_tls_x509_cert_dir = "/etc/pki/libvirt-spice"
+# Enable this option to have SPICE served over an automatically created
+# unix socket. This prevents unprivileged access from users on the
+# host machine.
+#
+# This will only be enabled for SPICE configurations that have listen
+# type=address but without any address specified. This setting takes
+# preference over spice_listen.
+#
+#spice_auto_unix_socket = 1
+
+
# The default SPICE password. This parameter is only used if the
# per-domain XML config does not already provide a password. To
# allow access without passwords, leave this commented out. An
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index e00ddcaa57..d4c34c994c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ int virQEMUDriverConfigLoadFile(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
GET_VALUE_STR("spice_sasl_dir", cfg->spiceSASLdir);
GET_VALUE_STR("spice_listen", cfg->spiceListen);
GET_VALUE_STR("spice_password", cfg->spicePassword);
+ GET_VALUE_BOOL("spice_auto_unix_socket", cfg->spiceAutoUnixSocket);
GET_VALUE_ULONG("remote_websocket_port_min", cfg->webSocketPortMin);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index 1fdef70859..e830b4096c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct _virQEMUDriverConfig {
char *spiceSASLdir;
char *spiceListen;
char *spicePassword;
+ bool spiceAutoUnixSocket;
int remotePortMin;
int remotePortMax;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index ce6bcce3c0..7d61ecde79 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -4035,6 +4035,7 @@ qemuProcessGraphicsSetupListen(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
break;
case VIR_DOMAIN_GRAPHICS_TYPE_SPICE:
+ useSocket = cfg->spiceAutoUnixSocket;
listenAddr = cfg->spiceListen;
break;
diff --git a/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in b/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
index 8bec7437cd..c4d4f1945e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
+++ b/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module Test_libvirtd_qemu =
{ "spice_listen" = "0.0.0.0" }
{ "spice_tls" = "1" }
{ "spice_tls_x509_cert_dir" = "/etc/pki/libvirt-spice" }
+{ "spice_auto_unix_socket" = "1" }
{ "spice_password" = "XYZ12345" }
{ "spice_sasl" = "1" }
{ "spice_sasl_dir" = "/some/directory/sasl2" }
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61335b0460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.args
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
+/usr/bin/qemu \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-M pc \
+-m 214 \
+-smp 1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-usb \
+-spice unix,addr=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/spice.sock \
+-vga cirrus
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2e3d124e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219100
+ 219100
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 4dc3d66735..1d88084df1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("graphics-spice-auto-socket",
QEMU_CAPS_SPICE,
QEMU_CAPS_SPICE_UNIX);
+ driver.config->spiceAutoUnixSocket = true;
+ DO_TEST("graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg",
+ QEMU_CAPS_SPICE,
+ QEMU_CAPS_SPICE_UNIX);
+ driver.config->spiceAutoUnixSocket = false;
DO_TEST("input-usbmouse", NONE);
DO_TEST("input-usbtablet", NONE);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7548184f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219100
+ 219100
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 4e06b72832..ba55919347 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -444,6 +444,10 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("graphics-spice-qxl-vga");
DO_TEST("graphics-spice-socket");
DO_TEST("graphics-spice-auto-socket");
+ cfg->spiceAutoUnixSocket = true;
+ DO_TEST("graphics-spice-auto-socket-cfg");
+ cfg->spiceAutoUnixSocket = false;
+
DO_TEST("nographics-vga");
DO_TEST("input-usbmouse");
DO_TEST("input-usbtablet");