diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
index 08f9cbb70..aeb55cad7 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
       <synic state="on"/>
     </hyperv>
     <vmport state="off"/>
-    <vmcoreinfo/>
+    <vmcoreinfo state="on"/>
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="strict">
     <model>foobar</model>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
       <synic state="on"/>
     </hyperv>
     <vmport state="off"/>
-    <vmcoreinfo/>
+    <vmcoreinfo state="on"/>
   </features>
   <cpu mode="custom" match="strict">
     <model>foobar</model>
diff --git a/tests/xmlparse-xml/change-guest-out.xml b/tests/xmlparse-xml/change-guest-out.xml
index 5fd3da6d1..17af0826b 100644
--- a/tests/xmlparse-xml/change-guest-out.xml
+++ b/tests/xmlparse-xml/change-guest-out.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </hyperv>
     <vmport state="on"/>
     <viridian/>
-    <vmcoreinfo/>
+    <vmcoreinfo state="on"/>
     <kvm>
       <hidden state="on"/>
     </kvm>
diff --git a/tests/xmlparse.py b/tests/xmlparse.py
index 7be4ec207..ddedee58a 100644
--- a/tests/xmlparse.py
+++ b/tests/xmlparse.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class XMLParseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         check("hyperv_spinlocks", True, True)
         check("hyperv_spinlocks_retries", 12287, 54321)
         check("vmport", False, True)
-        check("vmcoreinfo", False, True)
+        check("vmcoreinfo", None, True)
         check("kvm_hidden", None, True)
         check("pvspinlock", None, True)
         check("gic_version", None, False)
diff --git a/virtinst/domain/features.py b/virtinst/domain/features.py
index a88aa5499..ae7ba2ff8 100644
--- a/virtinst/domain/features.py
+++ b/virtinst/domain/features.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DomainFeatures(XMLBuilder):
     pvspinlock = XMLProperty("./pvspinlock/@state", is_onoff=True)
 
     smm = XMLProperty("./smm/@state", is_onoff=True)
-    vmcoreinfo = XMLProperty("./vmcoreinfo", is_bool=True)
+    vmcoreinfo = XMLProperty("./vmcoreinfo/@state", is_onoff=True)
 
 
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