diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng libvirt-0.9.8/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng	2011-12-08 11:29:49.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng	2011-12-12 07:54:30.939996765 +0900
@@ -1800,22 +1800,26 @@
         <value>xen</value>
         <value>serial</value>
         <value>uml</value>
-        <value>virtio</value>
       </choice>
     </attribute>
   </define>
 
   <define  name="qemucdevTgtDef">
-    <element name="target">
-      <interleave>
-        <optional>
-          <ref name="qemucdevConsoleTgtType"/>
-        </optional>
-        <optional>
-          <attribute name="port"/>
-        </optional>
-      </interleave>
-    </element>
+    <choice>
+      <element name="target">
+        <interleave>
+          <optional>
+            <ref name="qemucdevConsoleTgtType"/>
+          </optional>
+          <optional>
+            <attribute name="port"/>
+          </optional>
+        </interleave>
+      </element>
+      <choice>
+        <ref name="virtioTarget"/>
+      </choice>
+    </choice>
   </define>
 
   <define name="qemucdevSrcTypeChoice">
diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/src/conf/domain_conf.c libvirt-0.9.8/src/conf/domain_conf.c
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/src/conf/domain_conf.c	2011-12-08 11:29:49.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/src/conf/domain_conf.c	2011-12-12 08:13:06.958096724 +0900
@@ -3969,6 +3969,11 @@ virDomainChrDefParseTargetXML(virCapsPtr
         break;
 
     default:
+        if (def->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_VIRTIO &&
+            def->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CONSOLE) {
+            def->target.name = virXMLPropString(cur, "name");
+            break;
+        }
         portStr = virXMLPropString(cur, "port");
         if (portStr == NULL) {
             /* Set to negative value to indicate we should set it later */
@@ -7573,7 +7578,12 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParse
             }
         }
 
-        chr->target.port = i;
+        /*
+         * target.port is not accepted for virtio
+         * See domain_conf.h for struct _virDomainChrDef
+         */
+        if (chr->targetType != VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_VIRTIO)
+            chr->target.port = i;
 
         def->consoles[def->nconsoles++] = chr;
     }
@@ -10406,10 +10416,15 @@ virDomainChrDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CONSOLE:
         virBufferAsprintf(buf,
-                          "      <target type='%s' port='%d'/>\n",
+                          "      <target type='%s'",
                           virDomainChrTargetTypeToString(def->deviceType,
-                                                         def->targetType),
-                          def->target.port);
+                                                         def->targetType));
+        if (def->targetType != VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_VIRTIO)
+            virBufferAsprintf(buf, " port='%d'/>\n", def->target.port);
+        else if (def->target.name)
+            virBufferAsprintf(buf, " name='%s'/>\n", def->target.name);
+        else
+            virBufferAsprintf(buf, "/>\n");
         break;
 
     default:
diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/src/qemu/qemu_command.c libvirt-0.9.8/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/src/qemu/qemu_command.c	2011-12-02 12:59:50.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/src/qemu/qemu_command.c	2011-12-12 08:15:39.200968095 +0900
@@ -3061,7 +3061,9 @@ qemuBuildVirtioSerialPortDevStr(virDomai
           qemuCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPICEVMC))) {
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",chardev=char%s,id=%s",
                           dev->info.alias, dev->info.alias);
-        if (dev->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL &&
+        if ((dev->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CHANNEL  ||
+            (dev->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_CONSOLE &&
+             dev->targetType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_CONSOLE_TARGET_TYPE_VIRTIO)) &&
             dev->target.name) {
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",name=%s", dev->target.name);
         }
diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.args libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.args
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.args	2011-11-03 23:48:23.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.args	2011-12-12 08:55:41.686622150 +0900
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=read
 virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -hda \
 /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev pty,id=charconsole1 \
--device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole1,id=console1 -chardev \
-pty,id=charconsole2 -device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole2,id=console2 \
+-device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole1,id=console1,name=1 -chardev \
+pty,id=charconsole2 -device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole2,id=console2,name=2 \
 -chardev pty,id=charconsole3 -device virtconsole,chardev=charconsole3,\
-id=console3 -usb -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,\
+id=console3,name=3 -usb -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,\
 bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.xml libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.xml
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.xml	2011-11-03 23:48:23.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-virtio-many.xml	2011-12-12 08:54:47.887425251 +0900
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
     </console>
     <console type='pty'>
-      <target type='virtio' port='1'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='1'/>
     </console>
     <console type='pty'>
-      <target type='virtio' port='2'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='2'/>
     </console>
     <console type='pty'>
-      <target type='virtio' port='3'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='3'/>
     </console>
     <memballoon model='virtio'/>
   </devices>
diff -uNrp libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-console-virtio.xml libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-console-virtio.xml
--- libvirt-0.9.8.orig/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-console-virtio.xml	2011-06-10 15:50:15.000000000 +0900
+++ libvirt-0.9.8/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-console-virtio.xml	2011-12-12 08:58:35.419374433 +0900
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
     <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'/>
     <console type='pty'>
-      <target type='virtio' port='0'/>
+      <target type='virtio'/>
     </console>
     <memballoon model='virtio'/>
   </devices>
