diff -Nru a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c	2012-01-03 01:51:55.069333901 +0300
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c	2012-01-03 05:59:24.195251148 +0300
@@ -2822,10 +2822,26 @@
     /* Run an early hook to set-up missing devices */
     if (virHookPresent(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU)) {
         char *xml = virDomainDefFormat(vm->def, 0);
+        char *opt = NULL;
         int hookret;
 
+        if (migrateFrom) {
+            switch (vmop) {
+            case VIR_VM_OP_MIGRATE_IN_START:
+                if (STRPREFIX(migrateFrom, "tcp")) {
+                    opt = "migration-target-direct";
+                } else {
+                    opt = "migration-target-tunnel";
+                }
+                break;
+            case VIR_VM_OP_RESTORE:
+                opt = "restore";
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
         hookret = virHookCall(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU, vm->def->name,
-                    VIR_HOOK_QEMU_OP_PREPARE, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_BEGIN, NULL, xml);
+                    VIR_HOOK_QEMU_OP_PREPARE, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_BEGIN, opt, xml);
         VIR_FREE(xml);
 
         /*