diff --git a/tools/libxl/Makefile b/tools/libxl/Makefile
index 47fb110..2b58721 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ AUTOINCS= libxlu_cfg_y.h libxlu_cfg_l.h _libxl_list.h _paths.h \
 AUTOSRCS= libxlu_cfg_y.c libxlu_cfg_l.c
 AUTOSRCS += _libxl_save_msgs_callout.c _libxl_save_msgs_helper.c
 LIBXLU_OBJS = libxlu_cfg_y.o libxlu_cfg_l.o libxlu_cfg.o \
-	libxlu_disk_l.o libxlu_disk.o libxlu_vif.o libxlu_pci.o
+	libxlu_disk_l.o libxlu_disk.o libxlu_vif.o libxlu_pci.o libxlu_dm.o
 $(LIBXLU_OBJS): CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_libxenctrl) # For xentoollog.h
 
 CLIENTS = xl testidl libxl-save-helper
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxlu_dm.c b/tools/libxl/libxlu_dm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f0a347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxlu_dm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#include "libxl_osdeps.h" /* must come before any other headers */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "libxlu_internal.h"
+#include "libxlu_cfg_i.h"
+
+static void split_string_into_string_list(const char *str,
+                                          const char *delim,
+                                          libxl_string_list *psl)
+{
+    char *s, *saveptr;
+    const char *p;
+    libxl_string_list sl;
+
+    int i = 0, nr = 0;
+
+    s = strdup(str);
+    if (s == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "xlu_dm: unable to allocate memory\n");
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    /* Count number of entries */
+    p = strtok_r(s, delim, &saveptr);
+    do {
+        nr++;
+    } while ((p = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &saveptr)));
+
+    free(s);
+
+    s = strdup(str);
+
+    sl = malloc((nr+1) * sizeof (char *));
+    if (sl == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "xlu_dm: unable to allocate memory\n");
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    p = strtok_r(s, delim, &saveptr);
+    do {
+        assert(i < nr);
+        // Skip blank
+        while (*p == ' ')
+            p++;
+        sl[i] = strdup(p);
+        i++;
+    } while ((p = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &saveptr)));
+    sl[i] = NULL;
+
+    *psl = sl;
+
+    free(s);
+}
+
+int xlu_dm_parse(XLU_Config *cfg, const char *spec,
+                 libxl_dm *dm)
+{
+    char *buf = strdup(spec);
+    char *p, *p2;
+    int rc = 0;
+
+    p = strtok(buf, ",");
+    if (!p)
+        goto skip_dm;
+    do {
+        while (*p == ' ')
+            p++;
+        if ((p2 = strchr(p, '=')) == NULL) {
+            if (!strcmp(p, "ui"))
+                dm->capabilities |= LIBXL_DM_CAP_UI;
+            else if (!strcmp(p, "ide"))
+                dm->capabilities |= LIBXL_DM_CAP_IDE;
+            else if (!strcmp(p, "serial"))
+                dm->capabilities |= LIBXL_DM_CAP_SERIAL;
+            else if (!strcmp(p, "audio"))
+                dm->capabilities |= LIBXL_DM_CAP_AUDIO;
+        } else {
+            *p2 = '\0';
+            if (!strcmp(p, "name"))
+                dm->name = strdup(p2 + 1);
+            else if (!strcmp(p, "path"))
+                dm->path = strdup(p2 + 1);
+            else if (!strcmp(p, "vifs"))
+                split_string_into_string_list(p2 + 1, ";", &dm->vifs);
+       }
+    } while ((p = strtok(NULL, ",")) != NULL);
+
+    if (!dm->name && dm->path)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "xl: Unable to parse device_deamon\n");
+        exit(-ERROR_FAIL);
+    }
+skip_dm:
+    free(buf);
+
+    return rc;
+}
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxlutil.h b/tools/libxl/libxlutil.h
index 0333e55..db22715 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxlutil.h
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxlutil.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ int xlu_disk_parse(XLU_Config *cfg, int nspecs, const char *const *specs,
  */
 int xlu_pci_parse_bdf(XLU_Config *cfg, libxl_device_pci *pcidev, const char *str);
 
+/*
+ * Daemon specification parsing.
+ */
+int xlu_dm_parse(XLU_Config *cfg, const char *spec,
+                 libxl_dm *dm);
 
 /*
  * Vif rate parsing.
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index 138cd72..2a26fa4 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
     const char *buf;
     long l;
     XLU_Config *config;
-    XLU_ConfigList *cpus, *vbds, *nics, *pcis, *cvfbs, *cpuids;
+    XLU_ConfigList *cpus, *vbds, *nics, *pcis, *cvfbs, *cpuids, *dms;
     int pci_power_mgmt = 0;
     int pci_msitranslate = 0;
     int pci_permissive = 0;
@@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *config_source,
                 } else if (!strcmp(p, "vifname")) {
                     free(nic->ifname);
                     nic->ifname = strdup(p2 + 1);
+                } else if (!strcmp(p, "id")) {
+                    free(nic->id);
+                    nic->id = strdup(p2 + 1);
                 } else if (!strcmp(p, "backend")) {
                     if(libxl_name_to_domid(ctx, (p2 + 1), &(nic->backend_domid))) {
                         fprintf(stderr, "Specified backend domain does not exist, defaulting to Dom0\n");
@@ -1249,6 +1252,30 @@ skip_vfb:
             }
         }
     }
+
+    d_config->num_dms = 0;
+    d_config->dms = NULL;
+
+    if (b_info->device_model_version == LIBXL_DEVICE_MODEL_VERSION_QEMU_XEN
+        && !xlu_cfg_get_list (config, "device_models", &dms, 0, 0)) {
+        while ((buf = xlu_cfg_get_listitem (dms, d_config->num_dms)) != NULL) {
+            libxl_dm *dm;
+            size_t size = sizeof (libxl_dm) * (d_config->num_dms + 1);
+
+            d_config->dms = (libxl_dm *)realloc (d_config->dms, size);
+            if (!d_config->dms) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Can't realloc d_config->dms\n");
+                exit (1);
+            }
+            dm = d_config->dms + d_config->num_dms;
+            libxl_dm_init (dm);
+            if (xlu_dm_parse(config, buf, dm)) {
+                exit (-ERROR_FAIL);
+            }
+            d_config->num_dms++;
+        }
+    }
+
 #define parse_extra_args(type)                                            \
     e = xlu_cfg_get_list_as_string_list(config, "device_model_args"#type, \
                                     &b_info->extra##type, 0);            \
