diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index dfd531b1a0b..0f11c12f101 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
                 guestDef.append("<entry name='manufacturer'>" + getManufacturer() +"</entry>\n");
                 guestDef.append("<entry name='product'>" + getProduct() + "</entry>\n");
                 guestDef.append("<entry name='uuid'>" + _uuid + "</entry>\n");
+                guestDef.append("<entry name='serial'>" + _uuid + "</entry>\n");
                 guestDef.append("</system>\n");
                 guestDef.append("</sysinfo>\n");