diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 73101a9896c..026b914bc57 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VolumeTO;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.KVMHABase.NfsStoragePool;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.ConsoleDef;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.CpuTuneDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.DevicesDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef.diskProtocol;
@@ -2475,6 +2476,10 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements
         grd.setVcpuNum(vmTO.getCpus());
         vm.addComp(grd);
 
+        CpuTuneDef ctd = new CpuTuneDef();
+        ctd.setShares(vmTO.getCpus() * vmTO.getSpeed());
+        vm.addComp(ctd);
+
         FeaturesDef features = new FeaturesDef();
         features.addFeatures("pae");
         features.addFeatures("apic");
@@ -2550,9 +2555,6 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements
 
             s_logger.debug("starting " + vmName + ": " + vm.toString());
             startDomain(conn, vmName, vm.toString());
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("virsh schedinfo " + vmName
-                    + " --set cpu_shares=" + vmSpec.getCpus()
-                    * vmSpec.getSpeed());
 
             NicTO[] nics = vmSpec.getNics();
             for (NicTO nic : nics) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 56e3efa79e9..ba6c715e455 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -752,6 +752,29 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
         }
     }
 
+    public static class CpuTuneDef {
+        private int _shares = 0;
+
+        public void setShares(int shares) {
+            _shares = shares;
+        }
+
+        public int getShares() {
+            return _shares;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            StringBuilder cpuTuneBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+            cpuTuneBuilder.append("<cputune>\n");
+            if (_shares > 0) {
+                cpuTuneBuilder.append("<shares>" + _shares + "</shares>\n");
+            }
+            cpuTuneBuilder.append("</cputune>\n");
+            return cpuTuneBuilder.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
     public static class SerialDef {
         private final String _type;
         private final String _source;