diff --git a/a1c9a81a-libxl-rbd-fix.patch b/a1c9a81a-libxl-rbd-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84faa53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a1c9a81a-libxl-rbd-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+commit a1c9a81a318f3cd558faed7fc4c4933f95c07a07
+Author: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
+Date:   Mon May 23 15:56:01 2016 -0600
+
+    libxl: default to qemu driver for network disks
+    
+    Xen only supports network-based disks with the qemu (aka qdisk) driver.
+    Set the driverName to 'qemu' in libxlDomainDeviceDefPostParse() if
+    not already set. When starting a domain with network-based disks,
+    ensure the driverName is 'qemu'.
+    
+    Resolves: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=981094
+
+Index: libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.3.4.orig/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
++++ libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+@@ -1055,13 +1055,18 @@ libxlMakeNetworkDiskSrc(virStorageSource
+ int
+ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk, libxl_device_disk *x_disk)
+ {
+-    const char *driver;
+-    int format;
++    const char *driver = virDomainDiskGetDriver(l_disk);
++    int format = virDomainDiskGetFormat(l_disk);
+     int actual_type = virStorageSourceGetActualType(l_disk->src);
+ 
+     libxl_device_disk_init(x_disk);
+ 
+     if (actual_type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK) {
++        if (STRNEQ_NULLABLE(driver, "qemu")) {
++            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
++                           _("only the 'qemu' driver can be used with network disks"));
++            return -1;
++        }
+         if (libxlMakeNetworkDiskSrc(l_disk->src, &x_disk->pdev_path) < 0)
+             return -1;
+     } else {
+@@ -1072,8 +1077,6 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk
+     if (VIR_STRDUP(x_disk->vdev, l_disk->dst) < 0)
+         return -1;
+ 
+-    driver = virDomainDiskGetDriver(l_disk);
+-    format = virDomainDiskGetFormat(l_disk);
+     if (driver) {
+         if (STREQ(driver, "tap") || STREQ(driver, "tap2")) {
+             switch (format) {
+Index: libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
+===================================================================
+--- libvirt-1.3.4.orig/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
++++ libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
+@@ -364,6 +364,18 @@ libxlDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainD
+         }
+     }
+ 
++    /* for network-based disks, set 'qemu' as the default driver */
++    if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_DISK) {
++        virDomainDiskDefPtr disk = dev->data.disk;
++        int actual_type = virStorageSourceGetActualType(disk->src);
++
++        if (actual_type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_NETWORK) {
++            if (!virDomainDiskGetDriver(disk) &&
++                virDomainDiskSetDriver(disk, "qemu") < 0)
++                return -1;
++        }
++    }
++
+     return 0;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index beb1133..87d8dd8 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 25 14:55:16 UTC 2016 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- libxl: default to qemu driver for network disks
+  a1c9a81a-libxl-rbd-fix.patch
+  boo#981094
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 18 04:55:22 UTC 2016 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 0cde347..a1a5115 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ Patch5:         b90c4b5f-tests-use-qemu-xen.patch
 Patch6:         fccf2725-libxl-API-4.4.patch
 Patch7:         5325123d-libxl-migv2-save-restore.patch
 Patch8:         f9edcfa4-libxl-migv2-migration.patch
+Patch9:         a1c9a81a-libxl-rbd-fix.patch
 # Patches pending upstream review
 # Need to go upstream
 Patch150:       xen-pv-cdrom.patch
@@ -999,6 +1000,7 @@ libvirt plugin for NSS for translating domain names into IP addresses.
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
+%patch9 -p1
 %patch150 -p1
 %patch151 -p1
 %patch152 -p1
diff --git a/libxl-support-block-script.patch b/libxl-support-block-script.patch
index 6d2eb74..de8476c 100644
--- a/libxl-support-block-script.patch
+++ b/libxl-support-block-script.patch
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Index: libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
  libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk, libxl_device_disk *x_disk)
  {
 +    const char *src = virDomainDiskGetSource(l_disk);
-     const char *driver;
-     int format;
+     const char *driver = virDomainDiskGetDriver(l_disk);
+     int format = virDomainDiskGetFormat(l_disk);
      int actual_type = virStorageSourceGetActualType(l_disk->src);
-@@ -1065,7 +1085,7 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk
+@@ -1070,7 +1090,7 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk
          if (libxlMakeNetworkDiskSrc(l_disk->src, &x_disk->pdev_path) < 0)
              return -1;
      } else {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Index: libvirt-1.3.4/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
          return -1;
      }
  
-@@ -1174,6 +1194,9 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk
+@@ -1177,6 +1197,9 @@ libxlMakeDisk(virDomainDiskDefPtr l_disk
      x_disk->is_cdrom = l_disk->device == VIR_DOMAIN_DISK_DEVICE_CDROM ? 1 : 0;
      if (libxlDiskSetDiscard(x_disk, l_disk->discard) < 0)
          return -1;