diff --git a/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c b/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
index d6bf06fc34..d861e3726d 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
+++ b/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ static int libxl__set_xenstore_nic(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t domid,
         flexarray_append(back, GCSPRINTF("%u", nic->mtu));
     }
     
+    if (nic->vlan) {
+        flexarray_append(back, "vlan");
+        flexarray_append(back, libxl__strdup(gc, nic->vlan));
+    }
+
     flexarray_append(back, "bridge");
     flexarray_append(back, libxl__strdup(gc, nic->bridge));
     flexarray_append(back, "handle");
@@ -313,6 +318,11 @@ static int libxl__nic_from_xenstore(libxl__gc *gc, const char *libxl_path,
         nic->mtu = LIBXL_DEVICE_NIC_MTU_DEFAULT;
     }
 
+    rc = libxl__xs_read_checked(gc, XBT_NULL,
+                                GCSPRINTF("%s/vlan", libxl_path),
+				(const char **)(&nic->vlan));
+    if (rc) goto out;
+
     rc = libxl__xs_read_checked(gc, XBT_NULL,
                                 GCSPRINTF("%s/mac", libxl_path), &tmp);
     if (rc) goto out;
diff --git a/tools/libs/light/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libs/light/libxl_types.idl
index 470122e768..79e9c656cc 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libs/light/libxl_types.idl
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ libxl_device_nic = Struct("device_nic", [
     ("backend_domname", string),
     ("devid", libxl_devid),
     ("mtu", integer),
+    ("vlan", string),
     ("model", string),
     ("mac", libxl_mac),
     ("ip", string),