diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_control.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_control.c
index 95ac1a1648..2e0827b9ef 100644
--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_control.c
+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_control.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ struct live_update {
 #else
 	char *filename;
 #endif
+
+	char *cmdline;
 };
 
 static struct live_update *lu_status;
@@ -211,6 +213,10 @@ static const char *lu_cmdline(const void *ctx, struct connection *conn,
 	if (!lu_status || lu_status->conn != conn)
 		return "Not in live-update session.";
 
+	lu_status->cmdline = talloc_strdup(lu_status, cmdline);
+	if (!lu_status->cmdline)
+		return "Allocation failure.";
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
index e1b92c3dc8..0dddf24327 100644
--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
@@ -1969,6 +1969,7 @@ static struct option options[] = {
 	{ "internal-db", 0, NULL, 'I' },
 	{ "verbose", 0, NULL, 'V' },
 	{ "watch-nb", 1, NULL, 'W' },
+	{ "live-update", 0, NULL, 'U' },
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 } };
 
 extern void dump_conn(struct connection *conn); 
@@ -1983,11 +1984,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool dofork = true;
 	bool outputpid = false;
 	bool no_domain_init = false;
+	bool live_update = false;
 	const char *pidfile = NULL;
 	int timeout;
 
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "DE:F:HNPS:t:A:M:T:RVW:", options,
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "DE:F:HNPS:t:A:M:T:RVW:U", options,
 				  NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'D':
@@ -2045,6 +2047,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'p':
 			priv_domid = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
 			break;
+		case 'U':
+			live_update = true;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 	if (optind != argc)