diff --git a/tools/examples/xend-config.sxp b/tools/examples/xend-config.sxp
index 1b6b8c52e1..75152f21db 100644
--- a/tools/examples/xend-config.sxp
+++ b/tools/examples/xend-config.sxp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 # Specifying the empty string '' allows all connections.
 (console-address   'localhost')
 
+# The limit (in kilobytes) on the size of the console buffer
+(console-limit 1024)
+
 ## Use the following if VIF traffic is routed.
 # The script used to start/stop networking for xend.
 #(network-script     network-route)
diff --git a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
index 1e3d482a75..bb3088d500 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class XendDomainInfo:
         to_store = {
             'domid':              str(self.domid),
             'vm':                 self.vmpath,
-
+            'console/limit':      str(xroot.get_console_limit() * 1024),
             'memory/target':      str(self.info['memory_KiB'])
             }
 
diff --git a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendRoot.py b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendRoot.py
index 85a13286dd..e88e8ff4b3 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendRoot.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendRoot.py
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ class XendRoot:
     def get_dom0_vcpus(self):
         return self.get_config_int('dom0-cpus', self.dom0_vcpus_default)
 
+    def get_console_limit(self):
+        return self.get_config_int('console-limit', 1024)
+
 def instance():
     """Get an instance of XendRoot.
     Use this instead of the constructor.