diff --git a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
index 5e92feb..7a95518 100644
--- a/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
+++ b/libvirt-zsh-backup.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ done
 # create snapshot dataset
 zfs create tank/snapshots/$VM
 
+# create virsh xml-dump of vm
+virsh dumpxml $VM > /srv/vms/$VM/vm-$VM.xml
+
 virsh snapshot-create-as --domain $VM --name $SNAPNAME --quiesce --atomic --disk-only $DISKSPEC >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then