diff --git a/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng b/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
index b911f7c..a8a3f36 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/storagepool.rng
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@
     <ref name='target'/>
   </define>
 
+  <define name='sourceinfovendor'>
+    <optional>
+      <element name='vendor'>
+        <attribute name='name'>
+          <text/>
+        </attribute>
+      </element>
+    </optional>
+    <optional>
+      <element name='product'>
+        <attribute name='name'>
+          <text/>
+        </attribute>
+      </element>
+    </optional>
+  </define>
+
   <define name='commonmetadata'>
     <element name='name'>
       <ref name='name'/>
@@ -272,6 +289,9 @@
             <value>ocfs2</value>
           </choice>
         </attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+        </optional>
       </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
@@ -286,6 +306,9 @@
             <value>nfs</value>
           </choice>
         </attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+        </optional>
       </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
@@ -307,6 +330,9 @@
             <value>lvm2</value>
           </choice>
         </attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+        </optional>
       </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
@@ -321,6 +347,9 @@
             <value>lvm2</value>
           </choice>
         </attribute>
+        <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+        </optional>
       </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
@@ -330,13 +359,20 @@
     <optional>
       <element name='source'>
         <empty/>
+        <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+        </optional>
       </element>
     </optional>
   </define>
+
   <define name='sourcefs'>
     <element name='source'>
       <ref name='sourceinfodev'/>
       <ref name='sourcefmtfs'/>
+      <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
@@ -345,6 +381,9 @@
       <ref name='sourceinfohost'/>
       <ref name='sourceinfodir'/>
       <ref name='sourcefmtnetfs'/>
+      <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
@@ -359,6 +398,9 @@
         </optional>
       </oneOrMore>
       <ref name='sourcefmtlogical'/>
+      <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
@@ -366,6 +408,9 @@
     <element name='source'>
       <ref name='sourceinfodev'/>
       <ref name='sourcefmtdisk'/>
+       <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
@@ -379,12 +424,19 @@
       <optional>
         <ref name='sourceinfoauth'/>
       </optional>
+      <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
     </element>
   </define>
 
   <define name='sourcescsi'>
     <element name='source'>
       <ref name='sourceinfoadapter'/>
+      <optional>
+          <ref name='sourceinfovendor'/>
+      </optional>
+
     </element>
   </define>
 
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index bf86c93..be9effc 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ virStoragePoolSourceFree(virStoragePoolSourcePtr source) {
     VIR_FREE(source->name);
     VIR_FREE(source->adapter);
     VIR_FREE(source->initiator.iqn);
+    VIR_FREE(source->vendor);
+    VIR_FREE(source->product);
 
     if (source->authType == VIR_STORAGE_POOL_AUTH_CHAP) {
         VIR_FREE(source->auth.chap.login);
@@ -465,6 +467,9 @@ virStoragePoolDefParseSource(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
             goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    source->vendor = virXPathString("string(./vendor/@name)", ctxt);
+    source->product = virXPathString("string(./product/@name)", ctxt);
+
     ret = 0;
 cleanup:
     ctxt->node = relnode;
@@ -838,6 +843,15 @@ virStoragePoolSourceFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
         virBufferVSprintf(buf,"    <auth type='chap' login='%s' passwd='%s'/>\n",
                           src->auth.chap.login,
                           src->auth.chap.passwd);
+
+    if (src->vendor != NULL) { 
+        virBufferEscapeString(buf,"    <vendor name='%s'/>\n", src->vendor);
+    }
+     
+    if (src->product != NULL) {
+        virBufferEscapeString(buf,"    <product name='%s'/>\n", src->product);
+    }   
+ 
     virBufferAddLit(buf,"  </source>\n");
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.h b/src/conf/storage_conf.h
index bedee9e..5f17b5a 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.h
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ struct _virStoragePoolSource {
         virStoragePoolAuthChap chap;
     } auth;
 
+    /* Vendor of the the source */
+    char *vendor;
+
+    /* Product name of the source*/
+    char *product;
+
     int format; /* Pool type specific format such as filesystem type, or lvm version, etc */
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01fbd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlin/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<pool type='iscsi'>
+  <name>virtimages</name>
+  <uuid>e9392370-2917-565e-692b-d057f46512d6</uuid>
+  <source>
+    <host name="iscsi.example.com"/>
+    <device path="demo-target"/>
+    <auth type='chap' login='foobar' passwd='frobbar'/>
+    <vendor name='test-vendor'/>
+    <product name='test-product'/>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path>
+    <permissions>
+      <mode>0700</mode>
+      <owner>0</owner>
+      <group>0</group>
+    </permissions>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baab6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmlout/pool-iscsi-vendor-product.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<pool type='iscsi'>
+  <name>virtimages</name>
+  <uuid>e9392370-2917-565e-692b-d057f46512d6</uuid>
+  <capacity>0</capacity>
+  <allocation>0</allocation>
+  <available>0</available>
+  <source>
+    <host name='iscsi.example.com'/>
+    <device path='demo-target'/>
+    <auth type='chap' login='foobar' passwd='frobbar'/>
+    <vendor name='test-vendor'/>
+    <product name='test-product'/>
+  </source>
+  <target>
+    <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path>
+    <permissions>
+      <mode>0700</mode>
+      <owner>0</owner>
+      <group>0</group>
+    </permissions>
+  </target>
+</pool>
diff --git a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
index 33a7343..2ec29e3 100644
--- a/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/storagepoolxml2xmltest.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv)
     DO_TEST("pool-scsi");
     DO_TEST("pool-mpath");
     DO_TEST("pool-iscsi-multiiqn");
+    DO_TEST("pool-iscsi-vendor-product");
 
     return (ret==0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }