diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 83c0f83..d3eba0c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -1165,8 +1165,11 @@ static unsigned long long qemudComputeCmdFlags(const char *help,
         flags |= QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_ENABLE_KVM;
     if (strstr(help, "-no-reboot"))
         flags |= QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NO_REBOOT;
-    if (strstr(help, "-name"))
+    if (strstr(help, "-name")) {
         flags |= QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NAME;
+        if (strstr(help, ",process="))
+            flags |= QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NAME_PROCESS;
+    }
     if (strstr(help, "-uuid"))
         flags |= QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_UUID;
     if (strstr(help, "-xen-domid"))
@@ -4025,7 +4028,15 @@ int qemudBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
 
     if (qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NAME) {
         ADD_ARG_LIT("-name");
-        ADD_ARG_LIT(def->name);
+        if (qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NAME_PROCESS) {
+            char *name;
+            if (virAsprintf(&name, "%s,process=\"qemu:%s\"",
+                            def->name, def->name) < 0)
+                goto no_memory;
+            ADD_ARG_LIT(name);
+        } else {
+            ADD_ARG_LIT(def->name);
+        }
     }
     if (qemuCmdFlags & QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_UUID) {
         ADD_ARG_LIT("-uuid");
@@ -6462,9 +6473,16 @@ virDomainDefPtr qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr caps,
             if (strstr(val, "menu=on"))
                 def->os.bootmenu = 1;
         } else if (STREQ(arg, "-name")) {
+            char *process;
             WANT_VALUE();
-            if (!(def->name = strdup(val)))
-                goto no_memory;
+            process = strstr(val, ",process=");
+            if (process == NULL) {
+                if (!(def->name = strdup(val)))
+                    goto no_memory;
+            } else {
+                if (!(def->name = strndup(val, process - val)))
+                    goto no_memory;
+            }
         } else if (STREQ(arg, "-M")) {
             WANT_VALUE();
             if (!(def->os.machine = strdup(val)))
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index d2e6857..1e4483a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ enum qemud_cmd_flags {
     QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_ENABLE_KQEMU  = (1LL << 39), /* -enable-kqemu flag */
     QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_FSDEV         = (1LL << 40), /* -fstype filesystem passthrough */
     QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NESTING       = (1LL << 41), /* -enable-nesting (SVM/VMX) */
+    QEMUD_CMD_FLAG_NAME_PROCESS  = (1LL << 42), /* Is -name process= available */
 };
 
 /* Main driver state */