diff -ru libvirt-new/src/proxy_internal.c libvirt/src/proxy_internal.c
--- libvirt-new/src/proxy_internal.c	2006-07-03 11:48:49.000000000 -0400
+++ libvirt/src/proxy_internal.c	2006-07-10 08:51:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -760,6 +760,11 @@
         virProxyError(conn, VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, __FUNCTION__);
 	return (NULL);
     }
+
+    if ((res = virGetDomainByID(conn, id)) != NULL) {
+      return res;
+    }
+
     memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
     req.command = VIR_PROXY_LOOKUP_ID;
     req.data.arg = id;
diff -ru libvirt-new/src/xend_internal.c libvirt/src/xend_internal.c
--- libvirt-new/src/xend_internal.c	2006-07-10 09:00:15.000000000 -0400
+++ libvirt/src/xend_internal.c	2006-07-10 08:49:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -2403,6 +2403,10 @@
     unsigned char uuid[16];
     virDomainPtr ret;
 
+    if ((ret = virGetDomainByID(conn, id)) != NULL) {
+      return ret;
+    }
+
     if (xenDaemonDomainLookupByID(conn, id, &name, uuid) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }