diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 3641967839..6cc77df2ed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,17 @@ qemuBuildDriveDevStr(const virDomainDef *def,
             virBufferAddLit(&opt, "ide-drive");
         }
 
-        if (!(contAlias = virDomainControllerAliasFind(def, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE,
-                                                       disk->info.addr.drive.controller)))
-           goto error;
+        /* When domain has builtin IDE controller we don't put it onto cmd
+         * line. Therefore we can't set its alias. In that case, use the
+         * default one. */
+        if (qemuDomainHasBuiltinIDE(def)) {
+            contAlias = "ide";
+        } else {
+            if (!(contAlias = virDomainControllerAliasFind(def,
+                                                           VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_TYPE_IDE,
+                                                           disk->info.addr.drive.controller)))
+                goto error;
+        }
         virBufferAsprintf(&opt, ",bus=%s.%d,unit=%d",
                           contAlias,
                           disk->info.addr.drive.bus,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-user-aliases.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-user-aliases.args
index 62fbd567b1..1719c1bc88 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-user-aliases.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-user-aliases.args
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ id=drive-ua-myEncryptedDisk1 \
 id=ua-myEncryptedDisk1 \
 -drive file=/home/zippy/tmp/install-amd64-minimal-20140619.iso,format=raw,\
 if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ua-WhatAnAwesomeCDROM,readonly=on,cache=none \
--device ide-drive,bus=ua-DoesAnybodyStillUseIDE.1,unit=0,\
-drive=drive-ua-WhatAnAwesomeCDROM,id=ua-WhatAnAwesomeCDROM \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ua-WhatAnAwesomeCDROM,\
+id=ua-WhatAnAwesomeCDROM \
 -device virtio-net-pci,vlan=0,id=ua-CheckoutThisNIC,mac=52:54:00:d6:c0:0b,\
 bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
 -net tap,fd=3,vlan=0,name=hostua-CheckoutThisNIC \