diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index cfb0095333..372bdb95d3 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -9509,7 +9509,7 @@ static const vshCmdInfo info_qemu_monitor_event[] = {
 
 static const vshCmdOptDef opts_qemu_monitor_event[] = {
     VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(N_("filter by domain name, id or uuid"),
-                                      0),
+                                      0, 0),
     {.name = "event",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .help = N_("filter by event name")
@@ -10062,7 +10062,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_domxmltonative[] = {
      .flags = VSH_OFLAG_REQ,
      .help = N_("target config data type format")
     },
-    VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING_FULL(0),
+    VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING_FULL(VSH_OFLAG_REQ_OPT, 0),
     {.name = "xml",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .help = N_("xml data file to export from")
@@ -13312,7 +13312,7 @@ static const vshCmdInfo info_event[] = {
 
 static const vshCmdOptDef opts_event[] = {
     VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(N_("filter by domain name, id or uuid"),
-                                      0),
+                                      0, 0),
     {.name = "event",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .completer = virshDomainEventNameCompleter,
diff --git a/tools/virsh.h b/tools/virsh.h
index af0d6ce686..6ff5c74b5e 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.h
+++ b/tools/virsh.h
@@ -107,16 +107,18 @@
      .help = _helpstr \
     }
 
-# define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(_helpstr, cflags) \
+# define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(_helpstr, oflags, cflags) \
     {.name = "domain", \
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING, \
+     .flags = oflags, \
      .help = _helpstr, \
      .completer = virshDomainNameCompleter, \
      .completer_flags = cflags, \
     }
 
-# define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING_FULL(cflags) \
-    VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(N_("domain name, id or uuid"), cflags)
+# define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING_FULL(oflags, cflags) \
+    VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_STRING(N_("domain name, id or uuid"), \
+                                      oflags, cflags)
 
 # define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_OT_ARGV(_helpstr, cflags) \
     {.name = "domain", \