diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml
index fcbc43c2..85e19701 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
   <memory>65536</memory>
   <currentMemory>65536</currentMemory>
   <vcpu placement="static">4</vcpu>
+  <vcpus>
+    <vcpu id="3" enabled="yes" order="3"/>
+    <vcpu id="2" enabled="yes"/>
+    <vcpu id="0" enabled="no"/>
+    <vcpu id="1" enabled="yes" hotpluggable="no"/>
+  </vcpus>
   <os>
     <type arch="x86_64" machine="q35">hvm</type>
   </os>
diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py
index e5cafd18..fec91a43 100644
--- a/tests/clitest.py
+++ b/tests/clitest.py
@@ -483,7 +483,11 @@ cache.mode=emulate,cache.level=3
 # Device testing #1
 
 c.add_compare("""
---vcpus 4,cores=1,placement=static
+--vcpus 4,cores=1,placement=static,\
+vcpus.vcpu2.id=0,vcpus.vcpu2.enabled=no,\
+vcpus.vcpu3.id=1,vcpus.vcpu3.hotpluggable=no,vcpus.vcpu3.enabled=yes,\
+vcpus.vcpu.id=3,vcpus.vcpu0.enabled=yes,vcpus.vcpu0.order=3,\
+vcpus.vcpu1.id=2,vcpus.vcpu1.enabled=yes
 --cpu none
 
 --disk /dev/default-pool/UPPER,cache=writeback,io=threads,perms=sh,serial=WD-WMAP9A966149,boot_order=2
diff --git a/tests/testdriver.xml b/tests/testdriver.xml
index ceb27a47..2a630ac2 100644
--- a/tests/testdriver.xml
+++ b/tests/testdriver.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ Foo bar baz &amp; yeah boii &lt; &gt; yeahfoo
   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <vcpu cpuset="1,2,5-9,11,13-14">9</vcpu>
+  <vcpus>
+    <vcpu id='0' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes' order='1'/>
+    <vcpu id='1' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no'/>
+    <vcpu id='2' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes' order='2'/>
+    <vcpu id='3' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no'/>
+    <vcpu id='4' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
+    <vcpu id='5' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no'/>
+    <vcpu id='6' enabled='no' hotpluggable='yes'/>
+    <vcpu id='7' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no'/>
+    <vcpu id='8' enabled='yes' hotpluggable='no'/>
+  </vcpus>
   <numatune>
     <memory mode='interleave' placement='auto'/>
   </numatune>
diff --git a/virtinst/cli.py b/virtinst/cli.py
index 91f035ef..c7c9b2f6 100644
--- a/virtinst/cli.py
+++ b/virtinst/cli.py
@@ -1968,6 +1968,12 @@ class ParserVCPU(VirtCLIParser):
     # Option handling #
     ###################
 
+    def vcpu_find_inst_cb(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cliarg = "vcpu"  # vcpu[0-9]*
+        list_propname = "vcpulist.vcpu"  # guest.vcpulist.vcpu
+        cb = self._make_find_inst_cb(cliarg, list_propname)
+        return cb(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def set_cpuset_cb(self, inst, val, virtarg):
         if not val:
             return
@@ -2002,6 +2008,16 @@ class ParserVCPU(VirtCLIParser):
                 can_comma=True, cb=cls.set_cpuset_cb)
         cls.add_arg("vcpu.placement", "vcpu_placement")
 
+        # <domain><vcpus> options
+        cls.add_arg("vcpus.vcpu[0-9]*.id", "id",
+                    find_inst_cb=cls.vcpu_find_inst_cb)
+        cls.add_arg("vcpus.vcpu[0-9]*.enabled", "enabled",
+                    find_inst_cb=cls.vcpu_find_inst_cb, is_onoff=True)
+        cls.add_arg("vcpus.vcpu[0-9]*.hotpluggable", "hotpluggable",
+                    find_inst_cb=cls.vcpu_find_inst_cb, is_onoff=True)
+        cls.add_arg("vcpus.vcpu[0-9]*.order", "order",
+                    find_inst_cb=cls.vcpu_find_inst_cb)
+
 
 ##################
 # --boot parsing #
diff --git a/virtinst/domain/__init__.py b/virtinst/domain/__init__.py
index 69bd0431..f942ee59 100644
--- a/virtinst/domain/__init__.py
+++ b/virtinst/domain/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from .pm import DomainPm
 from .resource import DomainResource
 from .seclabel import DomainSeclabel
 from .sysinfo import DomainSysinfo
+from .vcpus import DomainVCPUs
 from .xmlnsqemu import DomainXMLNSQemu
 
 __all__ = [l for l in locals() if l.startswith("Domain")]
diff --git a/virtinst/domain/vcpus.py b/virtinst/domain/vcpus.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e45690e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtinst/domain/vcpus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This work is licensed under the GNU GPLv2 or later.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+from ..xmlbuilder import XMLBuilder, XMLChildProperty, XMLProperty
+
+
+class _DomainVCPU(XMLBuilder):
+    XML_NAME = "vcpu"
+    _XML_PROP_ORDER = ["id", "enabled", "hotpluggable", "order"]
+
+    id = XMLProperty("./@id", is_int=True)
+    enabled = XMLProperty("./@enabled", is_yesno=True)
+    hotpluggable = XMLProperty("./@hotpluggable", is_yesno=True)
+    order = XMLProperty("./@order", is_int=True)
+
+
+class DomainVCPUs(XMLBuilder):
+    """
+    Class for generating <vcpus> XML
+    """
+    XML_NAME = "vcpus"
+
+    vcpu = XMLChildProperty(_DomainVCPU)
diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
index ea5a0080..5479d4e9 100644
--- a/virtinst/guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/guest.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
         "maxMemory", "maxMemorySlots", "memory", "_currentMemory",
         "blkiotune", "memtune", "memoryBacking",
         "_vcpus", "vcpu_current", "vcpu_placement",
-        "vcpu_cpuset", "numatune", "resource", "sysinfo",
+        "vcpu_cpuset", "vcpulist", "numatune", "resource", "sysinfo",
         "bootloader", "os", "idmap", "features", "cpu", "clock",
         "on_poweroff", "on_reboot", "on_crash",
         "pm", "emulator", "devices", "seclabels"]
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
     on_crash = XMLProperty("./on_crash")
     on_lockfailure = XMLProperty("./on_lockfailure")
 
+    vcpulist = XMLChildProperty(DomainVCPUs, is_single=True)
     seclabels = XMLChildProperty(DomainSeclabel)
     os = XMLChildProperty(DomainOs, is_single=True)
     features = XMLChildProperty(DomainFeatures, is_single=True)