diff --git a/virtinst/VirtualGraphics.py b/virtinst/VirtualGraphics.py
index 93de7d2c..835d21d1 100644
--- a/virtinst/VirtualGraphics.py
+++ b/virtinst/VirtualGraphics.py
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ class VirtualGraphics(VirtualDevice):
         if channels:
             self.channels = channels
 
+    def _cache(self):
+        # Make sure we've cached the _local_keymap value before copy()
+        self._default_keymap()
 
     def _default_keymap(self, force_local=False):
         if (not force_local and self.conn and
diff --git a/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py b/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py
index 74e0eed9..195c0623 100644
--- a/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py
+++ b/virtinst/XMLBuilderDomain.py
@@ -434,10 +434,20 @@ class XMLBuilderDomain(object):
         except:
             pass
 
+    def _cache(self):
+        """
+        This is a hook for classes to cache any state that is expensive
+        to lookup before we copy the object as part of Guest.get_xml_config.
+        Saves us from possibly doing the lookup over and over
+        """
+        pass
+
+
     def copy(self):
         # Otherwise we can double free XML info
         if self._is_parse():
             return self
+        self._cache()
         return copy.copy(self)
 
     def get_conn(self):