diff --git a/ccnode/hypervisor/__init__.py b/ccnode/hypervisor/__init__.py
index 10a713af1eb2488954f073b0799c7b3c8cf9de23..bf9b2ebcb49b3f047e3bc34e408a1b3f6586f062 100644
--- a/ccnode/hypervisor/__init__.py
+++ b/ccnode/hypervisor/__init__.py
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ class Hypervisor(object):
             return self.vir_con.defineXML(xml_desc).name()
         except libvirt.libvirtError:
             logger.exception('Error while creating domain')
+            # reraise exception for the cc-server
+            raise
 
     def _count_domain(self, filter=lambda d: True):
         count = 0