diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/config.py b/cloudcontrol/node/config.py
index 4f029f74ef843beb39c90ad6be150e4726913269..125a93df326512e6f85759063ad0f397833dd227 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/config.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/config.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # along with CloudControl.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
+import socket
 import logging
 import logging.config
 from StringIO import StringIO
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ class NodeConfigParser(object):
         self.plugins_store_path = config.get('node', 'plugins_store_path',
                                              '/var/lib/cc-node/plugins')
 
+        # Libvirt URI to export to cc-server (vir_uri tag)
+        default_libvirt_uri = 'qemu+tcp://%s/system' % socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+        self.libvirt_uri = config.get('node', 'libvirt_uri', default_libvirt_uri)
+
         # Path to define script
         default_define_script = 'hkvm-define'
         self.define_script = config.get('node', 'define_script', default_define_script)
diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/tags.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/tags.py
index fb1f420586197a747eb14079a4cd35cd15ffa417..040824a4277be74d302f649e99aa8760718666f1 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/tags.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/tags.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ def vir_status(handl):
     return {True: 'connected', False: 'disconnected'}[handl.virt_connected]
 
 
+def vir_uri(handl):
+    return handl.main.config.libvirt_uri
+
+
 # hypervisor related tags
 def htype():
     """Hypervisor type."""