diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 1763305e64..0ae45e1aee 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainVideo, VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_LAST,
               "vmvga",
               "xen",
               "vbox",
-              "qxl")
+              "qxl",
+              "parallels")
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainInput, VIR_DOMAIN_INPUT_TYPE_LAST,
               "mouse",
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 0b2f1c9bf0..ab11c0b926 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_XEN,
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VBOX,
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_PARALLELS, /* pseudo device for VNC in containers */
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_LAST
 } virDomainVideoType;
diff --git a/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c b/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
index 21953f09dc..b18b610171 100644
--- a/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
+++ b/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
@@ -997,6 +997,25 @@ prlsdkAddVNCInfo(PRL_HANDLE sdkdom, virDomainDefPtr def)
     if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->graphics, def->ngraphics, gr) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (IS_CT(def)) {
+        virDomainVideoDefPtr video;
+        if (VIR_ALLOC(video) < 0)
+            goto error;
+        video->type = virDomainVideoDefaultType(def);
+        if (video->type < 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                           _("cannot determine default video type"));
+            VIR_FREE(video);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        video->vram = virDomainVideoDefaultRAM(def, video->type);
+        video->heads = 1;
+        if (VIR_ALLOC_N(def->videos, 1) < 0) {
+            virDomainVideoDefFree(video);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        def->videos[def->nvideos++] = video;
+    }
     return 0;
 
  error:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 3f0df5895b..5103599261 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuVideo, VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_LAST,
               "vmware",
               "", /* no arg needed for xen */
               "", /* don't support vbox */
-              "qxl");
+              "qxl",
+              "" /* don't support parallels */);
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(qemuDeviceVideo)
 
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(qemuDeviceVideo, VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_LAST,
               "vmware-svga",
               "", /* no device for xen */
               "", /* don't support vbox */
-              "qxl-vga");
+              "qxl-vga",
+              "" /* don't support parallels */);
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(qemuSoundCodec)