diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index c4270755be..1be9b2c8ac 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -2352,6 +2352,7 @@ qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivatePtr priv;
     g_autofree char *authalias = NULL;
     g_autofree char *encalias = NULL;
+    g_autofree char *httpcookiealias = NULL;
 
     src->nodestorage = virXPathString("string(./nodenames/nodename[@type='storage']/@name)", ctxt);
     src->nodeformat = virXPathString("string(./nodenames/nodename[@type='format']/@name)", ctxt);
@@ -2365,8 +2366,9 @@ qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
 
     authalias = virXPathString("string(./objects/secret[@type='auth']/@alias)", ctxt);
     encalias = virXPathString("string(./objects/secret[@type='encryption']/@alias)", ctxt);
+    httpcookiealias = virXPathString("string(./objects/secret[@type='httpcookie']/@alias)", ctxt);
 
-    if (authalias || encalias) {
+    if (authalias || encalias || httpcookiealias) {
         if (!src->privateData &&
             !(src->privateData = qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivateNew()))
             return -1;
@@ -2378,6 +2380,9 @@ qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataParse(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
 
         if (qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataAssignSecinfo(&priv->encinfo, &encalias) < 0)
             return -1;
+
+        if (qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataAssignSecinfo(&priv->httpcookie, &httpcookiealias) < 0)
+            return -1;
     }
 
     if (virStorageSourcePrivateDataParseRelPath(ctxt, src) < 0)
@@ -2428,6 +2433,7 @@ qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataFormat(virStorageSourcePtr src,
     if (srcPriv) {
         qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataFormatSecinfo(&tmp, srcPriv->secinfo, "auth");
         qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataFormatSecinfo(&tmp, srcPriv->encinfo, "encryption");
+        qemuStorageSourcePrivateDataFormatSecinfo(&tmp, srcPriv->httpcookie, "httpcookie");
     }
 
     if (src->tlsAlias)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index ad7ed3b9f0..031a5f2ad4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ struct _qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivate {
 
     /* data required for decryption of encrypted storage source */
     qemuDomainSecretInfoPtr encinfo;
+
+    /* secure passthrough of the http cookie */
+    qemuDomainSecretInfoPtr httpcookie;
 };
 
 virObjectPtr qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivateNew(void);
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
index c8d21ceada..cb56cdcef9 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmldata/modern-in.xml
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
               <objects>
                 <secret type='auth' alias='test-auth-alias'/>
                 <secret type='encryption' alias='test-encryption-alias'/>
+                <secret type='httpcookie' alias='http-cookie-alias'/>
                 <TLSx509 alias='transport-alias'/>
               </objects>
             </privateData>