diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 182d8abec6..378c06ef0a 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -7221,4 +7221,56 @@ int virDomainSnapshotHasChildren(virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snap,
 }
 
 
+int virDomainChrDefForeach(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                           bool abortOnError,
+                           virDomainChrDefIterator iter,
+                           void *opaque)
+{
+    int i;
+    int rc = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0 ; i < def->nserials ; i++) {
+        if ((iter)(def,
+                   def->serials[i],
+                   opaque) < 0)
+            rc = -1;
+
+        if (abortOnError && rc != 0)
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0 ; i < def->nparallels ; i++) {
+        if ((iter)(def,
+                   def->parallels[i],
+                   opaque) < 0)
+            rc = -1;
+
+        if (abortOnError && rc != 0)
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0 ; i < def->nchannels ; i++) {
+        if ((iter)(def,
+                   def->channels[i],
+                   opaque) < 0)
+            rc = -1;
+
+        if (abortOnError && rc != 0)
+            goto done;
+    }
+    if (def->console) {
+        if ((iter)(def,
+                   def->console,
+                   opaque) < 0)
+            rc = -1;
+
+        if (abortOnError && rc != 0)
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+done:
+    return rc;
+}
+
+
 #endif /* ! PROXY */
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 55893d6914..01da17e5e2 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1069,6 +1069,15 @@ int virDomainObjListGetInactiveNames(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
                                      char **const names,
                                      int maxnames);
 
+typedef int (*virDomainChrDefIterator)(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                                       virDomainChrDefPtr dev,
+                                       void *opaque);
+
+int virDomainChrDefForeach(virDomainDefPtr def,
+                           bool abortOnError,
+                           virDomainChrDefIterator iter,
+                           void *opaque);
+
 
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainVirt)
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virDomainBoot)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 4e61e5567b..778ceb1aa8 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ virDomainSnapshotDefParseString;
 virDomainSnapshotDefFormat;
 virDomainSnapshotAssignDef;
 virDomainObjAssignDef;
+virDomainChrDefForeach;
 
 
 # domain_event.h