diff --git a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
index 587462147c..d3821d180d 100644
--- a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverKVM.cc
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
 
     const VectorAttribute * graphics;
 
-    string  listen     = "";
-    string  port       = "";
-    string  passwd     = "";
-    string  keymap     = "";
+    string  listen          = "";
+    string  port            = "";
+    string  passwd          = "";
+    string  keymap          = "";
+    string  spice_options   = "";
 
     const VectorAttribute * input;
 
@@ -686,6 +687,16 @@ int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_kvm(
                 }
 
                 file << "/>" << endl;
+
+                if ( type == "spice" )
+                {
+                    get_default("SPICE_OPTIONS", spice_options);
+
+                    if ( spice_options != "" )
+                    {
+                        file << "\t\t" << spice_options << endl;
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf b/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
index 1a6f4e9e3c..8e068e40f7 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/exec/vmm_exec_kvm.conf
@@ -40,3 +40,16 @@ DISK     = [ driver = "raw" , cache = "none"]
 #RAW     = [ type = "kvm", data = "<devices><serial type=\"pty\"><source path=\"/dev/pts/5\"/><target port=\"0\"/></serial><console type=\"pty\" tty=\"/dev/pts/5\"><source path=\"/dev/pts/5\"/><target port=\"0\"/></console></devices>" ]
 
 HYPERV_OPTIONS="<relaxed state='on'/><vapic state='on'/><spinlocks state='on' retries='4096'/>"
+
+SPICE_OPTIONS="
+    <video>
+        <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+         <sound model='ich6' />
+    <channel type='spicevmc'>
+        <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/>
+    </channel>
+    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'/>
+    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'/>
+    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'/>"
+