diff --git a/doc/Support/Configuration.md b/doc/Support/Configuration.md
index c3ae17adfe..3dca0c8ecf 100644
--- a/doc/Support/Configuration.md
+++ b/doc/Support/Configuration.md
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ This array can be used to filter out syslog messages that you don't want to be s
 ```php
 $config['enable_libvirt'] = 1;
 $config['libvirt_protocols']    = array("qemu+ssh","xen+ssh");
+$config['libvirt_username'] = 'root';
 ```
 Enable this to switch on support for libvirt along with `libvirt_protocols`
 to indicate how you connect to libvirt.  You also need to:
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index f16e584879..5dd4c72262 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ $config['libvirt_protocols'] = array(
     'qemu+ssh',
     'xen+ssh',
 );
+// Use different username for libvirt over SSH
+$config['libvirt_username'] = null;
 // Mechanisms used, add or remove if not using this on any of your machines.
 // Hardcoded ASN descriptions
 $config['astext'][65332] = 'Cymru FullBogon Feed';
diff --git a/includes/discovery/libvirt-vminfo.inc.php b/includes/discovery/libvirt-vminfo.inc.php
index 8825bf7b46..9c3ae45cbe 100644
--- a/includes/discovery/libvirt-vminfo.inc.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/libvirt-vminfo.inc.php
@@ -9,18 +9,23 @@ if ($config['enable_libvirt'] == '1' && $device['os'] == 'linux') {
 
     $ssh_ok = 0;
 
+    $userHostname = $device['hostname'];
+    if (!is_null($config['libvirt_username'])) {
+        $userHostname = $config['libvirt_username'].'@'.$userHostname;
+    }
+
     foreach ($config['libvirt_protocols'] as $method) {
         if (strstr($method, 'qemu')) {
-            $uri = $method.'://'.$device['hostname'].'/system';
+            $uri = $method.'://'.$userHostname.'/system';
         }
         else {
-            $uri = $method.'://'.$device['hostname'];
+            $uri = $method.'://'.$userHostname;
         }
 
         if (strstr($method, 'ssh') && !$ssh_ok) {
             // Check if we are using SSH if we can log in without password - without blocking the discovery
             // Also automatically add the host key so discovery doesn't block on the yes/no question, and run echo so we don't get stuck in a remote shell ;-)
-            exec('ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -o "PreferredAuthentications publickey" -o "IdentitiesOnly yes" '.$device['hostname'].' echo -e', $out, $ret);
+            exec('ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -o "PreferredAuthentications publickey" -o "IdentitiesOnly yes" '.$userHostname.' echo -e', $out, $ret);
             if ($ret != 255) {
                 $ssh_ok = 1;
             }