diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index a442f7d..ca41aa7 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -916,8 +916,12 @@ popd
 # is obviously broken.  Also dump libvirt log files if this happens.
 # Since it's most likely libvirt which is broken, make sure libvirt
 # debugging is enabled here.
+mkdir -p $HOME/.config/libvirt
+echo 'log_filters="1:qemu"' > $HOME/.config/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+echo 'log_outputs="1:file:/tmp/libvirtd.log"' >> $HOME/.config/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
 if ! make quickcheck LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1; then
     cat $HOME/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/*
+    cat /tmp/libvirtd.log
     exit 1
 fi