diff --git a/vhostmd.conf b/vhostmd.conf
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 21c0f22..955dd2f
--- a/vhostmd.conf
+++ b/vhostmd.conf
@@ -80,10 +80,15 @@ way.
       <!-- must be between [128 KB, 256 MB] in size -->
       <size unit="k">256</size>
     </disk>
+    <virtio>
+      <max_channels>1024</max_channels>
+      <expiration_time>15</expiration_time>
+    </virtio>
     <update_period>60</update_period>
     <path>/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/share/vhostmd/scripts</path>
     <transport>vbd</transport>
     <!-- <transport>xenstore</transport> -->
+    <transport>virtio</transport>
   </globals>
   <metrics>
     <metric type="string" context="host">
@@ -97,8 +102,7 @@ way.
     <metric type="string" context="host">
       <name>VirtualizationVendor</name>
       <action>
-        rpm -qi libvirt| grep Vendor:   \
-          | awk '{ print substr($0, index($0, $5)); }' | sort -u
+        rpm -q --queryformat "%{VENDOR}\n" libvirt | sort -u
       </action>
     </metric>
     <!-- SAP "CIM"  -->
diff --git a/vhostmd.spec b/vhostmd.spec
index 6603a65..db5ba81 100644
--- a/vhostmd.spec
+++ b/vhostmd.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:       Virtualization host metrics daemon
 Name:          vhostmd
 Version:       1.1
-Release:       6%{?dist}
+Release:       7%{?dist}
 License:       GPLv2+
 
 URL:           https://github.com/vhostmd/vhostmd
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 09 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.1-7
+- Unify vhostmd.conf with RHEL 8.4 (RHBZ#1924966).
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.1-6
 - Increase release so > RHEL 8 (RHBZ#1924966).
 - Unify spec files between RHEL and Fedora.