diff --git a/src/qemu/Makefile.inc.am b/src/qemu/Makefile.inc.am
index 30a9751cfd..f7a0fa4a84 100644
--- a/src/qemu/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/qemu/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ QEMU_DRIVER_SOURCES = \
 	qemu/qemu_hotplugpriv.h \
 	qemu/qemu_conf.c \
 	qemu/qemu_conf.h \
+	qemu/qemu_configs.c \
+	qemu/qemu_configs.h \
 	qemu/qemu_process.c \
 	qemu/qemu_process.h \
 	qemu/qemu_processpriv.h \
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_configs.c b/src/qemu/qemu_configs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39b8906be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_configs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*
+ * qemu_configs.c: QEMU firmware/vhost-user etc configs
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "qemu_configs.h"
+#include "configmake.h"
+#include "viralloc.h"
+#include "virenum.h"
+#include "virfile.h"
+#include "virhash.h"
+#include "virlog.h"
+#include "virstring.h"
+
+#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_QEMU
+
+VIR_LOG_INIT("qemu.qemu_configs");
+
+static int
+qemuBuildFileList(virHashTablePtr files, const char *dir)
+{
+    DIR *dirp;
+    struct dirent *ent = NULL;
+    int rc;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if ((rc = virDirOpenIfExists(&dirp, dir)) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (rc == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    while ((rc = virDirRead(dirp, &ent, dir)) > 0) {
+        VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) filename = NULL;
+        VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) path = NULL;
+        struct stat sb;
+
+        if (STRPREFIX(ent->d_name, "."))
+            continue;
+
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(filename, ent->d_name) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/%s", dir, filename) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        if (stat(path, &sb) < 0) {
+            virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to access %s"), path);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode))
+            continue;
+
+        if (virHashUpdateEntry(files, filename, path) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+
+        path = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (rc < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+    virDirClose(&dirp);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+qemuConfigFilesSorter(const virHashKeyValuePair *a,
+                        const virHashKeyValuePair *b)
+{
+    return strcmp(a->key, b->key);
+}
+
+#define QEMU_SYSTEM_LOCATION PREFIX "/share/qemu"
+#define QEMU_ETC_LOCATION SYSCONFDIR "/qemu"
+
+int
+qemuFetchConfigs(const char *name,
+                 char ***configs,
+                 bool privileged)
+{
+    VIR_AUTOPTR(virHashTable) files = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) homeConfig = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) xdgConfig = NULL;
+    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) sysLocation = virFileBuildPath(QEMU_SYSTEM_LOCATION, name, NULL);
+    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) etcLocation = virFileBuildPath(QEMU_ETC_LOCATION, name, NULL);
+    VIR_AUTOFREE(virHashKeyValuePairPtr) pairs = NULL;
+    virHashKeyValuePairPtr tmp = NULL;
+
+    *configs = NULL;
+
+    if (!privileged) {
+        /* This is a slight divergence from the specification.
+         * Since the system daemon runs as root, it doesn't make
+         * much sense to parse files in root's home directory. It
+         * makes sense only for session daemon which runs under
+         * regular user. */
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(xdgConfig, getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) < 0)
+            return -1;
+
+        if (!xdgConfig) {
+            VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) home = virGetUserDirectory();
+
+            if (!home)
+                return -1;
+
+            if (virAsprintf(&xdgConfig, "%s/.config", home) < 0)
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (virAsprintf(&homeConfig, "%s/qemu/%s", xdgConfig, name) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!(files = virHashCreate(10, virHashValueFree)))
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuBuildFileList(files, sysLocation) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (qemuBuildFileList(files, etcLocation) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (homeConfig &&
+        qemuBuildFileList(files, homeConfig) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    /* At this point, the @files hash table contains unique set of filenames
+     * where each filename (as key) has the highest priority full pathname
+     * associated with it. */
+
+    if (virHashSize(files) == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (!(pairs = virHashGetItems(files, qemuConfigFilesSorter)))
+        return -1;
+
+    for (tmp = pairs; tmp->key; tmp++) {
+        const char *path = tmp->value;
+        off_t len;
+
+        if ((len = virFileLength(path, -1)) < 0) {
+            virReportSystemError(errno,
+                                 _("unable to get size of '%s'"),
+                                 path);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        VIR_DEBUG("%s description path '%s' len=%jd",
+                  name, path, (intmax_t) len);
+
+        if (len == 0) {
+            /* Empty files are used to mask less specific instances
+             * of the same file. */
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (virStringListAdd(configs, path) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_configs.h b/src/qemu/qemu_configs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c113752d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_configs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * qemu_configs.h: QEMU firmware/vhost-user etc configs
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+int
+qemuFetchConfigs(const char *name,
+                 char ***configs,
+                 bool privileged);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
index 983a7c83b2..f0a6953d8b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_firmware.c
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 
 #include "qemu_firmware.h"
+#include "qemu_configs.h"
 #include "configmake.h"
 #include "qemu_capabilities.h"
 #include "qemu_domain.h"
 #include "qemu_process.h"
 #include "virarch.h"
-#include "virfile.h"
-#include "virhash.h"
 #include "virjson.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
@@ -907,150 +906,11 @@ qemuFirmwareFormat(qemuFirmwarePtr fw)
 }
 
 
-static int
-qemuFirmwareBuildFileList(virHashTablePtr files, const char *dir)
-{
-    DIR *dirp;
-    struct dirent *ent = NULL;
-    int rc;
-    int ret = -1;
-
-    if ((rc = virDirOpenIfExists(&dirp, dir)) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (rc == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    while ((rc = virDirRead(dirp, &ent, dir)) > 0) {
-        VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) filename = NULL;
-        VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) path = NULL;
-        struct stat sb;
-
-        if (STRPREFIX(ent->d_name, "."))
-            continue;
-
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(filename, ent->d_name) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        if (virAsprintf(&path, "%s/%s", dir, filename) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        if (stat(path, &sb) < 0) {
-            virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to access %s"), path);
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
-
-        if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode))
-            continue;
-
-        if (virHashUpdateEntry(files, filename, path) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-
-        path = NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (rc < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    ret = 0;
- cleanup:
-    virDirClose(&dirp);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int
-qemuFirmwareFilesSorter(const virHashKeyValuePair *a,
-                        const virHashKeyValuePair *b)
-{
-    return strcmp(a->key, b->key);
-}
-
-#define QEMU_FIRMWARE_SYSTEM_LOCATION PREFIX "/share/qemu/firmware"
-#define QEMU_FIRMWARE_ETC_LOCATION SYSCONFDIR "/qemu/firmware"
-
 int
 qemuFirmwareFetchConfigs(char ***firmwares,
                          bool privileged)
 {
-    VIR_AUTOPTR(virHashTable) files = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) homeConfig = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) xdgConfig = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOFREE(virHashKeyValuePairPtr) pairs = NULL;
-    virHashKeyValuePairPtr tmp = NULL;
-
-    *firmwares = NULL;
-
-    if (!privileged) {
-        /* This is a slight divergence from the specification.
-         * Since the system daemon runs as root, it doesn't make
-         * much sense to parse files in root's home directory. It
-         * makes sense only for session daemon which runs under
-         * regular user. */
-        if (VIR_STRDUP(xdgConfig, getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-        if (!xdgConfig) {
-            VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) home = virGetUserDirectory();
-
-            if (!home)
-                return -1;
-
-            if (virAsprintf(&xdgConfig, "%s/.config", home) < 0)
-                return -1;
-        }
-
-        if (virAsprintf(&homeConfig, "%s/qemu/firmware", xdgConfig) < 0)
-            return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (!(files = virHashCreate(10, virHashValueFree)))
-        return -1;
-
-    if (qemuFirmwareBuildFileList(files, QEMU_FIRMWARE_SYSTEM_LOCATION) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (qemuFirmwareBuildFileList(files, QEMU_FIRMWARE_ETC_LOCATION) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    if (homeConfig &&
-        qemuFirmwareBuildFileList(files, homeConfig) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    /* At this point, the @files hash table contains unique set of filenames
-     * where each filename (as key) has the highest priority full pathname
-     * associated with it. */
-
-    if (virHashSize(files) == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (!(pairs = virHashGetItems(files, qemuFirmwareFilesSorter)))
-        return -1;
-
-    for (tmp = pairs; tmp->key; tmp++) {
-        const char *path = tmp->value;
-        off_t len;
-
-        if ((len = virFileLength(path, -1)) < 0) {
-            virReportSystemError(errno,
-                                 _("unable to get size of '%s'"),
-                                 path);
-            return -1;
-        }
-
-        VIR_DEBUG("firmware description path '%s' len=%jd",
-                  path, (intmax_t) len);
-
-        if (len == 0) {
-            /* Empty files are used to mask less specific instances
-             * of the same file. */
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (virStringListAdd(firmwares, path) < 0)
-            return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
+    return qemuFetchConfigs("firmware", firmwares, privileged);
 }
 
 
