@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ EOF

     # Service needs to be started on redhat/fedora -- do a restart for

     # sanity after fiddling the config.

     restart_service $LIBVIRT_DAEMON

+

+    # Restart virtlogd companion service to ensure it is running properly

+    #  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1577455

+    #  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290357

+    # (not all platforms have it; libvirt 1.3+ only, thus the ignore)

+    restart_service virtlogd || true

 }