diff --git a/devstack/files/hooks/qemu b/devstack/files/hooks/qemu
deleted file mode 100755
index 974a8877c8..0000000000
--- a/devstack/files/hooks/qemu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-VM_LOG=%LOG_DIR%/$1
-VM_ACTION=$2
-
-if [ $VM_ACTION = "release" ]; then
-    if [ ! -f "${VM_LOG}_console.log" ]; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    NOW=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M:%S")
-    mv "${VM_LOG}_console.log" "${VM_LOG}_console_${NOW}.log"
-fi
diff --git a/devstack/files/hooks/qemu.py b/devstack/files/hooks/qemu.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2e21d7e12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/hooks/qemu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+# This script is run as a libvirt hook.
+# More information here: https://libvirt.org/hooks.html
+
+# The devstack/lib/ironic script in function setup_qemu_log_hook() will replace
+# LOG_DIR with the correct location. And will place the script into the correct
+# directory.
+VM_LOG_DIR = os.path.abspath("%LOG_DIR%")
+
+# Regular expression to find ANSI escape sequences at the beginning of a string
+ANSI_ESCAPE_RE = re.compile(r"""
+    ^\x1b\[    # ANSI escape codes are ESC (0x1b) [
+    ?([\d;]*)(\w)""", re.VERBOSE)
+
+NOW = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        return
+
+    guest_name = sys.argv[1]
+    action = sys.argv[2]
+
+    if action != "release":
+        return
+
+    if not console_log_exists(guest_name):
+        return
+
+    new_path = move_console_log(guest_name)
+    if not new_path:
+        return
+
+    no_ansi_filename = "{}_no_ansi_{}.log".format(guest_name, NOW)
+    no_ansi_path = os.path.join(VM_LOG_DIR, no_ansi_filename)
+    create_no_ansi_file(new_path, no_ansi_path)
+
+
+def create_no_ansi_file(source_filename, dest_filename):
+    with open(source_filename) as in_file:
+        data = in_file.read()
+
+    data = remove_ansi_codes(data)
+
+    with open(dest_filename, 'w') as out_file:
+        out_file.write(data)
+
+
+def get_console_log_path(guest_name):
+    logfile_name = "{}_console.log".format(guest_name)
+    return os.path.join(VM_LOG_DIR, logfile_name)
+
+
+def console_log_exists(guest_name):
+    return os.path.isfile(get_console_log_path(guest_name))
+
+
+def move_console_log(guest_name):
+    new_logfile_name = "{}_console_{}.log".format(guest_name, NOW)
+    new_path = os.path.join(VM_LOG_DIR, new_logfile_name)
+    if os.path.exists(new_path):
+        return False
+    os.rename(get_console_log_path(guest_name), new_path)
+    return new_path
+
+
+def remove_ansi_codes(data):
+    """Remove any ansi codes from the provided string"""
+    output = ''
+    while data:
+        result = ANSI_ESCAPE_RE.match(data)
+        if not result:
+            output += data[0]
+            data = data[1:]
+        else:
+            data = data[result.end():]
+    return output
+
+
+if '__main__' == __name__:
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index 18f8e8c06a..34d8edfaca 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ function setup_qemu_log_hook {
     sudo mkdir -p $IRONIC_LIBVIRT_HOOKS_PATH
 
     # Copy the qemu hook to the right directory
-    sudo cp $IRONIC_DEVSTACK_FILES_DIR/hooks/qemu $IRONIC_LIBVIRT_HOOKS_PATH/qemu
+    sudo cp $IRONIC_DEVSTACK_FILES_DIR/hooks/qemu.py $IRONIC_LIBVIRT_HOOKS_PATH/qemu
     sudo chmod -v +x $IRONIC_LIBVIRT_HOOKS_PATH/qemu
     sudo sed -e "
         s|%LOG_DIR%|$IRONIC_VM_LOG_DIR|g;