diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/fakelibvirt.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/fakelibvirt.py
index 306f1150b8e2..c64ad32ef643 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/fakelibvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/fakelibvirt.py
@@ -776,6 +776,9 @@ class Domain(object):
     def migrateSetMaxDowntime(self, downtime):
         pass
 
+    def migrateSetMaxSpeed(self, bandwidth):
+        pass
+
     def attachDevice(self, xml):
         disk_info = _parse_disk_info(etree.fromstring(xml))
         disk_info['_attached'] = True
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
index 245e0f39d58c..18367fd2456b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_guest.py
@@ -654,6 +654,10 @@ class GuestTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.guest.migrate_configure_max_downtime(1000)
         self.domain.migrateSetMaxDowntime.assert_called_once_with(1000)
 
+    def test_migrate_configure_max_speed(self):
+        self.guest.migrate_configure_max_speed(1000)
+        self.domain.migrateSetMaxSpeed.assert_called_once_with(1000)
+
 
 class GuestBlockTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
index f533edf43112..d66284d63998 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
@@ -663,6 +663,13 @@ class Guest(object):
         """
         self._domain.migrateSetMaxDowntime(mstime)
 
+    def migrate_configure_max_speed(self, bandwidth):
+        """The maximum bandwidth that will be used to do migration
+
+        :param bw: Bandwidth in MiB/s
+        """
+        self._domain.migrateSetMaxSpeed(bandwidth)
+
     def migrate_start_postcopy(self):
         """Switch running live migration to post-copy mode"""
         self._domain.migrateStartPostCopy()