diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index e754341bad..162212da59 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -648,6 +648,14 @@ function start_nova_compute() {
     fi
 
     if [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'libvirt' ]]; then
+        # Enable client side traces for libvirt
+        export LIBVIRT_LOG_FILTERS="1:libvirt"
+        export LIBVIRT_LOG_OUTPUTS="1:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd-nova.log"
+
+        # Enable server side traces for libvirtd
+        echo "log_filters=\"1:libvirt 1:qemu\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+        echo "log_outputs=\"1:file:/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
+
         # The group **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** is added to the current user in this script.
         # Use 'sg' to execute nova-compute as a member of the **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** group.
         screen_it n-cpu "cd $NOVA_DIR && sg $LIBVIRT_GROUP '$NOVA_BIN_DIR/nova-compute --config-file $compute_cell_conf'"