diff --git a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
index 6702453c7f..204de9c327 100644
--- a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   - libvirtd
   - config
 
-- set_fact: image_pool_dir=/libvirt-images
+- set_fact: image_pool_dir=/libvirt-images image_pool_name=images
   tags: libvirtd
 
 - name: create libvirt image directory
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@
   notify: restart libvirtd
   tags: libvirtd
 
+- name: check if image pool exists
+  shell: virsh pool-info "{{ image_pool_name }}"
+  register: libvirt_pool_exists
+  failed_when: false
+  changed_when: libvirt_pool_exists.rc != 0
+  tags: libvirtd
+
+- name: copy image pool config file to host
+  template: src=libvirt-image-pool.xml
+            dest=/root/.tmp-ansible-file.xml
+  when: libvirt_pool_exists.changed
+  tags: libvirtd
+
+- name: define image pool in libvirt
+  shell: |
+    virsh pool-define /root/.tmp-ansible-file.xml
+    virsh pool-start "{{ image_pool_name }}"
+    virsh pool-autostart "{{ image_pool_name }}"
+  when: libvirt_pool_exists.changed
+  notify: restart libvirtd
+  tags: libvirtd
+
 - name: allow copr user controlling libvirt
   ini_file:
     path: /usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.socket
diff --git a/roles/copr/hypervisor/templates/libvirt-pool-images.xml b/roles/copr/hypervisor/templates/libvirt-pool-images.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c87d6b7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/hypervisor/templates/libvirt-pool-images.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<pool type='dir'>
+  <name>{{ image_pool_name }}</name>
+  <target>
+    <path>{{ image_pool_dir }}</path>
+  </target>
+</pool>