diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/files/domain-template.jinja b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/files/domain-template.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f902a1f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/files/domain-template.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+    <name>{{ domain_name }}</name>
+    <uuid>{{ uuid }}</uuid>
+    <memory unit='KiB'>{{ memory }}</memory>
+    <currentMemory unit='KiB'>{{ memory }}</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <clock offset='utc'>
+    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
+    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
+    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
+  </clock>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
+  <pm>
+    <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
+    <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
+  </pm>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file="{{ disk }}"/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source file="{{ seed }}"/>
+      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type='network'>
+        <mac address="{{ mac_address }}"/>
+      <source network='default'/>
+      <model type='rtl8139'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </interface>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target port='0'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
+
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
index 50a115199b..e816b177e9 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@
 - name: setup nested virt on virthosts with nested=true variable
   copy: src=kvm_intel.conf dest=/etc/modprobe.d/kvm_intel.conf
   when: nested == true
+
+- name: copy domain xml for testcloud that allows nested virt
+  copy: src=domain-template.jinja dest=/var/lib/testcloud/domain-template.jinja owner=qemu group=testcloud mode=0764
+  when: deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg', 'prod']