diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 68d9b82432..36c83598e4 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
   - name: wait for virthost to come back - up to 6 minutes
     local_action: wait_for host={{ target }} port=22 delay=120 timeout=420
 
+  - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
+    wait_for host={{ target }} path=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock
+
   - name: look up vmlist
     virt: command=list_vms
     register: newvmlist