diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParser.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParser.java
index c4d5ac48f6f8..8b26bc94e218 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParser.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParser.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.WatchDogDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.WatchDogDef.WatchDogAction;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.WatchDogDef.WatchDogModel;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef;
 
 public class LibvirtDomainXMLParser {
     protected Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(getClass());
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ public class LibvirtDomainXMLParser {
     private LibvirtVMDef.CpuTuneDef cpuTuneDef;
     private LibvirtVMDef.CpuModeDef cpuModeDef;
     private String name;
+    private GuestDef.BootType bootType;
+    private GuestDef.BootMode bootMode;
 
     public boolean parseDomainXML(String domXML) {
         DocumentBuilder builder;
@@ -388,6 +391,7 @@ public boolean parseDomainXML(String domXML) {
             }
             extractCpuTuneDef(rootElement);
             extractCpuModeDef(rootElement);
+            extractBootDef(rootElement);
             return true;
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
             logger.debug(e.toString());
@@ -516,6 +520,14 @@ public LibvirtVMDef.CpuModeDef getCpuModeDef() {
         return cpuModeDef;
     }
 
+    public GuestDef.BootType getBootType() {
+        return bootType;
+    }
+
+    public GuestDef.BootMode getBootMode() {
+        return bootMode;
+    }
+
     private void extractCpuTuneDef(final Element rootElement) {
         NodeList cpuTunesList = rootElement.getElementsByTagName("cputune");
         if (cpuTunesList.getLength() > 0) {
@@ -569,4 +581,26 @@ private void extractCpuModeDef(final Element rootElement){
             }
         }
     }
+
+    protected void extractBootDef(final Element rootElement) {
+        bootType = GuestDef.BootType.BIOS;
+        bootMode = GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY;
+        Element osElement = (Element) rootElement.getElementsByTagName("os").item(0);
+        if (osElement == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        NodeList loaderList = osElement.getElementsByTagName("loader");
+        if (loaderList.getLength() == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Element loader = (Element) loaderList.item(0);
+        String type = loader.getAttribute("type");
+        String secure = loader.getAttribute("secure");
+        if ("pflash".equalsIgnoreCase(type) || loader.getTextContent().toLowerCase().contains("uefi")) {
+            bootType = GuestDef.BootType.UEFI;
+        }
+        if ("yes".equalsIgnoreCase(secure)) {
+            bootMode = GuestDef.BootMode.SECURE;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 93ad084b4379..5174563f675a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public String toString() {
             }
         }
 
-        enum BootType {
+        public enum BootType {
             UEFI("UEFI"), BIOS("BIOS");
 
             String _type;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public String toString() {
             }
         }
 
-        enum BootMode {
+        public enum BootMode {
             LEGACY("LEGACY"), SECURE("SECURE");
 
             String _mode;
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtGetUnmanagedInstancesCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtGetUnmanagedInstancesCommandWrapper.java
index 70b1715cc20a..e807bf3c8211 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtGetUnmanagedInstancesCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtGetUnmanagedInstancesCommandWrapper.java
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ private UnmanagedInstanceTO getUnmanagedInstance(LibvirtComputingResource libvir
             instance.setNics(getUnmanagedInstanceNics(parser.getInterfaces()));
             instance.setDisks(getUnmanagedInstanceDisks(parser.getDisks(),libvirtComputingResource, conn, domain.getName()));
             instance.setVncPassword(getFormattedVncPassword(parser.getVncPasswd()));
+            if (parser.getBootType() != null) {
+                instance.setBootType(parser.getBootType().toString());
+            }
+            if (parser.getBootMode() != null) {
+                instance.setBootMode(parser.getBootMode().toString());
+            }
 
             return instance;
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParserTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParserTest.java
index 921bbf0c9a87..de50cf342024 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParserTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtDomainXMLParserTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@
 package com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.ChannelDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.DiskDef;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtVMDef.InterfaceDef;
@@ -31,10 +36,15 @@
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.qemu.QemuObject;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.security.ParserUtils;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class LibvirtDomainXMLParserTest extends TestCase {
@@ -386,4 +396,84 @@ public void testDomainXMLParserWithoutModelName() {
         Assert.assertEquals("CPU cores count is parsed", 4, libvirtDomainXMLParser.getCpuModeDef().getCoresPerSocket());
         Assert.assertEquals("CPU threads count is parsed", 2, libvirtDomainXMLParser.getCpuModeDef().getThreadsPerCore());
     }
+
+    private LibvirtDomainXMLParser parseElementFromXML(String xml) {
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = new LibvirtDomainXMLParser();
+        DocumentBuilder builder;
+        try {
+            builder = ParserUtils.getSaferDocumentBuilderFactory().newDocumentBuilder();
+            InputSource is = new InputSource();
+            is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xml));
+            Document doc = builder.parse(is);
+            Element element = doc.getDocumentElement();
+            parser.extractBootDef(element);
+        } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
+            Assert.fail("Failed to parse XML: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+        return parser;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractBootDefParsesUEFISecureBootCorrectly() {
+        String xml = "<domain type='kvm'>" +
+                     "<os>" +
+                     "<loader type='pflash' secure='yes'>/path/to/uefi/loader</loader>" +
+                     "</os>" +
+                     "</domain>";
+
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = parseElementFromXML(xml);
+
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootType.UEFI, parser.getBootType());
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootMode.SECURE, parser.getBootMode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractBootDefParsesUEFILegacyBootCorrectly() {
+        String xml = "<domain type='kvm'>" +
+                     "<os>" +
+                     "<loader type='pflash' secure='no'>/path/to/uefi/loader</loader>" +
+                     "</os>" +
+                     "</domain>";
+
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = parseElementFromXML(xml);
+
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootType.UEFI, parser.getBootType());
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY, parser.getBootMode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractBootDefDefaultsToBIOSLegacyWhenNoLoaderPresent() {
+        String xml = "<domain type='kvm'>" +
+                     "<os>" +
+                     "<type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>" +
+                     "</os>" +
+                     "</domain>";
+
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = parseElementFromXML(xml);
+
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootType.BIOS, parser.getBootType());
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY, parser.getBootMode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractBootDefHandlesEmptyOSSection() {
+        String xml = "<domain type='kvm'>" +
+                     "<os></os>" +
+                     "</domain>";
+
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = parseElementFromXML(xml);
+
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootType.BIOS, parser.getBootType());
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY, parser.getBootMode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractBootDefHandlesMissingOSSection() {
+        String xml = "<domain type='kvm'></domain>";
+
+        LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = parseElementFromXML(xml);
+
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootType.BIOS, parser.getBootType());
+        assertEquals(LibvirtVMDef.GuestDef.BootMode.LEGACY, parser.getBootMode());
+    }
 }