diff --git a/roles/libvirt_manager/templates/domain.xml.j2 b/roles/libvirt_manager/templates/domain.xml.j2
index c62a8b6dbc..d52bfb4f9e 100644
--- a/roles/libvirt_manager/templates/domain.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/libvirt_manager/templates/domain.xml.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <domain type='kvm'>
+  <uuid>{{ vm | ansible.builtin.to_uuid }}</uuid>
   <name>cifmw-{{ vm }}</name>
   <memory unit='GB'>{{ vm_data.memory | default(2) }}</memory>
   <vcpu placement='static'>{{ vm_data.cpus | default(2) }}</vcpu>