diff --git a/scripts/libvirt b/scripts/libvirt
index 850c9ea3..598738c1 100755
--- a/scripts/libvirt
+++ b/scripts/libvirt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function usage {
   echo -e "\tdestroy\t\tdestroy the QEMU/KVM nodes"
 }
 
-COMMON_VIRT_OPTS="--memory=1024 --vcpus=1 --pxe --disk pool=default,size=6 --os-type=linux --os-variant=generic --noautoconsole"
+COMMON_VIRT_OPTS="--memory=1024 --vcpus=1 --pxe --disk pool=default,size=6 --os-type=linux --os-variant=generic --noautoconsole --events on_poweroff=preserve"
 
 function create_docker {
   virt-install --name $NODE1_NAME --network=bridge:docker0,mac=$NODE1_MAC $COMMON_VIRT_OPTS --boot=hd,network