diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
index e63c7bd..706e282 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ int libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault(libxl__gc *gc,
         return ERROR_INVAL;
     }
 
+    if (!b_info->weight)
+        b_info->weight = 256;
+    if (!b_info->cap)
+        b_info->cap = 0;
     if (!b_info->max_vcpus)
         b_info->max_vcpus = 1;
     if (!b_info->cur_vcpus)
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
index 0bdd654..f858a42 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
@@ -65,9 +65,38 @@ int libxl__build_pre(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t domid,
     libxl_ctx *ctx = libxl__gc_owner(gc);
     int tsc_mode;
     char *xs_domid, *con_domid;
+    libxl_scheduler sched;
+    struct xen_domctl_scheduler_op sched_op;
+
     xc_domain_max_vcpus(ctx->xch, domid, info->max_vcpus);
     libxl_set_vcpuaffinity_all(ctx, domid, info->max_vcpus, &info->cpumap);
     xc_domain_setmaxmem(ctx->xch, domid, info->target_memkb + LIBXL_MAXMEM_CONSTANT);
+
+    sched = libxl_get_scheduler (ctx);
+    
+    switch (sched) {
+    case LIBXL_SCHEDULER_SEDF:
+      xc_sedf_domain_get (ctx->xch, domid, &(sched_op.u.sedf.period), &(sched_op.u.sedf.slice), &(sched_op.u.sedf.latency), (uint16_t *) &(sched_op.u.sedf.extratime), (uint16_t *) &(sched_op.u.sedf.weight));
+      sched_op.u.sedf.weight = info->weight;
+      xc_sedf_domain_set (ctx->xch, domid, sched_op.u.sedf.period, sched_op.u.sedf.slice, sched_op.u.sedf.latency, (uint16_t) sched_op.u.sedf.extratime, (uint16_t) sched_op.u.sedf.weight);
+      break;
+    case LIBXL_SCHEDULER_CREDIT:
+//      struct xen_domctl_sched_credit sdom;
+      sched_op.u.credit.weight = info->weight;
+      sched_op.u.credit.cap = info->cap;
+      xc_sched_credit_domain_set(ctx->xch, domid, &(sched_op.u.credit));
+      break;
+    case LIBXL_SCHEDULER_CREDIT2:
+      sched_op.u.credit2.weight = info->weight;
+      xc_sched_credit2_domain_set(ctx->xch, domid, &(sched_op.u.credit2));
+      break;
+    case LIBXL_SCHEDULER_ARINC653:
+      /* not implemented */
+      break;
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+
     if (info->type == LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_PV)
         xc_domain_set_memmap_limit(ctx->xch, domid,
                 (info->max_memkb + info->u.pv.slack_memkb));
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
index 5cf9708..f185d4c 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ MemKB = UInt(64, init_val = "LIBXL_MEMKB_DEFAULT")
 libxl_domain_build_info = Struct("domain_build_info",[
     ("max_vcpus",       integer),
     ("cur_vcpus",       integer),
+    ("weight",          integer),
+    ("cap",             integer),
     ("cpumap",          libxl_cpumap),
     ("tsc_mode",        libxl_tsc_mode),
     ("max_memkb",       MemKB),
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index 5703512..d7dcb84 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char *configfile_filename_report,
     libxl_domain_build_info_init_type(b_info, c_info->type);
 
     /* the following is the actual config parsing with overriding values in the structures */
+    if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "cpu_weight", &l, 0))
+        b_info->weight = l;
+    if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "cap", &l, 0))
+        b_info->cap = l;
+
     if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "vcpus", &l, 0)) {
         b_info->max_vcpus = l;
         b_info->cur_vcpus = (1 << l) - 1;