diff -r 3c4c3d48a835 tools/libxl/libxl.c
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl.c	Thu Aug 26 11:16:56 2010 +0100
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl.c	Thu Aug 26 17:26:20 2010 -0400
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
     }
 
     ctx->xsh = xs_daemon_open();
+    if (!ctx->xsh)
+        ctx->xsh = xs_domain_open();
     if (!ctx->xsh) {
         XL_LOG_ERRNOVAL(ctx, XL_LOG_ERROR, errno, 
                         "cannot connect to xenstore");