diff --git a/src/mkvm/vmdesc.py b/src/mkvm/vmdesc.py
index 2623d62..8786f10 100644
--- a/src/mkvm/vmdesc.py
+++ b/src/mkvm/vmdesc.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
 
     __slots__ = (
         'name',
+        'title',
+        'description',
         'fqdn',
         'ram',
         'vcpus',
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
 
     def __init__(self, name=None):
         self.name = name
+        self.title = None
+        self.description = None
         self.fqdn = None
         self.ram = 256 * 2 ** 20
         self.vcpus = 1
@@ -283,6 +287,10 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
     def to_xml(self, pretty_print=False):
         root = etree.Element('domain', type='kvm')
         etree.SubElement(root, 'name').text = self.name
+        if self.title:
+            etree.SubElement(root, 'title').text = self.title
+        if self.description:
+            etree.SubElement(root, 'description').text = self.description
 
         elm_memory = etree.SubElement(root, 'memory', unit='KiB')
         elm_memory.text = str(self.ram // 1024)