diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 76f7ee74..76eb4a4b 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class QubesVm(object):
                  firewall_conf = None,
                  volatile_img = None,
                  pcidevs = None,
+                 internal = False,
                  vcpus = None):
 
 
@@ -262,6 +263,9 @@ class QubesVm(object):
         else:
             self.vcpus = vcpus
 
+        # Internal VM (not shown in qubes-manager, doesn't create appmenus entries
+        self.internal = internal
+
         if not dry_run and xend_session.session is not None:
             self.refresh_xend_session()
 
@@ -928,6 +932,7 @@ class QubesVm(object):
         attrs["memory"] = str(self.memory)
         attrs["pcidevs"] = str(self.pcidevs)
         attrs["vcpus"] = str(self.vcpus)
+        attrs["internal"] = str(self.internal)
         return attrs
 
     def create_xml_element(self):
@@ -1567,7 +1572,8 @@ class QubesAppVm(QubesVm):
             print "--> Creating icon symlink: {0} -> {1}".format(self.icon_path, self.label.icon_path)
         os.symlink (self.label.icon_path, self.icon_path)
 
-        self.create_appmenus (verbose)
+        if not self.internal:
+            self.create_appmenus (verbose)
 
     def remove_from_disk(self):
         if dry_run:
@@ -1883,7 +1889,7 @@ class QubesVmCollection(dict):
         kwargs = {}
         common_attr_list = ("qid", "name", "dir_path", "conf_file",
                 "private_img", "root_img", "template_qid",
-                "installed_by_rpm", "updateable",
+                "installed_by_rpm", "updateable", "internal"
                 "uses_default_netvm", "label", "memory", "vcpus", "pcidevs")
 
         for attribute in common_attr_list:
@@ -1896,6 +1902,9 @@ class QubesVmCollection(dict):
         if "installed_by_rpm" in kwargs:
             kwargs["installed_by_rpm"] = True if kwargs["installed_by_rpm"] == "True" else False
 
+        if "internal" in kwargs:
+            kwargs["internal"] = True if kwargs["internal"] == "True" else False
+
         if "template_qid" in kwargs:
             if kwargs["template_qid"] == "none" or kwargs["template_qid"] is None:
                 kwargs.pop("template_qid")
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-create b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-create
index c4c80b97..c0f3f478 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-create
+++ b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-create
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ def main():
                         help="Initial memory size (in MB)")
     parser.add_option ("-c", "--vcpus", dest="vcpus", default=None,
                         help="VCPUs count")
+    parser.add_option ("-i", "--internal", action="store_true", dest="internal", default=False,
+                        help="Create VM for internal use only (hidden in qubes-manager, no appmenus)")
  
     parser.add_option ("-q", "--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True)
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args ()
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ def main():
     else:
         vm = qvm_collection.add_new_appvm(vmname, template_vm, label = label, updateable = options.standalone)
 
+    if options.internal:
+        vm.internal = True
+
     if options.mem is not None:
         vm.memory = options.mem
 
diff --git a/dom0/restore/qvm-create-default-dvm b/dom0/restore/qvm-create-default-dvm
index c854c837..04ed97e1 100755
--- a/dom0/restore/qvm-create-default-dvm
+++ b/dom0/restore/qvm-create-default-dvm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DVMTMPLDIR="/var/lib/qubes/appvms/$DVMTMPL"
 if ! [ -d "$DVMTMPLDIR" ] ; then
 	# unfortunately, currently there are reliability issues with save of a domain
 	# with multiple CPUs
-	if ! qvm-create --vcpus=1 -t "$TEMPLATENAME" -l gray "$DVMTMPL" ; then exit 1 ; fi
+	if ! qvm-create --vcpus=1 --internal -t "$TEMPLATENAME" -l gray "$DVMTMPL" ; then exit 1 ; fi
 fi
 if ! /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_prepare_saved_domain.sh \
 	"$DVMTMPL" "/var/lib/qubes/appvms/$DVMTMPL/dvm-savefile" $SCRIPTNAME ; then