diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/cpufreq-xen.modules b/dom0/aux-tools/cpufreq-xen.modules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..defac8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/cpufreq-xen.modules
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if modinfo cpufreq-xen > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    modprobe acpi-cpufreq || exit 1
+    modprobe cpufreq-xen
+
+    for f in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-9]*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do
+        echo xen > $f
+    done
+
+fi
+
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
index 2ea8c35f..15209760 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
+++ b/dom0/qvm-core/qubes.py
@@ -829,6 +829,12 @@ class QubesVm(object):
         args['mem'] = str(self.memory)
         args['maxmem'] = str(self.maxmem)
         args['vcpus'] = str(self.vcpus)
+        args['ip'] = self.ip
+        args['mac'] = self.mac
+        args['gateway'] = self.gateway
+        args['dns1'] = self.gateway
+        args['dns2'] = self.secondary_dns
+        args['netmask'] = self.netmask
         if self.netvm is not None:
             args['netdev'] = "'mac={mac},script=/etc/xen/scripts/vif-route-qubes,ip={ip}".format(ip=self.ip, mac=self.mac)
             if self.netvm.qid != 0:
diff --git a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-sync-clock b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-sync-clock
index 911bf68a..30978af4 100755
--- a/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-sync-clock
+++ b/dom0/qvm-tools/qvm-sync-clock
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ def main():
         if vm.is_running() and vm.qid != 0 and vm.qid != clock_vm.qid:
             if verbose:
                 print >> sys.stderr, '--> Syncing \'%s\' clock.' % vm.name
-            vm.run('root:date -u -s "%s"' % date_out, verbose=verbose)
+            try:
+                vm.run('root:date -u -s "%s"' % date_out, verbose=verbose)
+            except NotImplementedError:
+                pass
 
 main()
 
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
index e2aa42d8..9316e9b9 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-dom0.spec
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ cp ../qrexec/qubes_rpc_multiplexer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp aux-tools/qubes.ReceiveUpdates.policy $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc/policy/qubes.ReceiveUpdates
 cp aux-tools/qubes.ReceiveUpdates $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/qubes_rpc/
 install -D aux-tools/qubes-dom0.modules $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-dom0.modules
+install -D aux-tools/cpufreq-xen.modules $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/modules/cpufreq-xen.modules
 install -D aux-tools/qubes-dom0-updates.cron $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/cron.daily/qubes-dom0-updates.cron
 install -D aux-tools/qubes-sync-clock.cron $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/cron.d/qubes-sync-clock.cron
 
@@ -214,6 +215,9 @@ echo 'installonlypkgs = kernel, kernel-qubes-vm' >> /etc/yum.conf
 
 sed 's/^PRELINKING\s*=.*/PRELINKING=no/' -i /etc/sysconfig/prelink
 
+sed 's/^#\?\s*XENCONSOLED_LOG_HYPERVISOR\s*=.*/XENCONSOLED_LOG_HYPERVISOR=yes/' -i /etc/sysconfig/xenconsoled
+sed 's/^#\?\s*XENCONSOLED_LOG_GUESTS\s*=.*/XENCONSOLED_LOG_HYPERVISOR=yes/' -i /etc/sysconfig/xenconsoled
+
 chkconfig --add qubes_core || echo "WARNING: Cannot add service qubes_core!"
 chkconfig --add qubes_netvm || echo "WARNING: Cannot add service qubes_netvm!"
 chkconfig --add qubes_setupdvm || echo "WARNING: Cannot add service qubes_setupdvm!"
@@ -355,6 +359,7 @@ fi
 /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/qubes_nmhook
 /etc/sysconfig/iptables
 /etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-dom0.modules
+/etc/sysconfig/modules/cpufreq-xen.modules
 /usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/01qubes-sync-vms-clock
 /usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/51qubes-suspend-netvm
 /usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/52qubes-pause-vms