diff --git a/lib/cmdlib.py b/lib/cmdlib.py
index 35c14b13f04cba6c3d0e8ca47c0b41d6dd5aa7f8..27dfe5f455086f64e179cd968ff1b262f509f902 100644
--- a/lib/cmdlib.py
+++ b/lib/cmdlib.py
@@ -1572,6 +1572,12 @@ def _RedistributeAncillaryFiles(lu, additional_nodes=None):
                     constants.RAPI_CERT_FILE,
                     constants.RAPI_USERS_FILE,
                    ])
+
+  enabled_hypervisors = lu.cfg.GetClusterInfo().enabled_hypervisors
+  for hv_name in enabled_hypervisors:
+    hv_class = hypervisor.GetHypervisor(hv_name)
+    dist_files.update(hv_class.GetAncillaryFiles())
+
   # 3. Perform the files upload
   for fname in dist_files:
     if os.path.exists(fname):
diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
index 7f100476f011085d57eb1dd04e606560778c347b..442cd810d1663e47154897a4583422a96c4990a3 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class BaseHypervisor(object):
 
   """
   PARAMETERS = {}
+  ANCILLARY_FILES = []
 
   def __init__(self):
     pass
@@ -157,6 +158,19 @@ class BaseHypervisor(object):
     """
     raise NotImplementedError
 
+  @classmethod
+  def GetAncillaryFiles(cls):
+    """Return a list of ancillary files to be copied to all nodes as ancillary
+    configuration files.
+
+    @rtype: list of strings
+    @return: list of absolute paths of files to ship cluster-wide
+
+    """
+    # By default we return a member variable, so that if an hypervisor has just
+    # a static list of files it doesn't have to override this function.
+    return cls.ANCILLARY_FILES
+
   def Verify(self):
     """Verify the hypervisor.