diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
index a94125394e35..7b4a29a2c293 100644
--- a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ with the following properties:
     An empty property to request the memory of the domain to be
     direct-map (guest physical address == physical address).
 
+- domain-cpupool
+
+    Optional. Handle to a xen,cpupool device tree node that identifies the
+    cpupool where the guest will be started at boot.
+
 Under the "xen,domain" compatible node, one or more sub-nodes are present
 for the DomU kernel and ramdisk.
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
index 8be01678de05..9c67a483d4a4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c
@@ -3172,7 +3172,8 @@ static int __init construct_domU(struct domain *d,
 void __init create_domUs(void)
 {
     struct dt_device_node *node;
-    const struct dt_device_node *chosen = dt_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
+    const struct dt_device_node *cpupool_node,
+                                *chosen = dt_find_node_by_path("/chosen");
 
     BUG_ON(chosen == NULL);
     dt_for_each_child_node(chosen, node)
@@ -3241,6 +3242,17 @@ void __init create_domUs(void)
                                          vpl011_virq - 32 + 1);
         }
 
+        /* Get the optional property domain-cpupool */
+        cpupool_node = dt_parse_phandle(node, "domain-cpupool", 0);
+        if ( cpupool_node )
+        {
+            int pool_id = btcpupools_get_domain_pool_id(cpupool_node);
+            if ( pool_id < 0 )
+                panic("Error getting cpupool id from domain-cpupool (%d)\n",
+                      pool_id);
+            d_cfg.cpupool_id = pool_id;
+        }
+
         /*
          * The variable max_init_domid is initialized with zero, so here it's
          * very important to use the pre-increment operator to call
diff --git a/xen/common/boot_cpupools.c b/xen/common/boot_cpupools.c
index 9429a5025fc4..240bae4cebb8 100644
--- a/xen/common/boot_cpupools.c
+++ b/xen/common/boot_cpupools.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ static unsigned int __initdata next_pool_id;
 
 #define BTCPUPOOLS_DT_NODE_NO_REG     (-1)
 #define BTCPUPOOLS_DT_NODE_NO_LOG_CPU (-2)
+#define BTCPUPOOLS_DT_WRONG_NODE      (-3)
+#define BTCPUPOOLS_DT_CORRUPTED_NODE  (-4)
 
 static int __init get_logical_cpu_from_hw_id(unsigned int hwid)
 {
@@ -56,6 +58,28 @@ get_logical_cpu_from_cpu_node(const struct dt_device_node *cpu_node)
     return cpu_num;
 }
 
+int __init btcpupools_get_domain_pool_id(const struct dt_device_node *node)
+{
+    const struct dt_device_node *phandle_node;
+    int cpu_num;
+
+    if ( !dt_device_is_compatible(node, "xen,cpupool") )
+        return BTCPUPOOLS_DT_WRONG_NODE;
+    /*
+     * Get first cpu listed in the cpupool, from its reg it's possible to
+     * retrieve the cpupool id.
+     */
+    phandle_node = dt_parse_phandle(node, "cpupool-cpus", 0);
+    if ( !phandle_node )
+        return BTCPUPOOLS_DT_CORRUPTED_NODE;
+
+    cpu_num = get_logical_cpu_from_cpu_node(phandle_node);
+    if ( cpu_num < 0 )
+        return cpu_num;
+
+    return pool_cpu_map[cpu_num];
+}
+
 static int __init check_and_get_sched_id(const char* scheduler_name)
 {
     int sched_id = sched_get_id_by_name(scheduler_name);
diff --git a/xen/common/domain.c b/xen/common/domain.c
index 351029f8b239..0827400f4f49 100644
--- a/xen/common/domain.c
+++ b/xen/common/domain.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ struct domain *domain_create(domid_t domid,
         if ( !d->pbuf )
             goto fail;
 
-        if ( (err = sched_init_domain(d, 0)) != 0 )
+        if ( (err = sched_init_domain(d, config->cpupool_id)) != 0 )
             goto fail;
 
         if ( (err = late_hwdom_init(d)) != 0 )
diff --git a/xen/include/public/domctl.h b/xen/include/public/domctl.h
index b85e6170b0aa..2f4cf56f438d 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/domctl.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/domctl.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "hvm/save.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 
-#define XEN_DOMCTL_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x00000014
+#define XEN_DOMCTL_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x00000015
 
 /*
  * NB. xen_domctl.domain is an IN/OUT parameter for this operation.
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ struct xen_domctl_createdomain {
     /* Per-vCPU buffer size in bytes.  0 to disable. */
     uint32_t vmtrace_size;
 
+    uint32_t cpupool_id;
+
     struct xen_arch_domainconfig arch;
 };
 
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/sched.h b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
index 453e98f1cba8..b62315ad5e5d 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/sched.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ void arch_do_physinfo(struct xen_sysctl_physinfo *pi);
 void btcpupools_allocate_pools(void);
 unsigned int btcpupools_get_cpupool_id(unsigned int cpu);
 void btcpupools_dtb_parse(void);
+int btcpupools_get_domain_pool_id(const struct dt_device_node *node);
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_BOOT_TIME_CPUPOOLS */
 static inline void btcpupools_allocate_pools(void) {}
@@ -1190,6 +1191,14 @@ static inline unsigned int btcpupools_get_cpupool_id(unsigned int cpu)
 {
     return 0;
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DEVICE_TREE
+static inline int
+btcpupools_get_domain_pool_id(const struct dt_device_node *node)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __SCHED_H__ */
