diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_cpu b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_cpu
index d8ec7934..81e6cc75 100755
--- a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_cpu
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_cpu
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def list_pids():
     ''' Find the pid of kvm processes
     @return a list of pids from running kvm
     '''
-    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-system-x86_64", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 kvm", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
     return pid.communicate()[0].split()
 
 def fetch(vms):
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_io b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_io
index 065f1a19..ac072025 100755
--- a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_io
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_io
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def list_pids():
     ''' Find the pid of kvm processes
     @return a list of pids from running kvm
     '''
-    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-system-x86_64", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 kvm", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
     return pid.communicate()[0].split()
     
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_mem b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_mem
index 66e7f399..14de0275 100755
--- a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_mem
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_mem
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def list_pids():
     ''' Find the pid of kvm processes
     @return a list of pids from running kvm
     '''
-    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-system-x86_64", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 kvm", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
     return pid.communicate()[0].split()
     
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_net b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_net
index dfe2cd79..386c4bda 100755
--- a/plugins/libvirt/kvm_net
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/kvm_net
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def list_pids():
     ''' Find the pid of kvm processes
     @return a list of pids from running kvm
     '''
-    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-system-x86_64", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+    pid = Popen("pidof qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86_64 kvm", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
     return pid.communicate()[0].split()
 
 def find_vms_tap():