diff --git a/libvirt/config.go b/libvirt/config.go
index 442aa4ace..a382479e1 100644
--- a/libvirt/config.go
+++ b/libvirt/config.go
@@ -24,21 +24,15 @@ type Client struct {
 	networkMutex sync.Mutex
 }
 
-// Client libvirt, generate libvirt client given URI.
+// Client libvirt, returns a libvirt client for a config.
 func (c *Config) Client() (*Client, error) {
-
 	u, err := uri.Parse(c.URI)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	conn, err := u.DialTransport()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to dial libvirt: %w", err)
-	}
-	log.Printf("[INFO] Set up libvirt transport: %v\n", conn)
+	l := libvirt.NewWithDialer(u)
 
-	l := libvirt.New(conn)
 	if err := l.ConnectToURI(libvirt.ConnectURI(u.RemoteName())); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/libvirt/uri/connection_uri.go b/libvirt/uri/connection_uri.go
index 4eedd1d5a..ffa029618 100644
--- a/libvirt/uri/connection_uri.go
+++ b/libvirt/uri/connection_uri.go
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ func (u *ConnectionURI) driver() string {
 	return strings.Split(u.Scheme, "+")[0]
 }
 
-// go-libvirt needs a connection to talk RPC to libvirtd.
-//
-// Returns the connection for the URI transport, and a new
-// URI to be used in ConnectToURI (passed to libvirtd).
+// Dial implements go-libvirt Dialer interface, which is used
+// to retrieve connections to talk via RPC to libvirtd.
 //
 // For example, a qemu+ssh:/// uri would return a SSH connection
 // to localhost, and a new URI to qemu+unix:///system
 // dials the transport for this connection URI.
-func (u *ConnectionURI) DialTransport() (net.Conn, error) {
+func (u *ConnectionURI) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
 	t := u.transport()
 	switch t {
 	case "tcp":