diff --git a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
index b51e0e076..63621e45f 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/hypervisor.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 ///
 ///
 pub enum HypervisorError {
+    ///
+    /// Hypervisor availability check error
+    ///
+    #[error("Failed to check availability of the hypervisor: {0}")]
+    HypervisorAvailableCheck(#[source] anyhow::Error),
     ///
     /// hypervisor creation error
     ///
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index 159686e90..bbb71c913 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -916,6 +916,16 @@ impl KvmHypervisor {
 
         Ok(Arc::new(KvmHypervisor { kvm: kvm_obj }))
     }
+    /// Check if the hypervisor is available
+    pub fn is_available() -> hypervisor::Result<bool> {
+        match std::fs::metadata("/dev/kvm") {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
+            Err(err) => Err(hypervisor::HypervisorError::HypervisorAvailableCheck(
+                err.into(),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
 }
 /// Implementation of Hypervisor trait for KVM
 /// Example:
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
index d7d6972ab..4c68fa430 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ impl MshvHypervisor {
             Mshv::new().map_err(|e| hypervisor::HypervisorError::HypervisorCreate(e.into()))?;
         Ok(Arc::new(MshvHypervisor { mshv: mshv_obj }))
     }
+    /// Check if the hypervisor is available
+    pub fn is_available() -> hypervisor::Result<bool> {
+        match std::fs::metadata("/dev/mshv") {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
+            Err(err) => Err(hypervisor::HypervisorError::HypervisorAvailableCheck(
+                err.into(),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
 }
 /// Implementation of Hypervisor trait for Mshv
 /// Example: