diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index fce79f8b8b..403d8729cb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
 
               "qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb", /* 215 */
               "chardev-logfile",
+              "debug-threads",
     );
 
 
@@ -2636,6 +2637,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsCommandLineProps virQEMUCapsCommandLine[] = {
     { "chardev", "append", QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_FILE_APPEND },
     { "spice", "gl", QEMU_CAPS_SPICE_GL },
     { "chardev", "logfile", QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_LOGFILE },
+    { "name", "debug-threads", QEMU_CAPS_NAME_DEBUG_THREADS },
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index af8d15be55..01ceb8eabe 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ typedef enum {
     /* 215 */
     QEMU_CAPS_QXL_VGA_VRAM64, /* -device qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb */
     QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_LOGFILE, /* -chardev logfile=xxxx */
+    QEMU_CAPS_NAME_DEBUG_THREADS, /* Is -name debug-threads= available */
 
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.caps
index fd2639de7d..59d0323869 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.caps
@@ -162,4 +162,5 @@
     <flag name='vserport-change-event'/>
     <flag name='qxl.vram64_size_mb'/>
     <flag name='qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb'/>
+    <flag name='debug-threads'/>
   </qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.caps
index 4b61fc1e14..efbf9af6e4 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.caps
@@ -173,4 +173,5 @@
     <flag name='virtio-balloon-pci.deflate-on-oom'/>
     <flag name='qxl.vram64_size_mb'/>
     <flag name='qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb'/>
+    <flag name='debug-threads'/>
   </qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.caps
index 2061d0ec69..5fd3bcea68 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.caps
@@ -174,4 +174,5 @@
     <flag name='virtio-balloon-pci.deflate-on-oom'/>
     <flag name='qxl.vram64_size_mb'/>
     <flag name='qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb'/>
+    <flag name='debug-threads'/>
   </qemuCaps>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.caps b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.caps
index 8374cdab57..549759c0b1 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.caps
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.caps
@@ -177,4 +177,5 @@
     <flag name='spice-gl'/>
     <flag name='qxl.vram64_size_mb'/>
     <flag name='qxl-vga.vram64_size_mb'/>
+    <flag name='debug-threads'/>
   </qemuCaps>