diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index ffbf46c1ac..290c479962 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ virHostCPUGetOnlineBitmap;
 virHostCPUGetPresentBitmap;
 virHostCPUGetStats;
 virHostCPUGetThreadsPerSubcore;
+virHostCPUHasBitmap;
 virHostCPUStatsAssign;
 virHostMemAllocPages;
 virHostMemGetCellsFree;
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index 42a52caa55..f29f3122ac 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,16 @@ virHostCPUGetCount(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+bool
+virHostCPUHasBitmap(void)
+{
+#ifdef __linux__
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 virBitmapPtr
 virHostCPUGetPresentBitmap(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.h b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
index b048704608..39f7cf8c88 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.h
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int virHostCPUGetStats(int cpuNum,
                        int *nparams,
                        unsigned int flags);
 
+bool virHostCPUHasBitmap(void);
 virBitmapPtr virHostCPUGetPresentBitmap(void);
 virBitmapPtr virHostCPUGetOnlineBitmap(void);
 int virHostCPUGetCount(void);