diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 5ef6c9c8da..18927cba97 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -2364,6 +2364,13 @@ virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 }
 
 
+virCPUDefPtr
+virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+{
+    return qemuCaps->hostCPUModel;
+}
+
+
 int virQEMUCapsGetMachineTypesCaps(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                    size_t *nmachines,
                                    virCapsGuestMachinePtr **machines)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index c05adfd306..b1d512efde 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ int virQEMUCapsAddCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 int virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                  char ***names,
                                  size_t *count);
+virCPUDefPtr virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
 const char *virQEMUCapsGetCanonicalMachine(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                            const char *name);
 int virQEMUCapsGetMachineMaxCpus(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,