diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 65e7d77a07..8199a11b74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7213,6 +7213,15 @@ qemuBuildAccelCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM:
         virBufferAddLit(&buf, "kvm");
+        /*
+         * only handle the kvm case, tcg case use the legacy style
+         * not that either kvm or tcg can be specified by libvirt
+         * so do not worry about the conflict of specifying both
+         * */
+        if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_KVM] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON &&
+            def->kvm_features->features[VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DIRTY_RING] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
+            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",dirty-ring-size=%d", def->kvm_features->dirty_ring_size);
+        }
         break;
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KQEMU:
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/kvm-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/kvm-features.args
index 371c382b47..1789363736 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/kvm-features.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/kvm-features.args
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -S \
 -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
 -machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
--accel kvm \
+-accel kvm,dirty-ring-size=4096 \
 -cpu host,kvm=off,kvm-hint-dedicated=on,kvm-poll-control=on \
 -m 214 \
 -realtime mlock=off \