diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index 9a23271b69..c6323ce8c7 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_STIMER_DIRECT,
 
 KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_TLBFLUSH,
                 0x40000004, 0x00000004, 0x0);
+KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_AVIC,
+                0x40000004, 0x00000200, 0x0);
 KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_IPI,
                 0x40000004, 0x00000400, 0x0);
 KVM_FEATURE_DEF(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_EVMCS,
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ static virCPUx86Feature x86_kvm_features[] =
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_FREQUENCIES),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_REENLIGHTENMENT),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_TLBFLUSH),
+    KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_AVIC),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_IPI),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_EVMCS),
     KVM_FEATURE(VIR_CPU_x86_HV_STIMER_DIRECT),
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h b/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
index 9a4333bf2b..d1ca63db6d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_x86_data.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct _virCPUx86MSR {
 #define VIR_CPU_x86_HV_TLBFLUSH  "hv-tlbflush"
 #define VIR_CPU_x86_HV_IPI       "hv-ipi"
 #define VIR_CPU_x86_HV_EVMCS     "hv-evmcs"
+#define VIR_CPU_x86_HV_AVIC      "hv-avic"
 
 /* Hyper-V Synthetic Timer option */
 #define VIR_CPU_x86_HV_STIMER_DIRECT "hv-stimer-direct"