diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 87412dd4ec..3a1bfbf74d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps,
 
               /* 450 */
               "run-with.async-teardown", /* QEMU_CAPS_RUN_WITH_ASYNC_TEARDOWN */
+              "virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa", /* QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_BLK_VHOST_VDPA */
     );
 
 
@@ -1531,6 +1532,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsQMPSchemaQueries[] = {
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+rbd/encrypt/format/^luks-any", QEMU_CAPS_RBD_ENCRYPTION_LUKS_ANY },
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+nbd/tls-hostname", QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV_NBD_TLS_HOSTNAME },
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+qcow2/discard-no-unref", QEMU_CAPS_QCOW2_DISCARD_NO_UNREF },
+    { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa/$fdset", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_BLK_VHOST_VDPA},
     { "blockdev-snapshot/$allow-write-only-overlay", QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV_SNAPSHOT_ALLOW_WRITE_ONLY },
     { "chardev-add/arg-type/backend/+socket/data/reconnect", QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_RECONNECT },
     { "device_add/$json-cli-hotplug", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_JSON },
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index e51d3fffdc..3c4f7f625b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ typedef enum { /* virQEMUCapsFlags grouping marker for syntax-check */
 
     /* 450 */
     QEMU_CAPS_RUN_WITH_ASYNC_TEARDOWN, /* asynchronous teardown -run-with async-teardown=on|off */
+    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_BLK_VHOST_VDPA, /* virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa block driver */
 
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_8.1.0_x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_8.1.0_x86_64.xml
index 6f8c5a57b7..d266dd0f31 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_8.1.0_x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_8.1.0_x86_64.xml
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
   <flag name='rbd-encryption-luks-any'/>
   <flag name='qcow2-discard-no-unref'/>
   <flag name='run-with.async-teardown'/>
+  <flag name='virtio-blk-vhost-vdpa'/>
   <version>8001000</version>
   <microcodeVersion>43100245</microcodeVersion>
   <package>v8.1.0</package>