diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index e98195b1d7..b579b994f3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4598,6 +4598,11 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(const virDomainDef *def,
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",vgamem=%uk", video->vram);
     }
 
+    if (video->res && video->res->x && video->res->y) {
+        /* QEMU accepts resolution xres and yres. */
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",xres=%u,yres=%u", video->res->x, video->res->y);
+    }
+
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&buf, def, &video->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 09b6c9a570..a97bf65e7f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5774,6 +5774,17 @@ qemuDomainDeviceDefValidateVideo(const virDomainVideoDef *video)
         }
     }
 
+    if (video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA &&
+        video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_QXL &&
+        video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VIRTIO &&
+        video->type != VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_BOCHS) {
+        if (video->res) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
+                           _("model resolution is not supported"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA ||
         video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA) {
         if (video->vram && video->vram < 1024) {
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.args
index 1dbcd660f1..ed2e4422da 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.args
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
 -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vgamem_mb=8,\
-bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+xres=1280,yres=720,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
index 6ba2817002..1bc415f3f8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
     <video>
-      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
+      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1' primary='yes'>
+        <resolution x='1280' y='720'/>
+      </model>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
     </video>
     <memballoon model='virtio'>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
index 6ba2817002..1bc415f3f8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/video-qxl-resolution.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
     <video>
-      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
+      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='8192' heads='1' primary='yes'>
+        <resolution x='1280' y='720'/>
+      </model>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
     </video>
     <memballoon model='virtio'>