diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index a5eb995a60..05340ae9b9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ struct qemuCapsStringFlags qemuCapsObjectTypes[] = {
     { "virtio-scsi-pci", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI },
     { "spicevmc", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPICEVMC },
     { "qxl-vga", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA },
+    { "qxl", QEMU_CAPS_VGA_QXL },
     { "sga", QEMU_CAPS_SGA },
     { "scsi-block", QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_BLOCK },
     { "scsi-cd", QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_CD },
diff --git a/tests/qemuhelptest.c b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
index 681f425b04..df30ac191f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhelptest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhelptest.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_NESTING,
             QEMU_CAPS_NAME_PROCESS,
             QEMU_CAPS_SMBIOS_TYPE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VGA_QXL,
             QEMU_CAPS_SPICE,
             QEMU_CAPS_VGA_NONE,
             QEMU_CAPS_MIGRATE_QEMU_FD,