diff --git a/docs/schemas/capability.rng b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
index aee03d7fcd..d2d9776e49 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/capability.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@
             <empty/>
           </element>
         </optional>
+        <optional>
+          <element name='disksnapshot'>
+            <ref name='featuretoggle'/>
+            <empty/>
+          </element>
+        </optional>
       </interleave>
     </element>
   </define>
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 1e55121ade..1df7653eaf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ virQEMUCapsInitGuest(virCapsPtr caps,
     virQEMUCapsPtr qemubinCaps = NULL;
     virQEMUCapsPtr kvmbinCaps = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
+    bool hasdisksnapshot = false;
 
     /* Check for existence of base emulator, or alternate base
      * which can be used with magic cpu choice
@@ -789,6 +790,12 @@ virQEMUCapsInitGuest(virCapsPtr caps,
         !virCapabilitiesAddGuestFeature(guest, "deviceboot", 1, 0))
         goto error;
 
+    if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemubinCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DISK_SNAPSHOT))
+        hasdisksnapshot = true;
+
+    if (!virCapabilitiesAddGuestFeature(guest, "disksnapshot", hasdisksnapshot, 0))
+        goto error;
+
     if (virCapabilitiesAddGuestDomain(guest,
                                       "qemu",
                                       NULL,