diff --git a/src/util/virarch.h b/src/util/virarch.h
index 81b1b27a57..747f77c48e 100644
--- a/src/util/virarch.h
+++ b/src/util/virarch.h
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ typedef enum {
 #define ARCH_IS_MIPS64(arch) ((arch) == VIR_ARCH_MIPS64 ||\
                               (arch) == VIR_ARCH_MIPS64EL)
 
+#define ARCH_IS_SH4(arch) ((arch) == VIR_ARCH_SH4 ||\
+                           (arch) == VIR_ARCH_SH4EB)
+
 typedef enum {
     VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
     VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN,
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index 0389012ef7..4027547e1e 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ virHostCPUGetPhysAddrSize(const virArch hostArch,
 {
     g_autoptr(FILE) cpuinfo = NULL;
 
-    if (ARCH_IS_S390(hostArch)) {
+    if (!(ARCH_IS_X86(hostArch) || ARCH_IS_SH4(hostArch))) {
         /* Ensure size is set to 0 as physical address size is unknown */
         *size = 0;
         return 0;