diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
index acd9020830..477e775229 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Element and attribute overview
 
 The root element required for all virtual machines is named ``domain``. It has
 two attributes, the ``type`` specifies the hypervisor used for running the
-domain. The allowed values are driver specific, but include "xen", "kvm", "qemu"
+domain. The allowed values are driver specific, but include "xen", "kvm",
+"hvf" (:since:`since 8.0.0 and QEMU 2.12`), "qemu"
 and "lxc". The second attribute is ``id`` which is a unique integer identifier
 for the running guest machine. Inactive machines have no id value.
 
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 169b8d8dee..64a797de46 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
         <value>phyp</value> <!-- NOT USED ANYMORE -->
         <value>vz</value>
         <value>bhyve</value>
+        <value>hvf</value>
       </choice>
     </attribute>
   </define>
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index b39136119f..f5b15cff33 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainVirt,
               "parallels",
               "bhyve",
               "vz",
+              "hvf",
 );
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainOS,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 383eb1e6b8..d7352b60e6 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_PARALLELS,
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_BHYVE,
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_VZ,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_HVF,
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_LAST
 } virDomainVirtType;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 52ea148a0f..2a1fe27297 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7216,6 +7216,10 @@ qemuBuildAccelCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
         }
         break;
 
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_HVF:
+        virBufferAddLit(&buf, "hvf");
+        break;
+
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KQEMU:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_XEN:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_LXC: