diff --git a/docs/schemas/capability.rng b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
index e1b7858540..66c5de62e5 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/capability.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       </element>
     </zeroOrMore>
     <zeroOrMore>
-      <ref name='pagesElem'/>
+      <ref name='pagesHost'/>
     </zeroOrMore>
   </define>
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
       </optional>
 
       <zeroOrMore>
-        <ref name='pagesElem'/>
+        <ref name='pagesNuma'/>
       </zeroOrMore>
 
       <optional>
@@ -484,17 +484,25 @@
     </data>
   </define>
 
-  <define name='pagesElem'>
+  <define name='pagesHost'>
     <element name='pages'>
-      <optional>
-        <attribute name='unit'>
-          <ref name='unit'/>
-        </attribute>
-      </optional>
-      <attribute name='size'>
-        <ref name='unsignedInt'/>
-      </attribute>
+      <ref name='pagesElem'/>
+    </element>
+  </define>
+  <define name='pagesNuma'>
+    <element name='pages'>
+      <ref name='pagesElem'/>
       <ref name='unsignedInt'/>
     </element>
   </define>
+  <define name='pagesElem'>
+    <optional>
+      <attribute name='unit'>
+        <ref name='unit'/>
+      </attribute>
+    </optional>
+    <attribute name='size'>
+      <ref name='unsignedInt'/>
+    </attribute>
+  </define>
 </grammar>
diff --git a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test2.xml b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test2.xml
index 652fc71e0b..125a322998 100644
--- a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test2.xml
+++ b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test2.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
       <feature name='acpi'/>
       <feature name='ds'/>
       <feature name='vme'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='4'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='2048'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='1048576'/>
     </cpu>
     <power_management>
       <suspend_mem/>
diff --git a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
index 479db30612..8294f44425 100644
--- a/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
+++ b/tests/capabilityschemadata/caps-test3.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
       <feature name='acpi'/>
       <feature name='ds'/>
       <feature name='vme'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='4'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='2048'/>
+      <pages unit='KiB' size='1048576'/>
     </cpu>
     <power_management>
       <suspend_disk/>
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@
       <cells num='2'>
         <cell id='0'>
           <memory unit='KiB'>12572412</memory>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='4'>4011249</pages>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='2048'>0</pages>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='1048576'>0</pages>
           <cpus num='12'>
             <cpu id='0'/>
             <cpu id='2'/>