diff --git a/docs/schemas/capability.rng b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
index e5cbfa362e..071090c2d9 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/capability.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/capability.rng
@@ -273,9 +273,14 @@
           </attribute>
           <zeroOrMore>
             <element name='control'>
-              <attribute name='min'>
+              <attribute name='granularity'>
                 <ref name='unsignedInt'/>
               </attribute>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name='min'>
+                  <ref name='unsignedInt'/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
               <attribute name='unit'>
                 <ref name='unit'/>
               </attribute>
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 3becc7e18c..0f99f30962 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "capabilities.h"
+#include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "count-one-bits.h"
 #include "cpu_conf.h"
 #include "domain_conf.h"
@@ -906,11 +907,24 @@ virCapabilitiesFormatCaches(virBufferPtr buf,
 
         virBufferAdjustIndent(&controlBuf, indent + 4);
         for (j = 0; j < bank->ncontrols; j++) {
-            bool min_kilos = !(bank->controls[j]->min % 1024);
+            bool min_kilos = !(bank->controls[j]->granularity % 1024);
+
+            /* Only use KiB if both values are divisible */
+            if (bank->controls[j]->min)
+                min_kilos = min_kilos && !(bank->controls[j]->min % 1024);
+
             virBufferAsprintf(&controlBuf,
-                              "<control min='%llu' unit='%s' "
-                              "type='%s' maxAllocs='%u'/>\n",
-                              bank->controls[j]->min >> (min_kilos * 10),
+                              "<control granularity='%llu'",
+                              bank->controls[j]->granularity >> (min_kilos * 10));
+
+            if (bank->controls[j]->min) {
+                virBufferAsprintf(&controlBuf,
+                                  " min='%llu'",
+                                  bank->controls[j]->min >> (min_kilos * 10));
+            }
+
+            virBufferAsprintf(&controlBuf,
+                              " unit='%s' type='%s' maxAllocs='%u'/>\n",
                               min_kilos ? "KiB" : "B",
                               virCacheTypeToString(bank->controls[j]->scope),
                               bank->controls[j]->max_allocation);
@@ -1598,9 +1612,11 @@ virCapabilitiesGetCacheControl(virCapsHostCacheBankPtr bank,
                                virCacheType scope)
 {
     int ret = -1;
+    char *tmp = NULL;
     char *path = NULL;
     char *cbm_mask = NULL;
     char *type_upper = NULL;
+    unsigned int bits = 0;
     unsigned int min_cbm_bits = 0;
     virCapsHostCacheControlPtr control;
 
@@ -1632,8 +1648,14 @@ virCapabilitiesGetCacheControl(virCapsHostCacheBankPtr bank,
 
     virStringTrimOptionalNewline(cbm_mask);
 
-    /* cbm_mask: cache bit mask, it's in hex, eg: fffff */
-    control->min = min_cbm_bits * bank->size / (strlen(cbm_mask) * 4);
+    for (tmp = cbm_mask; *tmp != '\0'; tmp++) {
+        if (c_isxdigit(*tmp))
+            bits += count_one_bits(virHexToBin(*tmp));
+    }
+
+    control->granularity = bank->size / bits;
+    if (min_cbm_bits != 1)
+        control->min = min_cbm_bits * control->granularity;
 
     control->scope = scope;
 
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.h b/src/conf/capabilities.h
index ee87d598ef..39a9bc6892 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.h
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.h
@@ -151,9 +151,14 @@ VIR_ENUM_DECL(virCache);
 typedef struct _virCapsHostCacheControl virCapsHostCacheControl;
 typedef virCapsHostCacheControl *virCapsHostCacheControlPtr;
 struct _virCapsHostCacheControl {
-    unsigned long long min; /* minimum cache control size in B */
-    virCacheType scope;  /* data, code or both */
-    unsigned int max_allocation; /* max number of supported allocations */
+    /* Smallest possible increase of the allocation size in bytes */
+    unsigned long long granularity;
+    /* Minimal allocatable size in bytes (if different from granularity) */
+    unsigned long long min;
+    /* Type of the allocation */
+    virCacheType scope;
+    /* Maximum number of simultaneous allocations */
+    unsigned int max_allocation;
 };
 
 typedef struct _virCapsHostCacheBank virCapsHostCacheBank;
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/cbm_mask b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/cbm_mask
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d482bbb269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/cbm_mask
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7ff
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/min_cbm_bits b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/min_cbm_bits
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/min_cbm_bits
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/num_closids b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/num_closids
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6a7d89c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/info/L3/num_closids
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+16
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/schemata b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/schemata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a49137353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/resctrl/schemata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+L3:0=7ff;1=7ff
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/id b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/id
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/level b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/level
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00750edc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/level
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_list b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_map b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5325a8dff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/shared_cpu_map
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+001
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/size b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/size
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d23da60c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/size
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+33M
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/type b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/type
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4fd9dccda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Unified
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/online b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/online
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/online
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_id b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_id
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5325a8dff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+001
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings_list b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings_list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/core_siblings_list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/physical_package_id b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/physical_package_id
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/physical_package_id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5325a8dff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+001
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings_list b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings_list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/thread_siblings_list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/online b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/online
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/online
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/present b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/present
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/cpu/present
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpu0 b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpu0
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..c841bea28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpu0
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../cpu/cpu0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpulist b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpulist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpulist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpumap b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpumap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5325a8dff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/cpumap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+001
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/distance b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/distance
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f599e28b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/node0/distance
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/online b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/online
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..573541ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/linux-resctrl-skx/system/node/online
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
index 49aa0b98ca..7361537bfb 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-cdp.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
     </topology>
     <cache>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15360' unit='KiB' cpus='0-5'>
-        <control min='768' unit='KiB' type='code' maxAllocs='8'/>
-        <control min='768' unit='KiB' type='data' maxAllocs='8'/>
+        <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='code' maxAllocs='8'/>
+        <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='data' maxAllocs='8'/>
       </bank>
       <bank id='1' level='3' type='both' size='15360' unit='KiB' cpus='6-11'>
-        <control min='768' unit='KiB' type='code' maxAllocs='8'/>
-        <control min='768' unit='KiB' type='data' maxAllocs='8'/>
+        <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='code' maxAllocs='8'/>
+        <control granularity='768' unit='KiB' type='data' maxAllocs='8'/>
       </bank>
     </cache>
   </host>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-skx.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-skx.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e91c87de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl-skx.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<capabilities>
+
+  <host>
+    <cpu>
+      <arch>x86_64</arch>
+    </cpu>
+    <power_management/>
+    <migration_features>
+      <live/>
+    </migration_features>
+    <topology>
+      <cells num='1'>
+        <cell id='0'>
+          <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='4'>2048</pages>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='2048'>4096</pages>
+          <pages unit='KiB' size='1048576'>6144</pages>
+          <cpus num='1'>
+            <cpu id='0' socket_id='0' core_id='0' siblings='0'/>
+          </cpus>
+        </cell>
+      </cells>
+    </topology>
+    <cache>
+      <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='33792' unit='KiB' cpus='0'>
+        <control granularity='3072' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='16'/>
+      </bank>
+    </cache>
+  </host>
+
+</capabilities>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
index cb78b4ab78..eb02ad3322 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmldata/vircaps-x86_64-resctrl.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     </topology>
     <cache>
       <bank id='0' level='3' type='both' size='15360' unit='KiB' cpus='0-5'>
-        <control min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
+        <control granularity='768' min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
       </bank>
       <bank id='1' level='3' type='both' size='15360' unit='KiB' cpus='6-11'>
-        <control min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
+        <control granularity='768' min='1536' unit='KiB' type='both' maxAllocs='4'/>
       </bank>
     </cache>
   </host>
diff --git a/tests/vircaps2xmltest.c b/tests/vircaps2xmltest.c
index ae1cd52111..c0a67858fe 100644
--- a/tests/vircaps2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/vircaps2xmltest.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_FULL("resctrl", VIR_ARCH_X86_64, true, true, true);
     DO_TEST_FULL("resctrl-cdp", VIR_ARCH_X86_64, true, true, true);
+    DO_TEST_FULL("resctrl-skx", VIR_ARCH_X86_64, true, true, true);
 
     return ret;
 }