diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
index 770e81d56e44b5fa2710cd57c4166874b102e706..11b8177eff21370ae9dcac2805682f805150cf6a 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -1837,6 +1837,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
                 c->eax |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_VCPU_ID_PRESENT;
                 c->ebx = cs->cpu_index;
             }
+
+            if (cs->kvm_state->xen_version >= XEN_VERSION(4, 17)) {
+                c->eax |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_UPCALL_VECTOR;
+            }
         }
 
         r = kvm_xen_init_vcpu(cs);