diff --git a/hw/intc/ioapic.c b/hw/intc/ioapic.c
index 31791b0986..fd9208fde0 100644
--- a/hw/intc/ioapic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/ioapic.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void ioapic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 }
 
 static Property ioapic_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("version", IOAPICCommonState, version, 0x11),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("version", IOAPICCommonState, version, 0x20),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/compat.h b/include/hw/compat.h
index a1d6694492..46412b229a 100644
--- a/include/hw/compat.h
+++ b/include/hw/compat.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
         .driver   = "virtio-pci",\
         .property = "page-per-vq",\
         .value    = "on",\
+    },{\
+        .driver   = "ioapic",\
+        .property = "version",\
+        .value    = "0x11",\
     },
 
 #define HW_COMPAT_2_6 \