diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 84b6708125..a075759eb1 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -2986,11 +2986,14 @@
 # @cpu-max: maximum number of CPUs supported by the machine type
 #           (since 1.5.0)
 #
+# @hotpluggable-cpus: cpu hotplug via -device is supported (since 2.7.0)
+#
 # Since: 1.2.0
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MachineInfo',
   'data': { 'name': 'str', '*alias': 'str',
-            '*is-default': 'bool', 'cpu-max': 'int' } }
+            '*is-default': 'bool', 'cpu-max': 'int',
+            'hotpluggable-cpus': 'bool'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-machines:
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c85833a63c..4c1f9aee1f 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@ MachineInfoList *qmp_query_machines(Error **errp)
 
         info->name = g_strdup(mc->name);
         info->cpu_max = !mc->max_cpus ? 1 : mc->max_cpus;
+        info->hotpluggable_cpus = !!mc->query_hotpluggable_cpus;
 
         entry = g_malloc0(sizeof(*entry));
         entry->value = info;