diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index 6344113a68..8955d23aff 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ bool kvm_arm_get_host_cpu_features(ARMHostCPUFeatures *ahcf)
     set_feature(&features, ARM_FEATURE_NEON);
     set_feature(&features, ARM_FEATURE_AARCH64);
     set_feature(&features, ARM_FEATURE_PMU);
+    set_feature(&features, ARM_FEATURE_GENERIC_TIMER);
 
     ahcf->features = features;