diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
index 52e5c1439a..8a0932fe84 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void acpi_build_madt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(x86ms);
     const CPUArchIdList *apic_ids = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(MACHINE(x86ms));
     AcpiDeviceIfClass *adevc = ACPI_DEVICE_IF_GET_CLASS(adev);
-    AcpiTable table = { .sig = "APIC", .rev = 1, .oem_id = oem_id,
+    AcpiTable table = { .sig = "APIC", .rev = 3, .oem_id = oem_id,
                         .oem_table_id = oem_table_id };
 
     acpi_table_begin(&table, table_data);