diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index bb3a7b18b1..9eca7d8c9b 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include "hw/mem/nvdimm.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
-GlobalProperty hw_compat_5_0[] = {};
+GlobalProperty hw_compat_5_0[] = {
+    { "virtio-balloon-device", "page-poison", "false" },
+};
 const size_t hw_compat_5_0_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_5_0);
 
 GlobalProperty hw_compat_4_2[] = {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index cff8eab6a1..31d3c88482 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ static void virtio_balloon_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config_data)
 
     config.num_pages = cpu_to_le32(dev->num_pages);
     config.actual = cpu_to_le32(dev->actual);
+    config.poison_val = cpu_to_le32(dev->poison_val);
 
     if (dev->free_page_report_status == FREE_PAGE_REPORT_S_REQUESTED) {
         config.free_page_report_cmd_id =
@@ -683,6 +684,14 @@ static ram_addr_t get_current_ram_size(void)
     return size;
 }
 
+static bool virtio_balloon_page_poison_support(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtIOBalloon *s = opaque;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+
+    return virtio_vdev_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON);
+}
+
 static void virtio_balloon_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev,
                                       const uint8_t *config_data)
 {
@@ -697,6 +706,10 @@ static void virtio_balloon_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev,
         qapi_event_send_balloon_change(vm_ram_size -
                         ((ram_addr_t) dev->actual << VIRTIO_BALLOON_PFN_SHIFT));
     }
+    dev->poison_val = 0;
+    if (virtio_balloon_page_poison_support(dev)) {
+        dev->poison_val = le32_to_cpu(config.poison_val);
+    }
     trace_virtio_balloon_set_config(dev->actual, oldactual);
 }
 
@@ -755,6 +768,17 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_free_page_report = {
     }
 };
 
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_page_poison = {
+    .name = "vitio-balloon-device/page-poison",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .needed = virtio_balloon_page_poison_support,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT32(poison_val, VirtIOBalloon),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_device = {
     .name = "virtio-balloon-device",
     .version_id = 1,
@@ -767,6 +791,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_device = {
     },
     .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * []) {
         &vmstate_virtio_balloon_free_page_report,
+        &vmstate_virtio_balloon_page_poison,
         NULL
     }
 };
@@ -849,6 +874,8 @@ static void virtio_balloon_device_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
         g_free(s->stats_vq_elem);
         s->stats_vq_elem = NULL;
     }
+
+    s->poison_val = 0;
 }
 
 static void virtio_balloon_set_status(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t status)
@@ -916,6 +943,8 @@ static Property virtio_balloon_properties[] = {
                     VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("free-page-hint", VirtIOBalloon, host_features,
                     VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("page-poison", VirtIOBalloon, host_features,
+                    VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON, true),
     /* QEMU 4.0 accidentally changed the config size even when free-page-hint
      * is disabled, resulting in QEMU 3.1 migration incompatibility.  This
      * property retains this quirk for QEMU 4.1 machine types.
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.h
index d1c968d237..7fe78e5c14 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIOBalloon {
     uint32_t host_features;
 
     bool qemu_4_0_config_size;
+    uint32_t poison_val;
 } VirtIOBalloon;
 
 #endif