diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index f560826904..7cc950b41c 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -92,9 +92,21 @@ static struct {
     const char *manufacturer, *version, *serial, *asset, *sku;
 } type3;
 
+/*
+ * SVVP requires max_speed and current_speed to be set and not being
+ * 0 which counts as unknown (SMBIOS 3.1.0/Table 21). Set the
+ * default value to 2000MHz as we did before.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_CPU_SPEED 2000
+
 static struct {
     const char *sock_pfx, *manufacturer, *version, *serial, *asset, *part;
-} type4;
+    uint64_t max_speed;
+    uint64_t current_speed;
+} type4 = {
+    .max_speed = DEFAULT_CPU_SPEED,
+    .current_speed = DEFAULT_CPU_SPEED
+};
 
 static struct {
     size_t nvalues;
@@ -272,6 +284,14 @@ static const QemuOptDesc qemu_smbios_type4_opts[] = {
         .name = "version",
         .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
         .help = "version number",
+    },{
+        .name = "max-speed",
+        .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        .help = "max speed in MHz",
+    },{
+        .name = "current-speed",
+        .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        .help = "speed at system boot in MHz",
     },{
         .name = "serial",
         .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
@@ -586,9 +606,8 @@ static void smbios_build_type_4_table(MachineState *ms, unsigned instance)
     SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(4, processor_version_str, type4.version);
     t->voltage = 0;
     t->external_clock = cpu_to_le16(0); /* Unknown */
-    /* SVVP requires max_speed and current_speed to not be unknown. */
-    t->max_speed = cpu_to_le16(2000); /* 2000 MHz */
-    t->current_speed = cpu_to_le16(2000); /* 2000 MHz */
+    t->max_speed = cpu_to_le16(type4.max_speed);
+    t->current_speed = cpu_to_le16(type4.current_speed);
     t->status = 0x41; /* Socket populated, CPU enabled */
     t->processor_upgrade = 0x01; /* Other */
     t->l1_cache_handle = cpu_to_le16(0xFFFF); /* N/A */
@@ -1116,6 +1135,15 @@ void smbios_entry_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
             save_opt(&type4.serial, opts, "serial");
             save_opt(&type4.asset, opts, "asset");
             save_opt(&type4.part, opts, "part");
+            type4.max_speed = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "max-speed",
+                                                  DEFAULT_CPU_SPEED);
+            type4.current_speed = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "current-speed",
+                                                      DEFAULT_CPU_SPEED);
+            if (type4.max_speed > UINT16_MAX ||
+                type4.current_speed > UINT16_MAX) {
+                error_setg(errp, "SMBIOS CPU speed is too large (> %d)",
+                           UINT16_MAX);
+            }
             return;
         case 11:
             if (!qemu_opts_validate(opts, qemu_smbios_type11_opts, errp)) {
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 708583b4ce..30019c4eca 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ DEF("smbios", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smbios,
     "              [,sku=str]\n"
     "                specify SMBIOS type 3 fields\n"
     "-smbios type=4[,sock_pfx=str][,manufacturer=str][,version=str][,serial=str]\n"
-    "              [,asset=str][,part=str]\n"
+    "              [,asset=str][,part=str][,max-speed=%d][,current-speed=%d]\n"
     "                specify SMBIOS type 4 fields\n"
     "-smbios type=17[,loc_pfx=str][,bank=str][,manufacturer=str][,serial=str]\n"
     "               [,asset=str][,part=str][,speed=%d]\n"