diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 20f191bc93..0b5138cb22 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -1952,6 +1952,7 @@ static void virt_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     assert(!mc->get_hotplug_handler);
     mc->get_hotplug_handler = virt_machine_get_hotplug_handler;
     hc->plug = virt_machine_device_plug_cb;
+    mc->numa_mem_supported = true;
 }
 
 static void virt_instance_init(Object *obj)
diff --git a/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c b/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
index 14dbad1d6e..754ce77664 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ 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->has_hotpluggable_cpus;
+        info->numa_mem_supported = mc->numa_mem_supported;
 
         entry = g_malloc0(sizeof(*entry));
         entry->value = info;
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 2107532d12..14f7b4532e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -2856,6 +2856,7 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     nc->nmi_monitor_handler = x86_nmi;
     mc->default_cpu_type = TARGET_DEFAULT_CPU_TYPE;
     mc->nvdimm_supported = true;
+    mc->numa_mem_supported = true;
 
     object_class_property_add(oc, PC_MACHINE_DEVMEM_REGION_SIZE, "int",
         pc_machine_get_device_memory_region_size, NULL,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 51256ac9ca..821f0d4a49 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -4367,6 +4367,7 @@ static void spapr_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
      * in which LMBs are represented and hot-added
      */
     mc->numa_mem_align_shift = 28;
+    mc->numa_mem_supported = true;
 
     smc->default_caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
     smc->default_caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_VSX] = SPAPR_CAP_ON;
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index d84f48c4af..ae7a542511 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ typedef struct {
  * @kvm_type:
  *    Return the type of KVM corresponding to the kvm-type string option or
  *    computed based on other criteria such as the host kernel capabilities.
+ * @numa_mem_supported:
+ *    true if '--numa node.mem' option is supported and false otherwise
  */
 struct MachineClass {
     /*< private >*/
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
     bool ignore_boot_device_suffixes;
     bool smbus_no_migration_support;
     bool nvdimm_supported;
+    bool numa_mem_supported;
 
     HotplugHandler *(*get_hotplug_handler)(MachineState *machine,
                                            DeviceState *dev);
diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index 979bc41e49..78d34ef717 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -318,12 +318,15 @@
 #
 # @hotpluggable-cpus: cpu hotplug via -device is supported (since 2.7.0)
 #
+# @numa-mem-supported: true if '-numa node,mem' option is supported by
+#                      the machine type and false otherwise (since 4.1)
+#
 # Since: 1.2.0
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MachineInfo',
   'data': { 'name': 'str', '*alias': 'str',
             '*is-default': 'bool', 'cpu-max': 'int',
-            'hotpluggable-cpus': 'bool'} }
+            'hotpluggable-cpus': 'bool', 'numa-mem-supported': 'bool'} }
 
 ##
 # @query-machines: