diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index a67a2551e5..d813755ccb 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2888,6 +2888,9 @@ STEXI
 Enable FIPS 140-2 compliance mode.
 ETEXI
 
+HXCOMM Deprecated by -machine kernel_irqchip=on|off property
+DEF("no-kvm-irqchip", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip, "", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
+
 HXCOMM This is the last statement. Insert new options before this line!
 STEXI
 @end table
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 5a3d316980..7d0708afcd 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2574,6 +2574,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             case QEMU_OPTION_M:
                 machine = machine_parse(optarg);
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip: {
+                olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
+                qemu_opts_parse(olist, "kernel_irqchip=off", 0);
+                break;
+            }
             case QEMU_OPTION_cpu:
                 /* hw initialization will check this */
                 cpu_model = optarg;