diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index d8e30e4895..84812a1d1c 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ GlobalProperty hw_compat_4_2[] = {
     { "vhost-blk-device", "seg_max_adjust", "off"},
     { "usb-host", "suppress-remote-wake", "off" },
     { "usb-redir", "suppress-remote-wake", "off" },
+    { "qxl", "revision", "4" },
+    { "qxl-vga", "revision", "4" },
 };
 const size_t hw_compat_4_2_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_4_2);
 
diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index c33b1915a5..64884da708 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,8 @@ static void qxl_vga_ioport_write(void *opaque, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val)
     PCIQXLDevice *qxl = container_of(vga, PCIQXLDevice, vga);
 
     trace_qxl_io_write_vga(qxl->id, qxl_mode_to_string(qxl->mode), addr, val);
-    if (qxl->mode != QXL_MODE_VGA) {
+    if (qxl->mode != QXL_MODE_VGA &&
+        qxl->revision <= QXL_REVISION_STABLE_V12) {
         qxl_destroy_primary(qxl, QXL_SYNC);
         qxl_soft_reset(qxl);
     }
@@ -2121,6 +2122,10 @@ static void qxl_realize_common(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, Error **errp)
         pci_device_rev = QXL_REVISION_STABLE_V12;
         io_size = pow2ceil(QXL_IO_RANGE_SIZE);
         break;
+    case 5: /* qxl-5 */
+        pci_device_rev = QXL_REVISION_STABLE_V12 + 1;
+        io_size = pow2ceil(QXL_IO_RANGE_SIZE);
+        break;
     default:
         error_setg(errp, "Invalid revision %d for qxl device (max %d)",
                    qxl->revision, QXL_DEFAULT_REVISION);
diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.h b/hw/display/qxl.h
index 80eb0d2672..707631a1f5 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.h
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ typedef struct PCIQXLDevice {
         }                                                               \
     } while (0)
 
-#define QXL_DEFAULT_REVISION QXL_REVISION_STABLE_V12
+#define QXL_DEFAULT_REVISION (QXL_REVISION_STABLE_V12 + 1)
 
 /* qxl.c */
 void *qxl_phys2virt(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLPHYSICAL phys, int group_id);