diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index a6cf1234d8..73310bd3ee 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_numa_dt(void *fdt, int offset, PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 }
 
 /* Populate the "ibm,pa-features" property */
-static void spapr_populate_pa_features(PowerPCCPU *cpu, void *fdt, int offset,
+static void spapr_populate_pa_features(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
+                                       PowerPCCPU *cpu,
+                                       void *fdt, int offset,
                                        bool legacy_guest)
 {
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_pa_features(PowerPCCPU *cpu, void *fdt, int offset,
          */
         pa_features[3] |= 0x20;
     }
-    if (kvmppc_has_cap_htm() && pa_size > 24) {
+    if (spapr_has_cap(spapr, SPAPR_CAP_HTM) && pa_size > 24) {
         pa_features[24] |= 0x80;    /* Transactional memory support */
     }
     if (legacy_guest && pa_size > 40) {
@@ -384,8 +386,8 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_dt(void *fdt, sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
             return ret;
         }
 
-        spapr_populate_pa_features(cpu, fdt, offset,
-                                         spapr->cas_legacy_guest_workaround);
+        spapr_populate_pa_features(spapr, cpu, fdt, offset,
+                                   spapr->cas_legacy_guest_workaround);
     }
     return ret;
 }
@@ -579,7 +581,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, void *fdt, int offset,
                           page_sizes_prop, page_sizes_prop_size)));
     }
 
-    spapr_populate_pa_features(cpu, fdt, offset, false);
+    spapr_populate_pa_features(spapr, cpu, fdt, offset, false);
 
     _FDT((fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, offset, "ibm,chip-id",
                            cs->cpu_index / vcpus_per_socket)));
@@ -3903,7 +3905,10 @@ static void spapr_machine_2_11_instance_options(MachineState *machine)
 
 static void spapr_machine_2_11_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
 {
+    sPAPRMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_CLASS(mc);
+
     spapr_machine_2_12_class_options(mc);
+    smc->default_caps = spapr_caps(SPAPR_CAP_HTM);
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, SPAPR_COMPAT_2_11);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
index 968ba7b857..3b35b91a5b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
+#include "target/ppc/cpu.h"
+#include "cpu-models.h"
+#include "kvm_ppc.h"
 
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 
@@ -40,18 +44,41 @@ typedef struct sPAPRCapabilityInfo {
     void (*disallow)(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp);
 } sPAPRCapabilityInfo;
 
+static void cap_htm_allow(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp)
+{
+    if (tcg_enabled()) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "No Transactional Memory support in TCG, try cap-htm=off");
+    } else if (kvm_enabled() && !kvmppc_has_cap_htm()) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+"KVM implementation does not support Transactional Memory, try cap-htm=off"
+            );
+    }
+}
+
 static sPAPRCapabilityInfo capability_table[] = {
+    {
+        .name = "htm",
+        .description = "Allow Hardware Transactional Memory (HTM)",
+        .flag = SPAPR_CAP_HTM,
+        .allow = cap_htm_allow,
+        /* TODO: add cap_htm_disallow */
+    },
 };
 
 static sPAPRCapabilities default_caps_with_cpu(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
                                                CPUState *cs)
 {
     sPAPRMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(spapr);
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
     sPAPRCapabilities caps;
 
     caps = smc->default_caps;
 
-    /* TODO: clamp according to cpu model */
+    if (!ppc_check_compat(cpu, CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_07,
+                          0, spapr->max_compat_pvr)) {
+        caps.mask &= ~SPAPR_CAP_HTM;
+    }
 
     return caps;
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 5569caf1d4..dc64f4ebcb 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ typedef enum {
  * Capabilities
  */
 
+/* Hardware Transactional Memory */
+#define SPAPR_CAP_HTM               0x0000000000000001ULL
+
 typedef struct sPAPRCapabilities sPAPRCapabilities;
 struct sPAPRCapabilities {
     uint64_t mask;