diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
index 4833904d32a5aae880186f47266738cdcd44989d..f94d06a12d208176a447eee2b8c1fadf2dc0e192 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2982,6 +2982,9 @@ can be determined by querying the KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_BPS and
 KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_WPS capabilities which return a positive number
 indicating the number of supported registers.
 
+For ppc, the KVM_CAP_PPC_GUEST_DEBUG_SSTEP capability indicates whether
+the single-step debug event (KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) is supported.
+
 When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason
 KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run
 structure containing architecture specific debug information.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 3a77bb6434521ffe5e09bf59496358f5d838e9a0..9e085e931d7494cc7a31335a389c4787b72ba8b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT:
 		r = 1;
 		break;
+	case KVM_CAP_PPC_GUEST_DEBUG_SSTEP:
+		/* fall through */
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_PAIRED_SINGLES:
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_OSI:
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 52641d8ca9e83f25b983f3cc6be115c37bad2d98..ce8cfcc51aecc579e7584f46da99e7cee6ff6a75 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
 #define KVM_CAP_PMU_EVENT_FILTER 173
 #define KVM_CAP_ARM_IRQ_LINE_LAYOUT_2 174
 #define KVM_CAP_HYPERV_DIRECT_TLBFLUSH 175
+#define KVM_CAP_PPC_GUEST_DEBUG_SSTEP 176
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING