diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 621a8e362fe772ec1b65789854ca555f13672ded..1b9e695cc64116f34270da7be083a0c53094e98d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID:
 	case KVM_CAP_CLOCKSOURCE:
 	case KVM_CAP_PIT:
+	case KVM_CAP_NOP_IO_DELAY:
 		r = 1;
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_VAPIC:
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h b/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
index 5ab7d3dbd357d9b6d22e59f29b461f7e0a7b8f97..ed5df3a54aab6340b2cf6194e3efcd09de057ee9 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
  * paravirtualization, the appropriate feature bit should be checked.
  */
 #define KVM_CPUID_FEATURES	0x40000001
-#define KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE 0
+#define KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE		0
+#define KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY	1
 
 #define MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK  0x11
 #define MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME 0x12
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index a2f3274016ee01a2c00f1b0b440fc3f75b820565..76f09474be98d22b6a95c8ce49047a4e9045dcff 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ struct kvm_vapic_addr {
 #define KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS 9       /* returns max vcpus per vm */
 #define KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS 10   /* returns max memory slots per vm */
 #define KVM_CAP_PIT 11
+#define KVM_CAP_NOP_IO_DELAY 12
 
 /*
  * ioctls for VM fds