diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index c7cc830c1d576ab699d5596cf373dc1c4452e015..040643e78fd10547d6ffe7a416b5fc4d3609009e 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainRNGBackend,
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainTPMModel,
               VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_LAST,
+              "default",
               "tpm-tis",
               "tpm-crb",
 );
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 2bd80c2fbf333e5bfddb326d6c2f308b2624a5e5..cb4a0cedf0b7aaf084e74dc8355de71fd6182713 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1252,6 +1252,7 @@ struct _virDomainHubDef {
 };
 
 typedef enum {
+    VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_DEFAULT,
     VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_TIS,
     VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_CRB,
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 6ebee4d5f407d5fcd20a7ada75b086431012827a..e152448cc6b8138334d0cbf455bad9ce0b1738d9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -9035,6 +9035,15 @@ qemuDomainHostdevDefPostParse(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev,
 }
 
 
+static int
+qemuDomainTPMDefPostParse(virDomainTPMDefPtr tpm)
+{
+    if (tpm->model == VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_DEFAULT)
+        tpm->model = VIR_DOMAIN_TPM_MODEL_TIS;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int
 qemuDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
                              const virDomainDef *def,
@@ -9088,6 +9097,10 @@ qemuDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
         ret = qemuDomainHostdevDefPostParse(dev->data.hostdev, qemuCaps);
         break;
 
+    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_TPM:
+        ret = qemuDomainTPMDefPostParse(dev->data.tpm);
+        break;
+
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_LEASE:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_FS:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_INPUT:
@@ -9100,7 +9113,6 @@ qemuDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MEMBALLOON:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NVRAM:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_RNG:
-    case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_TPM:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MEMORY:
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_IOMMU:
         ret = 0;