diff --git a/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug b/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
index b311f02da6b2a5c8341b1216182572b9612df371..6821cc4a2922b643757dd7fb335c56656c1cdcfd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
+++ b/src/qemu/libvirtd_qemu.aug
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ module Libvirtd_qemu =
    let swtpm_entry = str_entry "swtpm_user"
                 | str_entry "swtpm_group"
 
+   let capability_filters_entry = str_array_entry "capability_filters"
+
    (* Each entry in the config is one of the following ... *)
    let entry = default_tls_entry
              | vnc_entry
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ module Libvirtd_qemu =
              | vxhs_entry
              | nbd_entry
              | swtpm_entry
+             | capability_filters_entry
 
    let comment = [ label "#comment" . del /#[ \t]*/ "# " .  store /([^ \t\n][^\n]*)?/ . del /\n/ "\n" ]
    let empty = [ label "#empty" . eol ]
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu.conf b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
index 5a85789d8132415ae52c8bafee19237efce1a360..1969b3f0a1d4b675a484c60bc2c2dc41ec02ba9f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu.conf
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu.conf
@@ -825,3 +825,10 @@
 #
 #swtpm_user = "tss"
 #swtpm_group = "tss"
+
+# For debugging and testing purposes it's sometimes useful to be able to disable
+# libvirt behaviour based on the capabilities of the qemu process. This option
+# allows to do so. DO _NOT_ use in production and beaware that the behaviour
+# may change across versions.
+#
+#capability_filters = [ "capname" ]
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index 745e0f21bd97ab1b4c90e6c9fbe2b25e8f9dc4e0..8312f99f80166160e2edc51573b96e48e490aa90 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ static void virQEMUDriverConfigDispose(void *obj)
 
     VIR_FREE(cfg->memoryBackingDir);
     VIR_FREE(cfg->swtpmStorageDir);
+
+    virStringListFree(cfg->capabilityfilters);
 }
 
 
@@ -984,6 +986,18 @@ virQEMUDriverConfigLoadSWTPMEntry(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
 }
 
 
+static int
+virQEMUDriverConfigLoadCapsFiltersEntry(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
+                                        virConfPtr conf)
+{
+    if (virConfGetValueStringList(conf, "capability_filters", false,
+                                  &cfg->capabilityfilters) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 int virQEMUDriverConfigLoadFile(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
                                 const char *filename,
                                 bool privileged)
@@ -1053,6 +1067,9 @@ int virQEMUDriverConfigLoadFile(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
     if (virQEMUDriverConfigLoadSWTPMEntry(cfg, conf) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (virQEMUDriverConfigLoadCapsFiltersEntry(cfg, conf) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index d638f1012d7afa8a3e56aecea89504d2cc771820..e51514a3441fe794ac03e187f7a3b2c7a48268a5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ struct _virQEMUDriverConfig {
 
     uid_t swtpm_user;
     gid_t swtpm_group;
+
+    char **capabilityfilters;
 };
 
 /* Main driver state */
diff --git a/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in b/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
index fea1d308b71935546614b872cd988a52a36ba5bc..50b728ad2281f73fa89768ecb518df66d9e56156 100644
--- a/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
+++ b/src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug.in
@@ -104,3 +104,6 @@ module Test_libvirtd_qemu =
 { "pr_helper" = "/usr/bin/qemu-pr-helper" }
 { "swtpm_user" = "tss" }
 { "swtpm_group" = "tss" }
+{ "capability_filters"
+    { "1" = "capname" }
+}