diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 98ac56fee34c550b134f307307ea1288e93f4277..4e88eaf9ee5d878ce1667b666badba619fc32d0a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ qemuDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
             break;
         if (!STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-0.") &&
             !STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-1.") &&
+            !STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-i440") &&
             !STREQ(def->os.machine, "pc") &&
             !STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "rhel"))
             break;