diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index be9839cc64ef83663e987a6ebcaa9d8c188a2035..f37aecda371e59390b7c446d9e9dbaa0d1238c01 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6703,7 +6703,8 @@ qemuBuildCpuModelArgStr(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         break;
     }
 
-    if (ARCH_IS_S390(def->os.arch) && cpu->features &&
+    if ((ARCH_IS_S390(def->os.arch) || ARCH_IS_ARM(def->os.arch)) &&
+        cpu->features &&
         !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_QUERY_CPU_MODEL_EXPANSION)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("CPU features not supported by hypervisor for %s "