diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 77136108adb36c0ca2e9a9bed5cd1344c887e083..2532f56acb49b9ea36589f35cbc4c3b4c9dc5917 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -1983,6 +1983,8 @@
               <element name="model">
                 <attribute name="name">
                   <choice>
+                    <!-- implementations of 'pci-root' -->
+                    <value>spapr-pci-host-bridge</value>
                     <!-- implementations of 'pci-bridge' -->
                     <value>pci-bridge</value>
                     <!-- implementations of 'dmi-to-pci-bridge' -->
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 90d5cc036207475e2ac6ea14d8bffeb012949562..ecc45cc48fc46a52367f38db0b2813facc9b1235 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainControllerPCIModelName,
               "pxb",
               "pxb-pcie",
               "pcie-root-port",
+              "spapr-pci-host-bridge",
 );
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainControllerModelSCSI, VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_MODEL_SCSI_LAST,
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 1baf854532e2c3326777afcb51551b2698f07060..3d56d4836c09ec05bab0edc83e443089eabbf892 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_PCI_MODEL_NAME_PXB,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_PCI_MODEL_NAME_PXB_PCIE,
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_PCI_MODEL_NAME_PCIE_ROOT_PORT,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_PCI_MODEL_NAME_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_PCI_MODEL_NAME_LAST
 } virDomainControllerPCIModelName;