diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index d92aa9542864dbd5f66a741bf46d689af93a1590..ce4669433270d57322b8d892d0d3b96275e5bbee 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -401,13 +401,15 @@ struct _virQEMUCaps {
     size_t ngicCapabilities;
     virGICCapability *gicCapabilities;
 
-    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr hostCPUModelInfo;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr kvmCPUModelInfo;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr tcgCPUModelInfo;
 
     /* Anything below is not stored in the cache since the values are
      * re-computed from the other fields or external data sources every
      * time we probe QEMU or load the results from the cache.
      */
-    virCPUDefPtr hostCPUModel;
+    virCPUDefPtr kvmCPUModel;
+    virCPUDefPtr tcgCPUModel;
 };
 
 struct virQEMUCapsSearchData {
@@ -2162,12 +2164,20 @@ virQEMUCapsPtr virQEMUCapsNewCopy(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
             goto error;
     }
 
-    if (qemuCaps->hostCPUModel &&
-        !(ret->hostCPUModel = virCPUDefCopy(qemuCaps->hostCPUModel)))
+    if (qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel &&
+        !(ret->kvmCPUModel = virCPUDefCopy(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel)))
         goto error;
 
-    if (qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo &&
-        !(ret->hostCPUModelInfo = qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoCopy(qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo)))
+    if (qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel &&
+        !(ret->tcgCPUModel = virCPUDefCopy(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel)))
+        goto error;
+
+    if (qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo &&
+        !(ret->kvmCPUModelInfo = qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoCopy(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo)))
+        goto error;
+
+    if (qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo &&
+        !(ret->tcgCPUModelInfo = qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoCopy(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo)))
         goto error;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC_N(ret->machineTypes, qemuCaps->nmachineTypes) < 0)
@@ -2216,8 +2226,10 @@ void virQEMUCapsDispose(void *obj)
 
     VIR_FREE(qemuCaps->gicCapabilities);
 
-    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo);
-    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->hostCPUModel);
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo);
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo);
+    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel);
+    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2442,9 +2454,13 @@ virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
 
 virCPUDefPtr
-virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
+virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                        virDomainVirtType type)
 {
-    return qemuCaps->hostCPUModel;
+    if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
+        return qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel;
+    else
+        return qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel;
 }
 
 
@@ -2462,7 +2478,7 @@ virQEMUCapsIsCPUModeSupported(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                virQEMUCapsGuestIsNative(caps->host.arch, qemuCaps->arch);
 
     case VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_MODEL:
-        return !!qemuCaps->hostCPUModel;
+        return !!virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps, type);
 
     case VIR_CPU_MODE_CUSTOM:
         if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
@@ -2829,14 +2845,24 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
 static int
 virQEMUCapsProbeQMPHostCPU(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                           qemuMonitorPtr mon)
+                           qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                           bool tcg)
 {
-    if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_QUERY_CPU_MODEL_EXPANSION) ||
-        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_KVM))
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr *modelInfo;
+    const char *model;
+
+    if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_QUERY_CPU_MODEL_EXPANSION))
         return 0;
 
-    return qemuMonitorGetCPUModelExpansion(mon, "static", "host",
-                                           &qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo);
+    if (tcg || !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_KVM)) {
+        modelInfo = &qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo;
+        model = "max";
+    } else {
+        modelInfo = &qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo;
+        model = "host";
+    }
+
+    return qemuMonitorGetCPUModelExpansion(mon, "static", model, modelInfo);
 }
 
 struct tpmTypeToCaps {
@@ -3061,11 +3087,17 @@ virQEMUCapsCPUFilterFeatures(const char *name,
  */
 static int
 virQEMUCapsInitCPUModelS390(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                            virDomainVirtType type,
                             virCPUDefPtr cpu)
 {
-    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr modelInfo = qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr modelInfo;
     size_t i;
 
+    if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
+        modelInfo = qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo;
+    else
+        modelInfo = qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo;
+
     if (!modelInfo) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("missing host CPU model info from QEMU capabilities "
@@ -3106,12 +3138,13 @@ virQEMUCapsInitCPUModelS390(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
  */
 static int
 virQEMUCapsInitCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                        virDomainVirtType type,
                         virCPUDefPtr cpu)
 {
     int ret = 1;
 
     if (ARCH_IS_S390(qemuCaps->arch))
-        ret = virQEMUCapsInitCPUModelS390(qemuCaps, cpu);
+        ret = virQEMUCapsInitCPUModelS390(qemuCaps, type, cpu);
 
     if (ret == 0)
         cpu->fallback = VIR_CPU_FALLBACK_FORBID;
@@ -3122,7 +3155,8 @@ virQEMUCapsInitCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
 void
 virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                            virCapsPtr caps)
+                            virCapsPtr caps,
+                            virDomainVirtType type)
 {
     virCPUDefPtr cpu = NULL;
     int rc;
@@ -3138,7 +3172,7 @@ virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     cpu->match = VIR_CPU_MATCH_EXACT;
     cpu->fallback = VIR_CPU_FALLBACK_ALLOW;
 
-    if ((rc = virQEMUCapsInitCPUModel(qemuCaps, cpu)) < 0) {
+    if ((rc = virQEMUCapsInitCPUModel(qemuCaps, type, cpu)) < 0) {
         goto error;
     } else if (rc == 1) {
         VIR_DEBUG("No host CPU model info from QEMU; using host capabilities");
@@ -3151,7 +3185,11 @@ virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
             goto error;
     }
 
-    qemuCaps->hostCPUModel = cpu;
+    if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
+        qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel = cpu;
+    else
+        qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel = cpu;
+
     return;
 
  error:
@@ -3162,7 +3200,8 @@ virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
 static int
 virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                                xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt)
+                                xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
+                                virDomainVirtType virtType)
 {
     char *str = NULL;
     xmlNodePtr hostCPUNode;
@@ -3173,7 +3212,12 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     size_t i;
     int n;
 
-    if (!(hostCPUNode = virXPathNode("./hostCPU", ctxt))) {
+    if (virtType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
+        hostCPUNode = virXPathNode("./hostCPU[@type='kvm']", ctxt);
+    else
+        hostCPUNode = virXPathNode("./hostCPU[@type='tcg']", ctxt);
+
+    if (!hostCPUNode) {
         ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
     }
@@ -3253,7 +3297,10 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
         }
     }
 
-    qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo = hostCPU;
+    if (virtType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM)
+        qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo = hostCPU;
+    else
+        qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo = hostCPU;
     hostCPU = NULL;
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -3460,7 +3507,8 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadCache(virCapsPtr caps,
     }
     VIR_FREE(str);
 
-    if (virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, ctxt) < 0)
+    if (virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, ctxt, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) < 0 ||
+        virQEMUCapsLoadHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, ctxt, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsLoadCPUModels(qemuCaps, ctxt, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) < 0 ||
@@ -3568,7 +3616,8 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadCache(virCapsPtr caps,
     }
     VIR_FREE(nodes);
 
-    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps);
+    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
+    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
 
     ret = 0;
  cleanup:
@@ -3582,12 +3631,26 @@ virQEMUCapsLoadCache(virCapsPtr caps,
 
 static void
 virQEMUCapsFormatHostCPUModelInfo(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                                  virBufferPtr buf)
+                                  virBufferPtr buf,
+                                  virDomainVirtType type)
 {
-    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr model = qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr model;
+    const char *typeStr;
     size_t i;
 
-    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<hostCPU model='%s'>\n", model->name);
+    if (type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM) {
+        typeStr = "kvm";
+        model = qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo;
+    } else {
+        typeStr = "tcg";
+        model = qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo;
+    }
+
+    if (!model)
+        return;
+
+    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<hostCPU type='%s' model='%s'>\n",
+                      typeStr, model->name);
     virBufferAdjustIndent(buf, 2);
 
     for (i = 0; i < model->nprops; i++) {
@@ -3698,8 +3761,8 @@ virQEMUCapsFormatCache(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "<arch>%s</arch>\n",
                       virArchToString(qemuCaps->arch));
 
-    if (qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo)
-        virQEMUCapsFormatHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, &buf);
+    virQEMUCapsFormatHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, &buf, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
+    virQEMUCapsFormatHostCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, &buf, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
 
     virQEMUCapsFormatCPUModels(qemuCaps, &buf, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
     virQEMUCapsFormatCPUModels(qemuCaps, &buf, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
@@ -3834,11 +3897,15 @@ virQEMUCapsReset(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
     VIR_FREE(qemuCaps->gicCapabilities);
     qemuCaps->ngicCapabilities = 0;
 
-    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo);
-    qemuCaps->hostCPUModelInfo = NULL;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo);
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo);
+    qemuCaps->kvmCPUModelInfo = NULL;
+    qemuCaps->tcgCPUModelInfo = NULL;
 
-    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->hostCPUModel);
-    qemuCaps->hostCPUModel = NULL;
+    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel);
+    virCPUDefFree(qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel);
+    qemuCaps->kvmCPUModel = NULL;
+    qemuCaps->tcgCPUModel = NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -4374,7 +4441,7 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMPMonitor(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
     if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_QUERY_QMP_SCHEMA) &&
         virQEMUCapsProbeQMPSchemaCapabilities(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
-    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPHostCPU(qemuCaps, mon) < 0)
+    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPHostCPU(qemuCaps, mon, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* 'intel-iommu' shows up as a device since 2.2.0, but can
@@ -4416,6 +4483,9 @@ virQEMUCapsInitQMPMonitorTCG(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPCPUDefinitions(qemuCaps, mon, true) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (virQEMUCapsProbeQMPHostCPU(qemuCaps, mon, true) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     ret = 0;
  cleanup:
     return ret;
@@ -4760,7 +4830,8 @@ virQEMUCapsNewForBinaryInternal(virCapsPtr caps,
             virQEMUCapsRememberCached(qemuCaps, cacheDir) < 0)
             goto error;
 
-        virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps);
+        virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
+        virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
     }
 
  cleanup:
@@ -5206,8 +5277,10 @@ virQEMUCapsFillDomainCPUCaps(virCapsPtr caps,
         domCaps->cpu.hostPassthrough = true;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsIsCPUModeSupported(qemuCaps, caps, domCaps->virttype,
-                                      VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_MODEL))
-        domCaps->cpu.hostModel = virCPUDefCopy(qemuCaps->hostCPUModel);
+                                      VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_MODEL)) {
+        virCPUDefPtr cpu = virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps, domCaps->virttype);
+        domCaps->cpu.hostModel = virCPUDefCopy(cpu);
+    }
 
     if (virQEMUCapsIsCPUModeSupported(qemuCaps, caps, domCaps->virttype,
                                       VIR_CPU_MODE_CUSTOM)) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index f469736bcdc735c5a978c20bdbec5cab2903eeb7..cc9f46e6590c0308b8578305ac97a413d456aeac 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ int virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                  virDomainVirtType type,
                                  char ***names,
                                  size_t *count);
-virCPUDefPtr virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
+virCPUDefPtr virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                                     virDomainVirtType type);
 bool virQEMUCapsIsCPUModeSupported(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                                    virCapsPtr caps,
                                    virDomainVirtType type,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
index c1d36dba9be010b27267ace9a323b9e81a467f59..4cff4a45e90be564e192cfd73dc0cec3e12b2679 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capspriv.h
@@ -75,5 +75,6 @@ virQEMUCapsSetVersion(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
 
 void
 virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
-                            virCapsPtr caps);
+                            virCapsPtr caps,
+                            virDomainVirtType type);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 46bd2e26824e43eec776e2c6049109b7d8f76787..f217e2b4ade68c6a80b27d4425fdb7686185579c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6666,7 +6666,7 @@ qemuBuildCpuCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
             if (def->cpu->mode == VIR_CPU_MODE_CUSTOM)
                 cpuDef = def->cpu;
             else if (def->cpu->mode == VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH)
-                cpuDef = virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps);
+                cpuDef = virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps, def->virtType);
 
             if (cpuDef) {
                 int svm = virCPUCheckFeature(def->os.arch, cpuDef, "svm");
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 96edd9171ce4ada7f35392f48a18961a2e3a2055..68378c9171e80db4e2c06b5165d07e4e475f5752 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5181,13 +5181,14 @@ qemuProcessUpdateGuestCPU(virDomainDefPtr def,
     /* custom CPUs in TCG mode don't need to be compared to host CPU */
     if (def->virtType != VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU ||
         def->cpu->mode != VIR_CPU_MODE_CUSTOM) {
-        if (virCPUCompare(caps->host.arch, virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps),
+        if (virCPUCompare(caps->host.arch,
+                          virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps, def->virtType),
                           def->cpu, true) < 0)
             return -1;
     }
 
     if (virCPUUpdate(def->os.arch, def->cpu,
-                     virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps)) < 0)
+                     virQEMUCapsGetHostModel(qemuCaps, def->virtType)) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(qemuCaps, def->virtType,
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.replies b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.replies
index 0405d5d7b3d35ba249c8d4ce7accb74f26b810cc..c3cbeee0a532b45512fa23e11be01f5f6680c596 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.replies
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.replies
@@ -13378,3 +13378,11 @@
   ],
   "id": "libvirt-2"
 }
+
+{
+  "id": "libvirt-3",
+  "error": {
+    "class": "GenericError",
+    "desc": "The CPU definition 'max' is unknown."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
index 84c570020e59aecb2e0b7cef246ef3389ca6c487..d179a8413369e98ff1bc0731b2081ea4539bc9a2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.8.0.s390x.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <package></package>
   <arch>s390x</arch>
-  <hostCPU model='zEC12.2-base'>
+  <hostCPU type='kvm' model='zEC12.2-base'>
     <property name='aefsi' type='boolean' value='true'/>
     <property name='msa5' type='boolean' value='true'/>
     <property name='msa4' type='boolean' value='true'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.replies b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.replies
index e23a5ee6ce9583daf7c58f16dfad68994566f5bf..70f7df3cf4cb5730d4554d4604156079ec209113 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.replies
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.replies
@@ -14889,3 +14889,182 @@
   ],
   "id": "libvirt-2"
 }
+
+{
+  "return": {
+    "model": {
+      "name": "base",
+      "props": {
+        "cmov": true,
+        "ia64": false,
+        "aes": true,
+        "mmx": true,
+        "rdpid": false,
+        "arat": true,
+        "pause-filter": false,
+        "xsavec": false,
+        "osxsave": false,
+        "kvm-asyncpf": false,
+        "perfctr-core": false,
+        "mpx": true,
+        "pbe": false,
+        "avx512cd": false,
+        "decodeassists": false,
+        "sse4.1": true,
+        "family": 6,
+        "avx512f": false,
+        "msr": true,
+        "mce": true,
+        "mca": true,
+        "xcrypt": false,
+        "min-level": 13,
+        "xgetbv1": true,
+        "cid": false,
+        "ds": false,
+        "fxsr": true,
+        "xsaveopt": true,
+        "xtpr": false,
+        "avx512vl": false,
+        "avx512-vpopcntdq": false,
+        "phe": false,
+        "extapic": false,
+        "3dnowprefetch": false,
+        "cr8legacy": true,
+        "xcrypt-en": false,
+        "pn": false,
+        "dca": false,
+        "vendor": "AuthenticAMD",
+        "pku": true,
+        "smx": false,
+        "cmp-legacy": false,
+        "avx512-4fmaps": false,
+        "vmcb-clean": false,
+        "hle": false,
+        "3dnowext": true,
+        "npt": false,
+        "clwb": true,
+        "lbrv": false,
+        "adx": true,
+        "ss": true,
+        "pni": true,
+        "svm-lock": false,
+        "smep": true,
+        "smap": true,
+        "pfthreshold": false,
+        "x2apic": false,
+        "avx512vbmi": false,
+        "flushbyasid": false,
+        "f16c": false,
+        "ace2-en": false,
+        "pae": true,
+        "pat": true,
+        "sse": true,
+        "phe-en": false,
+        "kvm-nopiodelay": false,
+        "tm": false,
+        "kvmclock-stable-bit": false,
+        "hypervisor": true,
+        "pcommit": true,
+        "syscall": true,
+        "avx512dq": false,
+        "svm": true,
+        "invtsc": false,
+        "sse2": true,
+        "est": false,
+        "avx512ifma": false,
+        "tm2": false,
+        "kvm-pv-eoi": false,
+        "cx8": true,
+        "kvm-mmu": false,
+        "sse4.2": true,
+        "pge": true,
+        "pdcm": false,
+        "model": 6,
+        "movbe": true,
+        "nrip-save": false,
+        "ssse3": true,
+        "sse4a": true,
+        "invpcid": false,
+        "pdpe1gb": true,
+        "tsc-deadline": false,
+        "fma": false,
+        "cx16": true,
+        "de": true,
+        "stepping": 3,
+        "xsave": true,
+        "clflush": true,
+        "skinit": false,
+        "tsc": true,
+        "tce": false,
+        "fpu": true,
+        "ds-cpl": false,
+        "ibs": false,
+        "fma4": false,
+        "la57": true,
+        "osvw": false,
+        "apic": true,
+        "pmm": false,
+        "tsc-adjust": false,
+        "kvm-steal-time": false,
+        "kvmclock": false,
+        "lwp": false,
+        "xop": false,
+        "avx": false,
+        "ospke": true,
+        "acpi": true,
+        "avx512bw": false,
+        "ace2": false,
+        "fsgsbase": true,
+        "ht": false,
+        "nx": true,
+        "pclmulqdq": true,
+        "mmxext": true,
+        "popcnt": true,
+        "xsaves": false,
+        "lm": true,
+        "umip": false,
+        "pse": true,
+        "avx2": false,
+        "sep": true,
+        "nodeid-msr": false,
+        "misalignsse": false,
+        "min-xlevel": 2147483658,
+        "bmi1": true,
+        "bmi2": true,
+        "kvm-pv-unhalt": false,
+        "tsc-scale": false,
+        "topoext": false,
+        "clflushopt": true,
+        "monitor": true,
+        "avx512er": false,
+        "pmm-en": false,
+        "pcid": false,
+        "3dnow": true,
+        "erms": true,
+        "lahf-lm": true,
+        "fxsr-opt": false,
+        "xstore": false,
+        "rtm": false,
+        "lmce": false,
+        "perfctr-nb": false,
+        "rdrand": false,
+        "rdseed": false,
+        "avx512-4vnniw": false,
+        "vme": false,
+        "vmx": false,
+        "dtes64": false,
+        "mtrr": true,
+        "rdtscp": true,
+        "pse36": true,
+        "tbm": false,
+        "wdt": false,
+        "model-id": "QEMU TCG CPU version 2.5+",
+        "sha-ni": false,
+        "abm": true,
+        "avx512pf": false,
+        "xstore-en": false
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "id": "libvirt-3"
+}
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
index 3cce40c6887ad97b9452fe2408822bc940f6f020..44c24b047ba28282ab8a880e92fdfdf5cb149590 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <package> (v2.8.0-1961-g5b10b94bd5)</package>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
-  <hostCPU model='base'>
+  <hostCPU type='kvm' model='base'>
     <property name='cmov' type='boolean' value='true'/>
     <property name='ia64' type='boolean' value='false'/>
     <property name='aes' type='boolean' value='true'/>
@@ -376,6 +376,176 @@
     <property name='avx512pf' type='boolean' value='false'/>
     <property name='xstore-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
   </hostCPU>
+  <hostCPU type='tcg' model='base'>
+    <property name='cmov' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='ia64' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='aes' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='mmx' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='rdpid' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='arat' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pause-filter' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='xsavec' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='osxsave' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvm-asyncpf' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='perfctr-core' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='mpx' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pbe' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512cd' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='decodeassists' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='sse4.1' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='family' type='number' value='6'/>
+    <property name='avx512f' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='msr' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='mce' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='mca' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='xcrypt' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='min-level' type='number' value='13'/>
+    <property name='xgetbv1' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='cid' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ds' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='fxsr' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='xsaveopt' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='xtpr' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512vl' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512-vpopcntdq' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='phe' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='extapic' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='3dnowprefetch' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='cr8legacy' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='xcrypt-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pn' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='dca' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='vendor' type='string' value='AuthenticAMD'/>
+    <property name='pku' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='smx' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='cmp-legacy' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512-4fmaps' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='vmcb-clean' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='hle' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='3dnowext' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='npt' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='clwb' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='lbrv' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='adx' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='ss' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pni' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='svm-lock' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='smep' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='smap' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pfthreshold' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='x2apic' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512vbmi' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='flushbyasid' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='f16c' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ace2-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pae' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pat' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='sse' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='phe-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvm-nopiodelay' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='tm' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvmclock-stable-bit' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='hypervisor' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pcommit' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='syscall' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='avx512dq' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='svm' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='invtsc' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='sse2' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='est' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512ifma' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='tm2' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvm-pv-eoi' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='cx8' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='kvm-mmu' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='sse4.2' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pge' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pdcm' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='model' type='number' value='6'/>
+    <property name='movbe' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='nrip-save' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ssse3' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='sse4a' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='invpcid' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pdpe1gb' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='tsc-deadline' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='fma' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='cx16' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='de' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='stepping' type='number' value='3'/>
+    <property name='xsave' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='clflush' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='skinit' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='tsc' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='tce' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='fpu' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='ds-cpl' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ibs' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='fma4' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='la57' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='osvw' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='apic' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pmm' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='tsc-adjust' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvm-steal-time' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='kvmclock' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='lwp' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='xop' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ospke' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='acpi' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='avx512bw' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='ace2' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='fsgsbase' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='ht' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='nx' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pclmulqdq' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='mmxext' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='popcnt' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='xsaves' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='lm' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='umip' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pse' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='avx2' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='sep' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='nodeid-msr' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='misalignsse' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='min-xlevel' type='number' value='2147483658'/>
+    <property name='bmi1' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='bmi2' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='kvm-pv-unhalt' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='tsc-scale' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='topoext' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='clflushopt' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='monitor' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='avx512er' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pmm-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='pcid' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='3dnow' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='erms' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='lahf-lm' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='fxsr-opt' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='xstore' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='rtm' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='lmce' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='perfctr-nb' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='rdrand' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='rdseed' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='avx512-4vnniw' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='vme' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='vmx' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='dtes64' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='mtrr' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='rdtscp' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='pse36' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='tbm' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='wdt' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='model-id' type='string' value='QEMU TCG CPU version 2.5+'/>
+    <property name='sha-ni' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='abm' type='boolean' value='true'/>
+    <property name='avx512pf' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+    <property name='xstore-en' type='boolean' value='false'/>
+  </hostCPU>
   <cpu type='kvm' name='max' usable='yes'/>
   <cpu type='kvm' name='host' usable='yes'/>
   <cpu type='kvm' name='base' usable='yes'/>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 694d656508646f4b223cf471f70ac53674186ec3..d2d267fce0c135aae1e5687cd2e2d81b9968be59 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ testUpdateQEMUCaps(const struct testInfo *info,
     if (testAddCPUModels(info->qemuCaps, info->skipLegacyCPUs) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps);
+    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM);
+    virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(info->qemuCaps, caps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_QEMU);
 
     virQEMUCapsFilterByMachineType(info->qemuCaps, vm->def->os.machine);