diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index ac0d2fe8925f9ddd360495d0f6b2996b8a934428..d49f322fccc6a55471060328de372c9873db8dc3 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1546,6 +1546,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
         /* Enable H_LOGICAL_CI_* so SLOF can talk to in-kernel devices */
         kvmppc_enable_logical_ci_hcalls();
+        kvmppc_enable_set_mode_hcall();
     }
 
     /* allocate RAM */
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index 110436d088e1d126b17b8e2dffc30b8e945cb34b..9cf5308ac3fc99f54dd35c8bd8ecf4cf36ac9468 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -1953,6 +1953,11 @@ void kvmppc_enable_logical_ci_hcalls(void)
     kvmppc_enable_hcall(kvm_state, H_LOGICAL_CI_STORE);
 }
 
+void kvmppc_enable_set_mode_hcall(void)
+{
+    kvmppc_enable_hcall(kvm_state, H_SET_MODE);
+}
+
 void kvmppc_set_papr(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index 5c1d334ae00ebe8049c4608a7882eda29cfba5f4..f790d50e51bceaf2463c5e730835eb6fc766a18f 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int kvmppc_get_hasidle(CPUPPCState *env);
 int kvmppc_get_hypercall(CPUPPCState *env, uint8_t *buf, int buf_len);
 int kvmppc_set_interrupt(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int irq, int level);
 void kvmppc_enable_logical_ci_hcalls(void);
+void kvmppc_enable_set_mode_hcall(void);
 void kvmppc_set_papr(PowerPCCPU *cpu);
 int kvmppc_set_compat(PowerPCCPU *cpu, uint32_t cpu_version);
 void kvmppc_set_mpic_proxy(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int mpic_proxy);
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ static inline void kvmppc_enable_logical_ci_hcalls(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void kvmppc_enable_set_mode_hcall(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void kvmppc_set_papr(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
 {
 }