diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/physical_resources_check.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/physical_resources_check.cfg
index 8053ff8230794f1ae9d571f1d67b4380d92af3d6..e105f2eaa1de383a2c662df80bf45b4a40225ab0 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/physical_resources_check.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/physical_resources_check.cfg
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
     # useless for linux guest.
     vio_driver_chk_cmd = ""
     mem_chk_re_str = (\b[0-9]+\b)
+    mtype_pattern = '\d.\d.\d'
     cpu_cores_chk_cmd = "lscpu | grep '^Core'"
     cpu_sockets_chk_cmd = "lscpu | grep -E '(^Socket|^CPU socket)'"
     cpu_threads_chk_cmd = "lscpu | grep '^Thread'"
+    # So far not all guests support machine type check.
+    # Please update this command to suit the guest OS
+    RHEL:
+        check_machine_type_cmd = dmidecode | awk -F: '/Version: RHEL/'
     chk_timeout = 240
diff --git a/qemu/tests/physical_resources_check.py b/qemu/tests/physical_resources_check.py
index 17c19ecfaf4b677374f1bf833e95a0a4cef2e76c..22162d390a05f3fc1ed7cf0ba7ae7f93c0973830 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/physical_resources_check.py
+++ b/qemu/tests/physical_resources_check.py
@@ -131,6 +131,38 @@ def run_physical_resources_check(test, params, env):
         return f_fail
 
 
+    def verify_machine_type():
+        f_fail = []
+        pattern = params["mtype_pattern"]
+        cmd = params.get("check_machine_type_cmd")
+
+        if cmd is None:
+            return f_fail
+
+        s, o = session.cmd_status_output(cmd)
+        if s != 0:
+            raise error.TestError("Failed to get machine type from vm")
+
+        expect_mtype = re.findall(pattern, params['machine_type'])
+        actual_mtype = re.findall(pattern, o)
+        try:
+            if actual_mtype[0] != expect_mtype[0]:
+                fail_log =  "Machine type mismatch:\n"
+                fail_log += "    Assigned to VM: %s \n" % expect_mtype[0]
+                fail_log += "    Reported by OS: %s" % actual_mtype[0]
+                f_fail.append(fail_log)
+                logging.error(fail_log)
+            else:
+                logging.info("MachineType check pass. Expected: %s, Actual: %s" %
+                            (expect_mtype[0], actual_mtype[0]))
+            return f_fail
+        except IndexError, e:
+            fail_log = "Failed to get machine type, pls check script: %s" % e
+            f_fail.append(fail_log)
+            logging.error(fail_log)
+            return f_fail
+
+
     vm = env.get_vm(params["main_vm"])
     vm.verify_alive()
     timeout = int(params.get("login_timeout", 360))
@@ -249,6 +281,10 @@ def run_physical_resources_check(test, params, env):
             n_fail.append(fail_log)
             logging.error(fail_log)
 
+    logging.info("Machine Type Check")
+    f_fail = verify_machine_type()
+    n_fail.extend(f_fail)
+
     if n_fail:
         session.close()
         raise error.TestFail("Physical resources check test "