diff --git a/kvm.c b/kvm.c
index c6c5d9d1..b8c81ac5 100644
--- a/kvm.c
+++ b/kvm.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ int
 kvm_ioctl(struct tcb *const tcp, const unsigned int code, const kernel_ulong_t arg)
 {
 	switch (code) {
+	case KVM_CREATE_VM:
+		return RVAL_DECODED | RVAL_FD;
 	case KVM_RUN:
 	case KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE:
 	case KVM_GET_API_VERSION: