diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index d34790768d..8bc3ea0260 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
               "block-write-threshold",
               "query-named-block-nodes",
               "cpu-cache",
+              "qemu-xhci",
     );
 
 
@@ -1610,6 +1611,7 @@ struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectTypes[] = {
     { "vhost-scsi", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_SCSI },
     { "nvdimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM },
     { "pcie-root-port", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT },
+    { "qemu-xhci", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QEMU_XHCI },
 };
 
 static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectPropsVirtioBalloon[] = {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 47649c945c..06a43ab36b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_CAPS_BLOCK_WRITE_THRESHOLD, /* BLOCK_WRITE_THRESHOLD event */
     QEMU_CAPS_QUERY_NAMED_BLOCK_NODES, /* qmp query-named-block-nodes */
     QEMU_CAPS_CPU_CACHE, /* -cpu supports host-cache-info and l3-cache properties */
+    QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QEMU_XHCI, /* -device qemu-xhci */
 
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
index fccb469fe3..2bb889fef3 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.9.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
   <flag name='block-write-threshold'/>
   <flag name='query-named-block-nodes'/>
   <flag name='cpu-cache'/>
+  <flag name='qemu-xhci'/>
   <version>2009000</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <package> (v2.9.0)</package>