diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 15e182b5d7..9b19930964 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectTypes[] = {
     { "virtio-serial-pci-non-transitional", QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_PCI_TRANSITIONAL },
     { "max-x86_64-cpu", QEMU_CAPS_X86_MAX_CPU },
     { "bochs-display", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_BOCHS_DISPLAY },
+    { "dbus-vmstate", QEMU_CAPS_DBUS_VMSTATE },
 };
 
 static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsDevicePropsVirtioBalloon[] = {