diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 2a2ab3e9b0..987b95afa5 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -6329,12 +6329,12 @@ qemuBuildClockCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
     for (i = 0; i < def->clock.ntimers; i++) {
         switch ((virDomainTimerNameType) def->clock.timers[i]->name) {
         case VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_PLATFORM:
-        case VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_TSC:
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                            _("unsupported timer type (name) '%s'"),
                            virDomainTimerNameTypeToString(def->clock.timers[i]->name));
             return -1;
 
+        case VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_TSC:
         case VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_KVMCLOCK:
         case VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_HYPERVCLOCK:
             /* Timers above are handled when building -cpu.  */
@@ -6921,19 +6921,23 @@ qemuBuildCpuCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
     for (i = 0; i < def->clock.ntimers; i++) {
         virDomainTimerDefPtr timer = def->clock.timers[i];
 
-        if (timer->present == -1)
-            continue;
-
-        if (timer->name == VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_KVMCLOCK) {
+        if (timer->name == VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_KVMCLOCK &&
+            timer->present != -1) {
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,%ckvmclock",
                               have_cpu ? "" : default_model,
                               timer->present ? '+' : '-');
             have_cpu = true;
         } else if (timer->name == VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_HYPERVCLOCK &&
-                   timer->present) {
+                   timer->present == 1) {
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,hv_time",
                               have_cpu ? "" : default_model);
             have_cpu = true;
+        } else if (timer->name == VIR_DOMAIN_TIMER_NAME_TSC &&
+                   timer->frequency > 0) {
+            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s,tsc-frequency=%lu",
+                              have_cpu ? "" : default_model,
+                              timer->frequency);
+            have_cpu = true;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50223fab2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.args
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-M pc \
+-cpu Haswell,+vme,+ds,+acpi,+ss,+ht,+tm,+pbe,+dtes64,+monitor,+ds_cpl,+vmx,\
++smx,+est,+tm2,+xtpr,+pdcm,+osxsave,+f16c,+rdrand,+pdpe1gb,+abm,+lahf_lm,\
++invtsc,tsc-frequency=3504000000 \
+-m 214 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-nographic \
+-nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-usb \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72afe6cd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-cpu-tsc-frequency.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <title>A description of the test machine.</title>
+  <description>
+      A test of qemu&apos;s minimal configuration.
+      This test also tests the description and title elements.
+  </description>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='host-model'>
+    <model fallback='allow'/>
+    <feature policy='require' name='invtsc'/>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'>
+    <timer name='tsc' frequency='3504000000'/>
+  </clock>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index e523236df4..41461eadc8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("cpu-Haswell3", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST("cpu-Haswell-noTSX", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST("cpu-host-model-cmt", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("cpu-tsc-frequency", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     qemuTestSetHostCPU(driver.caps, NULL);
 
     DO_TEST("encrypted-disk", NONE);