diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index e304473469..74a7361c3d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
 
               "vhost-user-multiqueue", /* 190 */
               "migration-event",
+              "gpex-pcihost",
     );
 
 
@@ -1568,6 +1569,7 @@ struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectTypes[] = {
     { "ivshmem", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IVSHMEM },
     { "pc-dimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM },
     { "pci-serial", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_SERIAL },
+    { "gpex-pcihost", QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX},
 };
 
 static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectPropsVirtioBlk[] = {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index f77bd06ec3..a50c3cac87 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_CAPS_CPU_AARCH64_OFF    = 189, /* -cpu ...,aarch64=off */
     QEMU_CAPS_VHOSTUSER_MULTIQUEUE = 190, /* vhost-user with -netdev queues= */
     QEMU_CAPS_MIGRATION_EVENT    = 191, /* MIGRATION event */
+    QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX        = 192, /* have generic PCI host controller */
 
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST,                   /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;