diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 7bc88be0f5..7bfb714202 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
               "virtio-net.tx_queue_size",
               "chardev-reconnect",
               "virtio-gpu.max_outputs",
+
+              /* 270 */
+              "vxhs",
     );
 
 
@@ -1810,6 +1813,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsObjectPropsIntelIOMMU[] = {
 static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsQMPSchemaQueries[] = {
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/options/+gluster/debug-level", QEMU_CAPS_GLUSTER_DEBUG_LEVEL},
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+gluster/debug", QEMU_CAPS_GLUSTER_DEBUG_LEVEL},
+    { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+vxhs", QEMU_CAPS_VXHS},
 };
 
 struct virQEMUCapsObjectTypeProps {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index 1400e885d9..214734ff2c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ typedef enum {
     QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_RECONNECT, /* -chardev reconnect */
     QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_OUTPUTS, /* -device virtio-(vga|gpu-*),max-outputs= */
 
+    /* 270 */
+    QEMU_CAPS_VXHS, /* -drive file.driver=vxhs via query-qmp-schema */
+
     QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;
 
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
index 6049211225..8a31431c09 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.10.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
   <flag name='virtio-net.tx_queue_size'/>
   <flag name='chardev-reconnect'/>
   <flag name='virtio-gpu.max_outputs'/>
+  <flag name='vxhs'/>
   <version>2010000</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <package> (v2.10.0)</package>