diff --git a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
index a7dfe7c4..121ffa41 100644
--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-singleton-config-2.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
           <sibling id="1" value="10"/>
         </distances>
       </cell>
-      <cell id="2" cpus="4" memory="256" memAccess="shared" discard="no"/>
+      <cell id="2" cpus="4" memory="256" memAccess="shared" discard="no" unit="KiB"/>
     </numa>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
           <sibling id="1" value="10"/>
         </distances>
       </cell>
-      <cell id="2" cpus="4" memory="256" memAccess="shared" discard="no"/>
+      <cell id="2" cpus="4" memory="256" memAccess="shared" discard="no" unit="KiB"/>
     </numa>
   </cpu>
   <clock offset="utc">
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index f04a296a..c58a9ebe 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ c.add_compare("""--pxe
 --cpu foobar,+x2apic,+x2apicagain,-distest,forbid=foo,forbid=bar,disable=distest2,optional=opttest,require=reqtest,match=strict,vendor=meee,mode=custom,check=partial,\
 cell.id=0,cell.cpus=1,2,3,cell.memory=1024,\
 cell1.id=1,cell1.memory=256,cell1.cpus=5-8,\
-numa.cell2.id=2,numa.cell2.memory=256,numa.cell2.cpus=4,numa.cell2.memAccess=shared,numa.cell2.discard=no,\
+numa.cell2.id=2,numa.cell2.memory=256,numa.cell2.unit=KiB,numa.cell2.cpus=4,numa.cell2.memAccess=shared,numa.cell2.discard=no,\
 cell0.distances.sibling0.id=0,cell0.distances.sibling0.value=10,\
 cell0.distances.sibling1.id=1,cell0.distances.sibling1.value=21,\
 numa.cell1.distances.sibling0.id=0,numa.cell1.distances.sibling0.value=21,\
diff --git a/virtinst/cli.py b/virtinst/cli.py
index e64d8ba1..6daea26a 100644
--- a/virtinst/cli.py
+++ b/virtinst/cli.py
@@ -2338,6 +2338,9 @@ class ParserCPU(VirtCLIParser):
                     find_inst_cb=cls.cell_find_inst_cb)
         cls.add_arg("numa.cell[0-9]*.memory", "memory",
                     find_inst_cb=cls.cell_find_inst_cb)
+        cls.add_arg("numa.cell[0-9]*.unit", "unit",
+                    find_inst_cb=cls.cell_find_inst_cb)
+
         cls.add_arg("numa.cell[0-9]*.distances.sibling[0-9]*.id", "id",
                     find_inst_cb=cls.sibling_find_inst_cb)
         cls.add_arg("numa.cell[0-9]*.distances.sibling[0-9]*.value", "value",
diff --git a/virtinst/domain/cpu.py b/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
index 77ed0f19..1bc4d3fd 100644
--- a/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
+++ b/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class _CPUCell(XMLBuilder):
     id = XMLProperty("./@id", is_int=True)
     cpus = XMLProperty("./@cpus")
     memory = XMLProperty("./@memory", is_int=True)
+    unit = XMLProperty("./@unit")
     memAccess = XMLProperty("./@memAccess")
     discard = XMLProperty("./@discard")
     siblings = XMLChildProperty(_CPUCellSibling, relative_xpath="./distances")