diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/ppc64-pseries-f20.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/ppc64-pseries-f20.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dec0e4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/ppc64-pseries-f20.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<domain type="qemu">
+  <name>foobar</name>
+  <uuid>00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444</uuid>
+  <memory>65536</memory>
+  <currentMemory>65536</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch="ppc64" machine="pseries">hvm</type>
+    <boot dev="network"/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <apic/>
+    <pae/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset="utc"/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type="file" device="disk">
+      <driver name="qemu"/>
+      <source file="/tmp/__virtinst_cli_exist1.img"/>
+      <target dev="sda" bus="scsi"/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type="network">
+      <source network="default"/>
+      <mac address="00:11:22:33:44:55"/>
+    </interface>
+    <graphics type="spice" port="-1" tlsPort="-1" autoport="yes"/>
+    <console type="pty"/>
+    <channel type="unix">
+      <source mode="bind"/>
+      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type="spicevmc">
+      <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
+    </channel>
+    <video>
+      <model type="vga"/>
+    </video>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py
index c2d6e024..a66b246e 100644
--- a/tests/clitest.py
+++ b/tests/clitest.py
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ c.add_compare("--os-variant fedora20 --nodisks --boot fd --graphics spice --mach
 c.add_compare("--os-variant fedora20 --nodisks --boot fd --graphics sdl --arch sparc --machine SS-20", "qemu-sparc")  # exotic arch + machine type
 c.add_compare("--arch armv7l --machine vexpress-a9 --boot kernel=/f19-arm.kernel,initrd=/f19-arm.initrd,dtb=/f19-arm.dtb,kernel_args=\"console=ttyAMA0 rw root=/dev/mmcblk0p3\" --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --nographics", "arm-vexpress-plain", support_check=support.SUPPORT_CONN_DISK_SD)
 c.add_compare("--arch armv7l --machine vexpress-a15 --boot kernel=/f19-arm.kernel,initrd=/f19-arm.initrd,dtb=/f19-arm.dtb,kernel_args=\"console=ttyAMA0 rw root=/dev/vda3\" --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --nographics --os-variant fedora19", "arm-vexpress-f19", support_check=support.SUPPORT_CONN_VIRTIO_MMIO)
+c.add_compare("--arch ppc64 --machine pseries --boot network --disk %(EXISTIMG1)s --os-variant fedora20", "ppc64-pseries-f20")
 c.add_valid("--cdrom %(EXISTIMG2)s --file %(EXISTIMG1)s --os-variant win2k3 --wait 0 --sound")  # HVM windows install with disk
 c.add_valid("--os-variant fedora20 --file %(EXISTIMG1)s --location %(TREEDIR)s --extra-args console=ttyS0 --sound")  # F14 Directory tree URL install with extra-args
 c.add_invalid("--nodisks --boot network --machine foobar")  # Unknown machine type
diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
index 3760d7f0..b45170fa 100644
--- a/virtinst/guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/guest.py
@@ -872,8 +872,12 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
                     return True
 
         if has_spice():
-            video_model = "qxl"
             self._add_spice_channels()
+
+        if has_spice() and self.os.is_x86():
+            video_model = "qxl"
+        elif self.os.is_ppc64() and self.os.machine == "pseries":
+            video_model = "vga"
         else:
             video_model = self._lookup_osdict_key("videomodel", "cirrus")