diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index bd6e0423116..9be12c30579 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
         }
 
         enum nicModel {
-            E1000("e1000"), VIRTIO("virtio"), RTL8139("rtl8139"), NE2KPCI("ne2k_pci");
+            E1000("e1000"), VIRTIO("virtio"), RTL8139("rtl8139"), NE2KPCI("ne2k_pci"), VMXNET3("vmxnet3");
             String _model;
 
             nicModel(String model) {