diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 1927ddd3569..3ea7a19e645 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -530,6 +530,15 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
                     devicesBuilder.append(dev.toString());
                 }
             }
+
+            if (_emulator != null && _emulator.endsWith("aarch64")) {
+                devicesBuilder.append("<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root'/>\n");
+                for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+                  devicesBuilder.append("<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>\n");
+                }
+                devicesBuilder.append("<controller type='pci' model='pcie-to-pci-bridge'/>\n");
+            }
+
             devicesBuilder.append("</devices>\n");
             return devicesBuilder.toString();
         }