diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VmDetailConstants.java b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VmDetailConstants.java
index 512506e739c..bf43940c0a0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VmDetailConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/VmDetailConstants.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public interface VmDetailConstants {
     String KVM_VNC_PORT = "kvm.vnc.port";
     String KVM_VNC_ADDRESS = "kvm.vnc.address";
 
+    // KVM specific, custom virtual GPU hardware
+    String VIDEO_HARDWARE = "video.hardware";
+    String VIDEO_RAM = "video.ram";
+
     // Mac OSX guest specific (internal)
     String SMC_PRESENT = "smc.present";
     String FIRMWARE = "firmware";
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 4b0b2b17609..46763a151f9 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 
         devices.addDevice(createChannelDef(vmTO));
         devices.addDevice(createWatchDogDef());
-        devices.addDevice(createVideoDef());
+        devices.addDevice(createVideoDef(vmTO));
         devices.addDevice(createConsoleDef());
         devices.addDevice(createGraphicDef(vmTO));
         devices.addDevice(createTabletInputDef());
@@ -2488,8 +2488,20 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         return new ConsoleDef(PTY, null, null, (short)0);
     }
 
-    protected VideoDef createVideoDef() {
-        return new VideoDef(_videoHw, _videoRam);
+    protected VideoDef createVideoDef(VirtualMachineTO vmTO) {
+        Map<String, String> details = vmTO.getDetails();
+        String videoHw = _videoHw;
+        int videoRam = _videoRam;
+        if (details != null) {
+            if (details.containsKey(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_HARDWARE)) {
+                videoHw = details.get(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_HARDWARE);
+            }
+            if (details.containsKey(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_RAM)) {
+                String value = details.get(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_RAM);
+                videoRam = NumbersUtil.parseInt(value, videoRam);
+            }
+        }
+        return new VideoDef(videoHw, videoRam);
     }
 
     protected RngDef createRngDef() {
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 78d17444523..d8b1d4e289a 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
@@ -1624,9 +1624,13 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
         @Override
         public String toString() {
             StringBuilder videoBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-            if (_videoModel != null && !_videoModel.isEmpty() && _videoRam != 0){
+            if (_videoModel != null && !_videoModel.isEmpty()){
                 videoBuilder.append("<video>\n");
-                videoBuilder.append("<model type='" + _videoModel + "' vram='" + _videoRam + "'/>\n");
+                if (_videoRam != 0) {
+                    videoBuilder.append("<model type='" + _videoModel + "' vram='" + _videoRam + "'/>\n");
+                } else {
+                    videoBuilder.append("<model type='" + _videoModel + "'/>\n");
+                }
                 videoBuilder.append("</video>\n");
                 return videoBuilder.toString();
             }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
index 27399eadf8e..c744299b345 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/test/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResourceTest {
         libvirtComputingResourceSpy._videoRam = 200;
         libvirtComputingResourceSpy._videoHw = "vGPU";
 
-        VideoDef videoDef = libvirtComputingResourceSpy.createVideoDef();
+        VideoDef videoDef = libvirtComputingResourceSpy.createVideoDef(to);
         Document domainDoc = parse(videoDef.toString());
         assertXpath(domainDoc, "/video/model/@type", "vGPU");
         assertXpath(domainDoc, "/video/model/@vram", "200");
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
index 7c5a4864b3e..1a4446b807e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
@@ -3879,6 +3879,8 @@ public class QueryManagerImpl extends MutualExclusiveIdsManagerBase implements Q
 
         if (HypervisorType.KVM.equals(hypervisorType)) {
             options.put(VmDetailConstants.ROOT_DISK_CONTROLLER, Arrays.asList("osdefault", "ide", "scsi", "virtio"));
+            options.put(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_HARDWARE, Arrays.asList("cirrus", "vga", "qxl", "virtio"));
+            options.put(VmDetailConstants.VIDEO_RAM, Collections.emptyList());
         }
 
         if (HypervisorType.VMware.equals(hypervisorType)) {