diff --git a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
index c17c011c..70b73079 100644
--- a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ enum arm_features {
     ARM_FEATURE_V8_SHA256, /* implements SHA256 part of v8 Crypto Extensions */
     ARM_FEATURE_V8_PMULL, /* implements PMULL part of v8 Crypto Extensions */
     ARM_FEATURE_THUMB_DSP, /* DSP insns supported in the Thumb encodings */
+    ARM_FEATURE_PMU, /* has PMU support */
     ARM_FEATURE_VBAR, /* has cp15 VBAR */
     ARM_FEATURE_V8_SHA3, /* implements SHA3 part of v8 Crypto Extensions */
 };
diff --git a/qemu/target-arm/cpu64.c b/qemu/target-arm/cpu64.c
index 05d67a7b..c7426e00 100644
--- a/qemu/target-arm/cpu64.c
+++ b/qemu/target-arm/cpu64.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static void aarch64_a57_initfn(struct uc_struct *uc, Object *obj, void *opaque)
     set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V8_SHA256);
     set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V8_PMULL);
     set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_CRC);
+    set_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_PMU);
     cpu->kvm_target = QEMU_KVM_ARM_TARGET_CORTEX_A57;
     cpu->midr = 0x411fd070;
     cpu->reset_fpsid = 0x41034070;