diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 790254ead6..ffe5de0f82 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -6416,6 +6416,10 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                        &cpu->mwait.ecx, &cpu->mwait.edx);
             env->features[FEAT_1_ECX] |= CPUID_EXT_MONITOR;
         }
+        if (kvm_enabled() && cpu->ucode_rev == 0) {
+            cpu->ucode_rev = kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(kvm_state,
+                                                                MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV);
+        }
     }
 
     if (cpu->ucode_rev == 0) {
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index f6dd6b790e..1b67090c5c 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -2696,6 +2696,11 @@ static void kvm_init_msrs(X86CPU *cpu)
                           env->features[FEAT_CORE_CAPABILITY]);
     }
 
+    if (kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(kvm_state,
+                                           MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV)) {
+        kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, cpu->ucode_rev);
+    }
+
     /*
      * Older kernels do not include VMX MSRs in KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, but
      * all kernels with MSR features should have them.