diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index ec2a887..1e2d4f0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-aarch64"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine virt"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu cortex-a57"
-QB_CPU_KVM = "-cpu host"
+QB_CPU_KVM = "-cpu host -machine gic-version=3"
 # Standard Serial console
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0"
 # For graphics to work we need to define the VGA device as well as the necessary USB devices