diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b001808..15e73e09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ PKGLIBEXECDIR := $(LIBEXECDIR)/$(CCDIR)
 KERNELPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/vmlinuz.container
 IMAGEPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/clear-containers.img
 FIRMWAREPATH :=
+MACHINEACCELERATORS :=
 
 KERNELPARAMS :=
 
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ USER_VARS += IMAGEPATH
 USER_VARS += MACHINETYPE
 USER_VARS += KERNELPATH
 USER_VARS += FIRMWAREPATH
+USER_VARS += MACHINEACCELERATORS
 USER_VARS += KERNELPARAMS
 USER_VARS += LIBEXECDIR
 USER_VARS += LOCALSTATEDIR
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ var defaultHypervisorPath = "$(QEMUPATH)"
 var defaultImagePath = "$(IMAGEPATH)"
 var defaultKernelPath = "$(KERNELPATH)"
 var defaultFirmwarePath = "$(FIRMWAREPATH)"
+var defaultMachineAccelerators = "$(MACHINEACCELERATORS)"
 var defaultShimPath = "$(SHIMPATH)"
 
 const defaultKernelParams = "$(KERNELPARAMS)"
@@ -289,6 +292,7 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in Makefile VERSION
 		-e "s|@IMAGEPATH@|$(IMAGEPATH)|g" \
 		-e "s|@KERNELPATH@|$(KERNELPATH)|g" \
 		-e "s|@FIRMWAREPATH@|$(FIRMWAREPATH)|g" \
+		-e "s|@MACHINEACCELERATORS@|$(MACHINEACCELERATORS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@KERNELPARAMS@|$(KERNELPARAMS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@LOCALSTATEDIR@|$(LOCALSTATEDIR)|g" \
 		-e "s|@PKGLIBEXECDIR@|$(PKGLIBEXECDIR)|g" \
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 515d18b0..2f31f6bd 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	Kernel                string `toml:"kernel"`
 	Image                 string `toml:"image"`
 	Firmware              string `toml:"firmware"`
+	MachineAccelerators   string `toml:"machine_accelerators"`
 	KernelParams          string `toml:"kernel_params"`
 	MachineType           string `toml:"machine_type"`
 	DefaultVCPUs          int32  `toml:"default_vcpus"`
@@ -148,6 +149,21 @@ func (h hypervisor) firmware() (string, error) {
 	return resolvePath(p)
 }
 
+func (h hypervisor) machineAccelerators() string {
+	var machineAccelerators string
+	accelerators := strings.Split(h.MachineAccelerators, ",")
+	acceleratorsLen := len(accelerators)
+	for i := 0; i < acceleratorsLen; i++ {
+		if accelerators[i] != "" {
+			machineAccelerators += strings.Trim(accelerators[i], "\r\t\n ") + ","
+		}
+	}
+
+	machineAccelerators = strings.Trim(machineAccelerators, ",")
+
+	return machineAccelerators
+}
+
 func (h hypervisor) kernelParams() string {
 	if h.KernelParams == "" {
 		return defaultKernelParams
@@ -229,6 +245,7 @@ func newQemuHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		return vc.HypervisorConfig{}, err
 	}
 
+	machineAccelerators := h.machineAccelerators()
 	kernelParams := h.kernelParams()
 	machineType := h.machineType()
 
@@ -237,6 +254,7 @@ func newQemuHypervisorConfig(h hypervisor) (vc.HypervisorConfig, error) {
 		KernelPath:            kernel,
 		ImagePath:             image,
 		FirmwarePath:          firmware,
+		MachineAccelerators:   machineAccelerators,
 		KernelParams:          vc.DeserializeParams(strings.Fields(kernelParams)),
 		HypervisorMachineType: machineType,
 		DefaultVCPUs:          h.defaultVCPUs(),
@@ -341,6 +359,7 @@ func loadConfiguration(configPath string, ignoreLogging bool) (resolvedConfigPat
 		KernelPath:            defaultKernelPath,
 		ImagePath:             defaultImagePath,
 		FirmwarePath:          defaultFirmwarePath,
+		MachineAccelerators:   defaultMachineAccelerators,
 		HypervisorMachineType: defaultMachineType,
 		DefaultVCPUs:          defaultVCPUCount,
 		DefaultMemSz:          defaultMemSize,
diff --git a/config/configuration.toml.in b/config/configuration.toml.in
index 6ef9fbc3..9779c35e 100644
--- a/config/configuration.toml.in
+++ b/config/configuration.toml.in
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS@"
 # If you want that qemu uses the default firmware leave this option empty
 firmware = "@FIRMWAREPATH@"
 
+# Machine accelerators
+# comma-separated list of machine accelerators to pass to the hypervisor.
+# For example, `machine_accelerators = "nosmm,nosmbus,nosata,nopit,static-prt,nofw"`
+machine_accelerators="@MACHINEACCELERATORS@"
+
 # Default number of vCPUs per POD/VM:
 # unspecified or 0 --> will be set to @DEFVCPUS@
 # < 0              --> will be set to the actual number of physical cores
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index d3723f89..7e495cf9 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -919,3 +919,50 @@ func TestDefaultFirmware(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.NotEmpty(p)
 }
+
+func TestDefaultMachineAccelerators(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	machineAccelerators := "abc,123,rgb"
+	h := hypervisor{MachineAccelerators: machineAccelerators}
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = ""
+	h.MachineAccelerators = machineAccelerators
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = machineAccelerators
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc,123"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = "abc,,123"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc,123"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = ",,abc,,123,,,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc,123"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = "abc,,123,,,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = ",,abc,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = ", , abc , ,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = " abc "
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc,123"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = ", abc , 123 ,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+
+	machineAccelerators = "abc,123"
+	h.MachineAccelerators = ",, abc ,,, 123 ,,"
+	assert.Equal(machineAccelerators, h.machineAccelerators())
+}