diff --git a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn-util.h b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn-util.h
index 6a77b46e2e..48aca0ee57 100644
--- a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn-util.h
+++ b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn-util.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
 #  define QEMU_MACHINE_TYPE "q35"
-#elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+#elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__riscv)
 #  define QEMU_MACHINE_TYPE "virt"
 #elif defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)
 #  define QEMU_MACHINE_TYPE "s390-ccw-virtio"