diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmsr.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmsr.c
index 13afbc6d8..d85e2b684 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmsr.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmsr.c
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ static const uint32_t emulated_guest_msrs[NUM_GUEST_MSRS] = {
 	MSR_IA32_BIOS_SIGN_ID,
 	MSR_IA32_TIME_STAMP_COUNTER,
 	MSR_IA32_APIC_BASE,
-	MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL
+	MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL,
+	MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL,
 };
 
 #define NUM_MTRR_MSRS	13U
@@ -424,6 +425,11 @@ int32_t rdmsr_vmexit_handler(struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu)
 		err = vlapic_rdmsr(vcpu, msr, &v);
 		break;
 	}
+	case MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL:
+	{
+		v = MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCK;
+		break;
+	}
 	default:
 	{
 		if (is_x2apic_msr(msr)) {
@@ -570,6 +576,11 @@ int32_t wrmsr_vmexit_handler(struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu)
 		err = vlapic_wrmsr(vcpu, msr, v);
 		break;
 	}
+	case MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL:
+	{
+		err = -EACCES;
+		break;
+	}
 	default:
 	{
 		if (is_x2apic_msr(msr)) {
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vcpu.h b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vcpu.h
index 14bc9e420..73b15e1e1 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vcpu.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/arch/x86/guest/vcpu.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct ext_context {
 #define SECURE_WORLD	1
 
 #define NUM_WORLD_MSRS		2U
-#define NUM_COMMON_MSRS		6U
+#define NUM_COMMON_MSRS		7U
 #define NUM_GUEST_MSRS		(NUM_WORLD_MSRS + NUM_COMMON_MSRS)
 
 struct event_injection_info {