diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index e7ced564c9..ab5a9bf8cf 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -391,11 +391,11 @@
   revision = "2f1d1f20f75d5404f53b9edf6b53ed5505508675"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:6b643bd5e349019c33430301a3e5c38324c3014c423fe5e7cf857a8dd341efe2"
+  digest = "1:bba46c73858fda3e8066d66553615bd271f1ee811a0bf19f239ea2fb1e313f22"
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
   packages = ["qemu"]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "52b2309a558fe89b3e81b85440144b535288ce4f"
+  revision = "e0505242c0670f1a522f5b2d827e4a7e4062a14d"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:36dfd4701e98a9d8371dd3053e32d4f29e82b07bcc9e655db82138f9273bcb0f"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 11a04621bd..59b09fd61b 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
-  revision = "52b2309a558fe89b3e81b85440144b535288ce4f"
+  revision = "e0505242c0670f1a522f5b2d827e4a7e4062a14d"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/kata-containers/agent"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 665f69e9d2..2a645ca24f 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ type QMPVersion struct {
 type CPUProperties struct {
 	Node   int `json:"node-id"`
 	Socket int `json:"socket-id"`
+	Die    int `json:"die-id"`
 	Core   int `json:"core-id"`
 	Thread int `json:"thread-id"`
 }
@@ -1157,26 +1158,56 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecutePCIVFIOMediatedDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, devID, sysfsd
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }
 
+// isSocketIDSupported returns if the cpu driver supports the socket id option
+func isSocketIDSupported(driver string) bool {
+	if driver == "host-s390x-cpu" || driver == "host-powerpc64-cpu" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// isThreadIDSupported returns if the cpu driver supports the thread id option
+func isThreadIDSupported(driver string) bool {
+	if driver == "host-s390x-cpu" || driver == "host-powerpc64-cpu" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// isDieIDSupported returns if the cpu driver and the qemu version support the die id option
+func (q *QMP) isDieIDSupported(driver string) bool {
+	if (q.version.Major > 4 || (q.version.Major == 4 && q.version.Minor >= 1)) && driver == "host-x86_64-cpu" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ExecuteCPUDeviceAdd adds a CPU to a QEMU instance using the device_add command.
 // driver is the CPU model, cpuID must be a unique ID to identify the CPU, socketID is the socket number within
 // node/board the CPU belongs to, coreID is the core number within socket the CPU belongs to, threadID is the
 // thread number within core the CPU belongs to. Note that socketID and threadID are not a requirement for
 // architecures like ppc64le.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteCPUDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, driver, cpuID, socketID, coreID, threadID, romfile string) error {
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteCPUDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, driver, cpuID, socketID, dieID, coreID, threadID, romfile string) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"driver":  driver,
 		"id":      cpuID,
 		"core-id": coreID,
 	}
 
-	if socketID != "" {
+	if socketID != "" && isSocketIDSupported(driver) {
 		args["socket-id"] = socketID
 	}
 
-	if threadID != "" {
+	if threadID != "" && isThreadIDSupported(driver) {
 		args["thread-id"] = threadID
 	}
 
+	if q.isDieIDSupported(driver) {
+		if dieID != "" {
+			args["die-id"] = dieID
+		}
+	}
+
 	if isVirtioPCI[DeviceDriver(driver)] {
 		args["romfile"] = romfile
 	}