diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 8c4a4b66f5..db5230b28b 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@
   revision = "2f1d1f20f75d5404f53b9edf6b53ed5505508675"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:0044fb81f517f480ca3c33675a3af6b4ada77a6faf699a302bc2388c98cacba9"
+  digest = "1:fafdb4aa5b6207f51ec7557818d5f7a534ed44ea4fb31c6f2e8abb01d1627b74"
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
   packages = ["qemu"]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "3700c55dd766d37e17af354fb9975dc801619d62"
+  revision = "e969afbec52cf687bbe97b76654c664128cdb04b"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:d6e9b99fe0150d4c26d81612676e8d59ad045642e4cbc8646e494b50d4f245ef"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index cb981258c0..84b9e446c7 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
-  revision = "3700c55dd766d37e17af354fb9975dc801619d62"
+  revision = "e969afbec52cf687bbe97b76654c664128cdb04b"
 
 [[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 83ac94a043..bf9a77dda1 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -1428,8 +1428,9 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecHotplugMemory(ctx context.Context, qomtype, id, mempath string
 // a NVDIMM driver with the device_add command.
 // id is the id of the device to add.  It must be a valid QMP identifier.
 // mempath is the path of the device to add, e.g., /dev/rdb0.  size is
-// the data size of the device.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteNVDIMMDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, id, mempath string, size int64) error {
+// the data size of the device. pmem is to guarantee the persistence of QEMU writes
+// to the vNVDIMM backend.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteNVDIMMDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, id, mempath string, size int64, pmem *bool) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"qom-type": "memory-backend-file",
 		"id":       "nvdimmbackmem" + id,
@@ -1439,6 +1440,14 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteNVDIMMDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, id, mempath string, si
 			"share":    true,
 		},
 	}
+
+	if q.version.Major > 4 || (q.version.Major == 4 && q.version.Minor >= 1) {
+		if pmem != nil {
+			props := args["props"].(map[string]interface{})
+			props["pmem"] = *pmem
+		}
+	}
+
 	err := q.executeCommand(ctx, "object-add", args, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err