diff --git a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 21474d49e..6d0a850f8 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -560,4 +560,5 @@ type hypervisor interface {
 	getSandboxConsole(sandboxID string) (string, error)
 	disconnect()
 	capabilities() capabilities
+	hypervisorConfig() HypervisorConfig
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go b/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
index 758fa87ba..c94096b12 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mock_hypervisor.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ func (m *mockHypervisor) capabilities() capabilities {
 	return capabilities{}
 }
 
+func (m *mockHypervisor) hypervisorConfig() HypervisorConfig {
+	return HypervisorConfig{}
+}
+
 func (m *mockHypervisor) createSandbox() error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 73dd53dbd..88d0ed977 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ func (q *qemu) capabilities() capabilities {
 	return q.arch.capabilities()
 }
 
+func (q *qemu) hypervisorConfig() HypervisorConfig {
+	return q.config
+}
+
 // get the QEMU binary path
 func (q *qemu) qemuPath() (string, error) {
 	p, err := q.config.HypervisorAssetPath()