diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 009273740..6a82d2d6e 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ func createAssets(ctx context.Context, sandboxConfig *SandboxConfig) error {
 
 func (s *Sandbox) getAndStoreGuestDetails() error {
 	guestDetailRes, err := s.agent.getGuestDetails(&grpc.GuestDetailsRequest{
-		MemBlockSize: true,
+		MemBlockSize:    true,
+		MemHotplugProbe: true,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -427,6 +428,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) getAndStoreGuestDetails() error {
 		if guestDetailRes.AgentDetails != nil {
 			s.seccompSupported = guestDetailRes.AgentDetails.SupportsSeccomp
 		}
+		s.state.GuestMemoryHotplugProbe = guestDetailRes.SupportMemHotplugProbe
 
 		if err = s.store.Store(store.State, s.state); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/virtcontainers/types/sandbox.go b/virtcontainers/types/sandbox.go
index 84dc14f5e..bd1d6b167 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/types/sandbox.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/types/sandbox.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ type State struct {
 	// GuestMemoryBlockSizeMB is the size of memory block of guestos
 	GuestMemoryBlockSizeMB uint32 `json:"guestMemoryBlockSize"`
 
+	// GuestMemoryHotplugProbe determines whether guest kernel supports memory hotplug probe interface
+	GuestMemoryHotplugProbe bool `json:"guestMemoryHotplugProbe"`
+
 	// CgroupPath is the cgroup hierarchy where sandbox's processes
 	// including the hypervisor are placed.
 	CgroupPath string `json:"cgroupPath,omitempty"`