diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
index bfaf6380aa..c5b8ac2629 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
@@ -617,8 +617,10 @@ impl QemuInner {
         todo!()
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn set_capabilities(&mut self, _flag: CapabilityBits) {
-        todo!()
+    pub(crate) fn set_capabilities(&mut self, flag: CapabilityBits) {
+        let mut caps = Capabilities::default();
+
+        caps.set(flag)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn set_guest_memory_block_size(&mut self, size: u32) {