diff --git a/qemu/qemu.go b/qemu/qemu.go
index 4cb18d10ad..daac268bdb 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -1761,7 +1761,9 @@ func (config *Config) appendMemoryKnobs() {
 	if config.Memory.Size == "" {
 		return
 	}
-
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		return
+	}
 	var objMemParam, numaMemParam string
 	dimmName := "dimm1"
 	if config.Knobs.HugePages {
diff --git a/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go b/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
index a7bbed558e..f295099cee 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -105,3 +105,7 @@ func (n NetDeviceType) QemuDeviceParam() DeviceDriver {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func isDimmSupported() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/qemu/qemu_test.go b/qemu/qemu_test.go
index 7caba015e9..3c2307858c 100644
--- a/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ func TestAppendKnobsAllFalse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendMemoryHugePages(t *testing.T) {
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		t.Skip("Dimm not supported")
+	}
+
 	conf := &Config{
 		Memory: Memory{
 			Size:   "1G",
@@ -545,6 +549,10 @@ func TestAppendMemoryHugePages(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendMemoryMemPrealloc(t *testing.T) {
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		t.Skip("Dimm not supported")
+	}
+
 	conf := &Config{
 		Memory: Memory{
 			Size:   "1G",
@@ -567,6 +575,10 @@ func TestAppendMemoryMemPrealloc(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendMemoryMemShared(t *testing.T) {
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		t.Skip("Dimm not supported")
+	}
+
 	conf := &Config{
 		Memory: Memory{
 			Size:   "1G",
@@ -589,6 +601,10 @@ func TestAppendMemoryMemShared(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendMemoryFileBackedMem(t *testing.T) {
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		t.Skip("Dimm not supported")
+	}
+
 	conf := &Config{
 		Memory: Memory{
 			Size:   "1G",
@@ -611,6 +627,10 @@ func TestAppendMemoryFileBackedMem(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppendMemoryFileBackedMemPrealloc(t *testing.T) {
+	if !isDimmSupported() {
+		t.Skip("Dimm not supported")
+	}
+
 	conf := &Config{
 		Memory: Memory{
 			Size:   "1G",
diff --git a/qemu/qemus390x.go b/qemu/qemus390x.go
index c52edd67ce..0aeffceeb5 100644
--- a/qemu/qemus390x.go
+++ b/qemu/qemus390x.go
@@ -134,3 +134,7 @@ func (n NetDeviceType) QemuNetdevParam() string {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func isDimmSupported() bool {
+	return false
+}