diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
index 6d089cf010..8e1fa10599 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arm64.go
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func newQemuArch(config HypervisorConfig) qemuArch {
 			kernelParamsDebug:     kernelParamsDebug,
 			kernelParams:          kernelParams,
 			disableNvdimm:         config.DisableImageNvdimm,
+			dax:                   true,
 		},
 	}