diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
index 1765f9806..2fae39cb5 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_amd64.go
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ var supportedQemuMachines = []govmmQemu.Machine{
 		Type:    QemuQ35,
 		Options: defaultQemuMachineOptions,
 	},
+	{
+		Type:    QemuVirt,
+		Options: defaultQemuMachineOptions,
+	},
 }
 
 // MaxQemuVCPUs returns the maximum number of vCPUs supported
diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
index bf2d6755c..d65bc9cb7 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_arch_base.go
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ const (
 	// QemuQ35 is the QEMU Q35 machine type for amd64
 	QemuQ35 = "q35"
 
-	// QemuVirt is the QEMU virt machine type for aarch64
+	// QemuVirt is the QEMU virt machine type for aarch64 or amd64
 	QemuVirt = "virt"
 
-	// QemuPseries is a QEMU virt machine type for for ppc64le
+	// QemuPseries is a QEMU virt machine type for ppc64le
 	QemuPseries = "pseries"
 )