diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index fad325a755..5694324647 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
   revision = "3520598351bb3500a49ae9563f5539666ae0a27c"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:e35245b8aac4b53c6dd7b161c8c19f038e2ad29a54a03d276a88f3fc2a656c29"
+  digest = "1:052c0d6d677c7a3f12d8f83e0a1ce20a896cc206782b035f380249d23bf1265d"
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
   packages = ["qemu"]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "d8f80cafe3ee3bba440a9ff8d234817b64a30b07"
+  revision = "1a16b5f98f133796f9c5e9b6ae3aa6d786cff9b1"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:55460fbdfca464360cec902b0805126451908aa1a058fe4072b01650ebe768b3"
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@
     "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils",
     "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go",
     "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go",
+    "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/log",
     "github.com/safchain/ethtool",
     "github.com/sirupsen/logrus",
     "github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/syslog",
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index a3914ffd35..71c12ccf0f 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/intel/govmm"
-  revision = "d8f80cafe3ee3bba440a9ff8d234817b64a30b07"
+  revision = "1a16b5f98f133796f9c5e9b6ae3aa6d786cff9b1"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/kata-containers/agent"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
index 92000fe03f..58b8924fda 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/intel/govmm/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ func (q *QMP) executeCommand(ctx context.Context, name string, args map[string]i
 // block until they have received a success or failure message from QMP,
 // i.e., {"return": {}} or {"error":{}}, and in some cases certain events
 // are received.
+//
+// QEMU currently requires that the "qmp_capabilties" command is sent before any
+// other command. Therefore you must call qmp.ExecuteQMPCapabilities() before
+// you execute any other command.
 func QMPStart(ctx context.Context, socket string, cfg QMPConfig, disconnectedCh chan struct{}) (*QMP, *QMPVersion, error) {
 	if cfg.Logger == nil {
 		cfg.Logger = qmpNullLogger{}
@@ -653,7 +657,7 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevAdd(ctx context.Context, device, blockdevID string)
 		},
 	}
 
-	if q.version.Major > 2 || (q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor >= 9) {
+	if q.version.Major > 2 || (q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor >= 8) {
 		blockdevArgs["node-name"] = blockdevID
 		args = blockdevArgs
 	} else {
@@ -742,7 +746,12 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteBlockdevDel(ctx context.Context, blockdevID string) error {
 		return q.executeCommand(ctx, "blockdev-del", args, nil)
 	}
 
-	args["id"] = blockdevID
+	if q.version.Major == 2 && q.version.Minor == 8 {
+		args["node-name"] = blockdevID
+	} else {
+		args["id"] = blockdevID
+	}
+
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "x-blockdev-del", args, nil)
 }
 
@@ -764,6 +773,22 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetdevAdd(ctx context.Context, netdevType, netdevID, ifname
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "netdev_add", args, nil)
 }
 
+// ExecuteNetdevChardevAdd adds a Net device to a QEMU instance
+// using the netdev_add command. netdevID is the id of the device to add.
+// Must be valid QMP identifier.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetdevChardevAdd(ctx context.Context, netdevType, netdevID, chardev string, queues int) error {
+	args := map[string]interface{}{
+		"type":    netdevType,
+		"id":      netdevID,
+		"chardev": chardev,
+	}
+	if queues > 1 {
+		args["queues"] = queues
+	}
+
+	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "netdev_add", args, nil)
+}
+
 // ExecuteNetdevAddByFds adds a Net device to a QEMU instance
 // using the netdev_add command by fds and vhostfds. netdevID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier.
@@ -793,7 +818,8 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetdevDel(ctx context.Context, netdevID string) error {
 // ExecuteNetPCIDeviceAdd adds a Net PCI device to a QEMU instance
 // using the device_add command. devID is the id of the device to add.
 // Must be valid QMP identifier. netdevID is the id of nic added by previous netdev_add.
-func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetPCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, netdevID, devID, macAddr, addr, bus string) error {
+// queues is the number of queues of a nic.
+func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetPCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, netdevID, devID, macAddr, addr, bus string, queues int) error {
 	args := map[string]interface{}{
 		"id":     devID,
 		"driver": VirtioNetPCI,
@@ -805,6 +831,18 @@ func (q *QMP) ExecuteNetPCIDeviceAdd(ctx context.Context, netdevID, devID, macAd
 	if bus != "" {
 		args["bus"] = bus
 	}
+
+	if queues > 0 {
+		// (2N+2 vectors, N for tx queues, N for rx queues, 1 for config, and one for possible control vq)
+		// -device virtio-net-pci,mq=on,vectors=2N+2...
+		// enable mq in guest by 'ethtool -L eth0 combined $queue_num'
+		// Clearlinux automatically sets up the queues properly
+		// The agent implementation should do this to ensure that it is
+		// always set
+		args["mq"] = "on"
+		args["vectors"] = 2*queues + 2
+	}
+
 	return q.executeCommand(ctx, "device_add", args, nil)
 }