diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index cebe8d9452..3340f63c37 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv)
                 has_defaults = 0;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid:
-                if (!(accel_find("xen"))) {
+                if (!(accel_find("xen")) && !(accel_find("kvm"))) {
                     error_report("Option not supported for this target");
                     exit(1);
                 }