diff --git a/lib/vdsm/aarch64HardwareInfo.py b/lib/vdsm/aarch64HardwareInfo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae11a2cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vdsm/aarch64HardwareInfo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+
+import logging
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+
+from vdsm import cpuinfo
+from vdsm.common import cache
+
+
+
+def get_sys_info():
+
+    cmd = 'dmidecode -t system'
+    sys_info = {}
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, universal_newlines=True)
+        for item in output.split("\n"):
+            if 'Manufacturer' in item or \
+                'Product Name' in item or \
+                'Version' in item or \
+                'Serial Number' in item or \
+                'UUID' in item or \
+                'Family' in item :
+                item = item.strip()
+                key = item.split(":")[0].strip()
+                value = item.split(":")[1].strip()
+                sys_info[key]=value
+
+    except:
+        logging.exception('Error while getting system information')
+
+    return sys_info
+
+
+
+
+@cache.memoized
+def getHardwareInfoStructure():
+    sys_info_dict=get_sys_info()
+
+
+    return {
+        'systemSerialNumber': sys_info_dict.get('Serial Number', 'unavailable'),
+        'systemFamily': sys_info_dict.get('Family', 'unavailable'),
+        'systemVersion': sys_info_dict.get('Version', 'unavailable'),
+        'systemUUID': sys_info_dict.get('UUID', 'unavailable'),
+        'systemProductName': sys_info_dict.get('Product Name', 'unavailable'),
+        'systemManufacturer': sys_info_dict.get('Manufacturer', 'unavailable'),
+    }
+
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/machinetype.py b/lib/vdsm/machinetype.py
index 107534ac3..341fe75da 100644
--- a/lib/vdsm/machinetype.py
+++ b/lib/vdsm/machinetype.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from vdsm.common import cpuarch
 from vdsm.common import libvirtconnection
 from vdsm.common.config import config
+from vdsm.validatehost import is_valid_virt_host
 
 
 class _CpuMode:
@@ -146,12 +147,15 @@ def compatible_cpu_models():
     compatible_models = [model for (model, usable)
                          in all_models.items()
                          if usable == 'yes']
+    logging.debug('Compatible CPU models: %s', compatible_models)
     # Current QEMU doesn't report POWER compatibility modes, so we
     # must add them ourselves.
     if cpuarch.is_ppc(arch) and \
        'POWER9' in compatible_models and \
        'POWER8' not in compatible_models:
         compatible_models.append('POWER8')
+    if cpuarch.is_arm(arch) and is_valid_virt_host():
+        compatible_models.append('virt_aarch64')
     return list(set(["model_" + model for model in compatible_models]))
 
 
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/supervdsm_api/hwinfo.py b/lib/vdsm/supervdsm_api/hwinfo.py
index c9b4b76aa..cfe768511 100644
--- a/lib/vdsm/supervdsm_api/hwinfo.py
+++ b/lib/vdsm/supervdsm_api/hwinfo.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ def getHardwareInfo(*args, **kwargs):
     elif cpuarch.is_ppc(arch):
         from vdsm.ppc64HardwareInfo import getHardwareInfoStructure
         return getHardwareInfoStructure()
+    elif cpuarch.is_arm(arch):
+        from vdsm.aarch64HardwareInfo import getHardwareInfoStructure
+        return getHardwareInfoStructure()
     else:
         #  not implemented over other architecture
         return {}
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/validatehost.py b/lib/vdsm/validatehost.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d51aabf4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vdsm/validatehost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import logging
+import subprocess
+
+VIRT_HOST_VALIDATE_CMD = "virt-host-validate"
+
+def exec_validate_cmd(cmd):
+    """Execute a command and convert returned values to native string.
+
+    Note that this function should not be used if output data could be
+    undecodable bytes.
+    """
+    try:
+        out = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode("utf-8")
+    except Exception as err:
+        logging.exception(f"Unexpected {err}, {type(err)}")
+
+    logging.info(f"output {out}")
+    return out
+
+def is_valid_virt_host():
+    """ Validate host is valid for virtualization
+    Below is the command and output
+    If host is not valid, the failure will be logged
+    # virt-host-validate
+    QEMU: Checking if device /dev/kvm exists  : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking if device /dev/kvm is accessible : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking if device /dev/vhost-net exists : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking if device /dev/net/tun exists : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpu' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuacct' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuset' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'memory' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'devices' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'blkio' controller support : PASS
+    QEMU: Checking for device assignment IOMMU support : WARN
+    QEMU: Checking for secure guest support : WARN
+
+    """
+
+    out = exec_validate_cmd(VIRT_HOST_VALIDATE_CMD)
+    valid_host = False
+
+    if ('fail' not in out.lower()):
+        valid_host = True
+
+    return valid_host
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