diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
index d704e59b73..12987a0d87 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@
       <cpuid function='0x00000007' ebx='0x00100000'/>
     </feature>
 
+    <!-- Advanced Power Management edx features -->
+    <feature name='invtsc'>
+      <cpuid function='0x80000007' edx='0x00000100'/>
+    </feature>
+
     <!-- models -->
     <model name='486'>
       <feature name='fpu'/>
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 7684aec1b2..bbfb09ac34 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,21 @@ qemuMigrationIsAllowed(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm,
         return false;
     }
 
+    for (i = 0; i < def->cpu->nfeatures; i++) {
+        virCPUFeatureDefPtr feature = &def->cpu->features[i];
+
+        if (feature->policy != VIR_CPU_FEATURE_REQUIRE)
+            continue;
+
+        /* QEMU blocks migration and save with invariant TSC enabled */
+        if (STREQ(feature->name, "invtsc")) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID,
+                           _("domain has CPU feature: %s"),
+                           feature->name);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 5b598bebe6..a39cc0a0aa 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3612,6 +3612,7 @@ qemuProcessVerifyGuestCPU(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm)
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     int rc;
     bool ret = false;
+    size_t i;
 
     switch (arch) {
     case VIR_ARCH_I686:
@@ -3634,6 +3635,20 @@ qemuProcessVerifyGuestCPU(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm)
                 goto cleanup;
             }
         }
+
+        for (i = 0; i < def->cpu->nfeatures; i++) {
+            virCPUFeatureDefPtr feature = &def->cpu->features[i];
+
+            if (feature->policy != VIR_CPU_FEATURE_REQUIRE)
+                continue;
+
+            if (STREQ(feature->name, "invtsc") &&
+                !cpuHasFeature(guestcpu, feature->name)) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                               _("host doesn't support invariant TSC"));
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+        }
         break;
 
     default: