diff --git a/virtManager/create.py b/virtManager/create.py
index b4b5880d3..cdc56ab8a 100644
--- a/virtManager/create.py
+++ b/virtManager/create.py
@@ -1393,8 +1393,8 @@ class vmmCreate(vmmGObjectUI):
             if self.config.get_new_vm_sound():
                 guest.add_default_sound_device()
 
-            if (guest.conn.is_qemu() and
-                guest.type == "kvm" and
+            if (((guest.conn.is_qemu() and guest.type == "kvm") or
+                 guest.conn.is_test()) and
                 guest.os.is_x86() and
                 guest.os.arch == guest.conn.caps.host.cpu.arch):
                 cpu_type = self.config.get_default_cpu_setting()
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ class vmmCreate(vmmGObjectUI):
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError("Unknown cpu default '%s'" % cpu_type)
 
+            if self.conn.check_support(self.conn.SUPPORT_CONN_PM_DISABLE):
+                guest.pm.suspend_to_mem = False
+                guest.pm.suspend_to_disk = False
+
         except Exception, e:
             self.err.show_err(_("Error setting up default devices:") + str(e))
             return None
diff --git a/virtinst/support.py b/virtinst/support.py
index 9009f74d0..523769850 100644
--- a/virtinst/support.py
+++ b/virtinst/support.py
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ SUPPORT_CONN_VIRTIO_CONSOLE = _make(drv_libvirt_version=[("qemu", 8003)])
 SUPPORT_CONN_PANIC_DEVICE = _make(version=1002001,
                                   drv_version=[("qemu", 1005000),
                                                ("test", 0)])
+SUPPORT_CONN_PM_DISABLE = _make(version="10002", drv_version=[
+    ("qemu", 1002000), ("test", 0)])
 
 
 # Domain checks