diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 17498e9a26e4..9703f8f229c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	u64 busy_preempt;
 
 	u32 emul_inst;
+
+	u32 online;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HV_EXIT_TIMING
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 833ed9a16adf..1b32b56a03d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char {
 #define KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U64 | 0xbd)
 
 #define KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U64 | 0xbe)
+#define KVM_REG_PPC_ONLINE	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U32 | 0xbf)
 
 /* Transactional Memory checkpointed state:
  * This is all GPRs, all VSX regs and a subset of SPRs
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 9963f65c212b..04bd71796098 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1526,6 +1526,9 @@ static int kvmppc_get_one_reg_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 id,
 		*val = get_reg_val(id, vcpu->arch.dec_expires +
 				   vcpu->arch.vcore->tb_offset);
 		break;
+	case KVM_REG_PPC_ONLINE:
+		*val = get_reg_val(id, vcpu->arch.online);
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -1757,6 +1760,9 @@ static int kvmppc_set_one_reg_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 id,
 		vcpu->arch.dec_expires = set_reg_val(id, *val) -
 			vcpu->arch.vcore->tb_offset;
 		break;
+	case KVM_REG_PPC_ONLINE:
+		vcpu->arch.online = set_reg_val(id, *val);
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;