diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index c5961d7..7037de0 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@
             .driver   = "Broadwell-noTSX-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
             .property = "abm",\
             .value    = "off",\
+        },\
+        {\
+            .driver   = "host" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
+            .property = "host-cache-info",\
+            .value    = "on",\
         },
 
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_3 \
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 5f53af2..987253d 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@
     int stepping;
     FeatureWordArray features;
     char model_id[48];
-    bool cache_info_passthrough;
 };
 
 static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
@@ -1420,6 +1419,7 @@
 
 static Property host_x86_cpu_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("migratable", X86CPU, migratable, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("host-cache-info", X86CPU, cache_info_passthrough, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
 };
 
@@ -1446,7 +1446,6 @@
     cpu_x86_fill_model_id(host_cpudef.model_id);
 
     xcc->cpu_def = &host_cpudef;
-    host_cpudef.cache_info_passthrough = true;
 
     /* level, xlevel, xlevel2, and the feature words are initialized on
      * instance_init, because they require KVM to be initialized.
@@ -2094,7 +2093,6 @@
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->stepping, "stepping", errp);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->xlevel, "xlevel", errp);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(cpu), def->xlevel2, "xlevel2", errp);
-    cpu->cache_info_passthrough = def->cache_info_passthrough;
     object_property_set_str(OBJECT(cpu), def->model_id, "model-id", errp);
     for (w = 0; w < FEATURE_WORDS; w++) {
         env->features[w] = def->features[w];