diff --git a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/errors.go b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/errors.go
index 994561c217..5cb18b8fcd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/errors.go
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ func newInvalidChoiceError(key string, choices choices.Choices, choice string) e
 	return newError(ERR_INVALID_CHOICE, "invalid %q, want %s, got %s", key, choices, choice)
 }
 
+func newInvalidIntChoiceError(key string, choices []int64, choice int64) error {
+	wantS := ""
+	for i, c := range choices {
+		if i > 0 {
+			wantS += ", "
+		}
+		wantS += fmt.Sprintf("%d", c)
+	}
+	gotS := fmt.Sprintf("%d", choice)
+	return newError(ERR_INVALID_CHOICE, "invalid %q, want %s, got %s", key, wantS, gotS)
+}
+
 func newStringTooShortError(key string, got, want int) error {
 	return newError(ERR_INVALID_LENGTH, "%q too short, got %d, min %s", key, got, want)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators.go b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators.go
index d3c997675f..0ecf5a0946 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators.go
@@ -158,6 +158,60 @@ func (v *ValidatorIPv4Prefix) Validate(data *jsonutils.JSONDict) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type ValidatorIntChoices struct {
+	Validator
+	choices []int64
+
+	Value int64
+}
+
+func NewIntChoicesValidator(key string, choices []int64) *ValidatorIntChoices {
+	v := &ValidatorIntChoices{
+		Validator: Validator{Key: key},
+		choices:   choices,
+	}
+	v.SetParent(v)
+	return v
+}
+
+func (v *ValidatorIntChoices) has(i int64) bool {
+	for _, c := range v.choices {
+		if c == i {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (v *ValidatorIntChoices) Default(i int64) IValidator {
+	if v.has(i) {
+		v.Validator.Default(i)
+		return v
+	}
+	panic("invalid default for " + v.Key)
+}
+
+func (v *ValidatorIntChoices) getValue() interface{} {
+	return v.Value
+}
+
+func (v *ValidatorIntChoices) Validate(data *jsonutils.JSONDict) error {
+	if err, isSet := v.Validator.validateEx(data); err != nil || !isSet {
+		return err
+	}
+	i, err := v.value.Int()
+	if err != nil {
+		return newGeneralError(v.Key, err)
+	}
+	if !v.has(i) {
+		return newInvalidIntChoiceError(v.Key, v.choices, i)
+	}
+	// in case it's stringified from v.value
+	data.Set(v.Key, jsonutils.NewInt(i))
+	v.Value = i
+	return nil
+}
+
 type ValidatorStringChoices struct {
 	Validator
 	Choices choices.Choices
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators_test.go b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators_test.go
index 7246b14141..9ca18d24d4 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcommon/validators/validators_test.go
@@ -161,6 +161,73 @@ func TestStringChoicesValidator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIntChoicesValidator(t *testing.T) {
+	choices := []int64{-1, 0, 100}
+	cases := []*C{
+		{
+			Name:      "missing non-optional",
+			In:        `{}`,
+			Out:       `{}`,
+			Optional:  false,
+			Err:       ERR_MISSING_KEY,
+			ValueWant: int64(0),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "missing optional",
+			In:        `{}`,
+			Out:       `{}`,
+			Optional:  true,
+			ValueWant: int64(0),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "missing with default",
+			In:        `{}`,
+			Out:       `{s: -1}`,
+			Default:   int64(-1),
+			ValueWant: int64(-1),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "stringified",
+			In:        `{"s": "100"}`,
+			Out:       `{s: 100}`,
+			ValueWant: int64(100),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "stringified invalid choice",
+			In:        `{"s": "101"}`,
+			Out:       `{"s": "101"}`,
+			Err:       ERR_INVALID_CHOICE,
+			ValueWant: int64(0),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "good choice",
+			In:        `{"s": 0}`,
+			Out:       `{"s": 0}`,
+			ValueWant: int64(0),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      "bad choice",
+			In:        `{"s": 101}`,
+			Out:       `{"s": 101}`,
+			Err:       ERR_INVALID_CHOICE,
+			ValueWant: int64(0),
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			v := NewIntChoicesValidator("s", choices)
+			if c.Default != nil {
+				s := c.Default.(int64)
+				v.Default(s)
+			}
+			if c.Optional {
+				v.Optional(true)
+			}
+			testS(t, v, c)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStringMultiChoicesValidator(t *testing.T) {
 	type MultiChoicesC struct {
 		*C