diff --git a/cmd/climc/shell/compute/servers.go b/cmd/climc/shell/compute/servers.go
index 8e0bc6827c..79db674d28 100644
--- a/cmd/climc/shell/compute/servers.go
+++ b/cmd/climc/shell/compute/servers.go
@@ -685,10 +685,11 @@ func init() {
 	})
 
 	type ServerQemuParams struct {
-		ID               string `help:"ID or name of VM"`
-		DisableIsaSerial string `help:"disable isa serial device" choices:"true|false"`
-		DisablePvpanic   string `help:"disable pvpanic device" choices:"true|false"`
-		DisableUsbKbd    string `help:"disable usb kbd" choices:"true|false"`
+		ID                string `help:"ID or name of VM"`
+		DisableIsaSerial  string `help:"disable isa serial device" choices:"true|false"`
+		DisablePvpanic    string `help:"disable pvpanic device" choices:"true|false"`
+		DisableUsbKbd     string `help:"disable usb kbd" choices:"true|false"`
+		UsbControllerType string `help:"usb controller type" choices:"usb-ehci|qemu-xhci"`
 	}
 
 	R(&ServerQemuParams{}, "server-set-qemu-params", "config qemu params", func(s *mcclient.ClientSession,
@@ -703,6 +704,9 @@ func init() {
 		if len(opts.DisableUsbKbd) > 0 {
 			params.Set("disable_usb_kbd", jsonutils.NewString(opts.DisableUsbKbd))
 		}
+		if len(opts.UsbControllerType) > 0 {
+			params.Set("usb_controller_type", jsonutils.NewString(opts.UsbControllerType))
+		}
 		result, err := modules.Servers.PerformAction(s, opts.ID, "set-qemu-params", params)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/compute/models/guest_actions.go b/pkg/compute/models/guest_actions.go
index 55d3b1e60c..c8a282d028 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/models/guest_actions.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/models/guest_actions.go
@@ -3249,6 +3249,13 @@ func (self *SGuest) PerformSetQemuParams(ctx context.Context, userCred mcclient.
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
+	usbContType, err := data.GetString("usb_controller_type")
+	if err == nil {
+		err = self.SetMetadata(ctx, "usb_controller_type", usbContType, userCred)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pci.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pci.go
index 88db752c67..5429b911fb 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/pci.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/pci.go
@@ -200,12 +200,15 @@ func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) initRandomDevice(pciRoot *desc.PCIController) {
 }
 
 func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) initUsbController(pciRoot *desc.PCIController) {
+	contType := s.getUsbControllerType()
 	s.Desc.Usb = &desc.UsbController{
-		PCIDevice: desc.NewPCIDevice(pciRoot.CType, " qemu-xhci", "usb"),
+		PCIDevice: desc.NewPCIDevice(pciRoot.CType, contType, "usb"),
 	}
-	s.Desc.Usb.Options = map[string]string{
-		"p2": "8", // usb2 port count
-		"p3": "8", // usb3 port count
+	if contType == "qemu-xhci" {
+		s.Desc.Usb.Options = map[string]string{
+			"p2": "8", // usb2 port count
+			"p3": "8", // usb3 port count
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
index 4d695338ee..09b94fcbd8 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) setPcieExtendBus() {
 	s.Desc.Metadata["__pcie_extend_bus"] = "true"
 }
 
+func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) getUsbControllerType() string {
+	usbContType := s.Desc.Metadata["usb_controller_type"]
+	if usbContType == "usb-ehci" {
+		return usbContType
+	} else {
+		return "qemu-xhci"
+	}
+}
+
 // is windows prioer to windows server 2003
 func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) isOldWindows() bool {
 	if s.getOsname() == OS_NAME_WINDOWS {