diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-arm.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-arm.go
index 682dfb7d08..bcc821a148 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-arm.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-arm.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func (s *SKVMGuestInstance) generateArmStartScript(data *jsonutils.JSONDict) (st
 	// exceeds the recommended cpus supported by KVM (32)
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -smp %d,maxcpus=32", cpu)
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -name %s", name)
+	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -uuid %s", uuid)
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -m %dM,slots=4,maxmem=262144M", mem)
 
 	if options.HostOptions.HugepagesOption == "native" {
diff --git a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
index 6304016400..3bfb120e9b 100644
--- a/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
+++ b/pkg/hostman/guestman/qemu-kvmhelper.go
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ function nic_mtu() {
 	// #cmd += " -g 800x600"
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -smp %d,maxcpus=255", cpu)
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -name %s", name)
-	// #cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -uuid %s", self.desc["uuid"])
+	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -uuid %s", uuid)
 	cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" -m %dM,slots=4,maxmem=524288M", mem)
 
 	if s.manager.host.IsHugepagesEnabled() {