diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 6dbbc85..792641b 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi-visit.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "hw/i386/amd_iommu.h"
+#include "hw/i386/intel_iommu.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -300,6 +302,26 @@ static void machine_set_iommu(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
     ms->iommu = value;
 }
 
+static void machine_set_iommu_override(Object *obj, const char *value,
+                                       Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    ms->x_iommu_type = false;
+    /* ensure a valid iommu type */
+    if (g_strcmp0(value, AMD_IOMMU_STR) &&
+            g_strcmp0(value, INTEL_IOMMU_STR)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid IOMMU type %s", value);
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if ((g_strcmp0(value, AMD_IOMMU_STR) == 0)) {
+        ms->x_iommu_type = true;
+    }
+}
+
 static void machine_set_suppress_vmdesc(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
@@ -473,10 +495,14 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
                                     "Firmware image",
                                     NULL);
     object_property_add_bool(obj, "iommu",
-                             machine_get_iommu,
-                             machine_set_iommu, NULL);
+                             machine_get_iommu, machine_set_iommu, NULL);
     object_property_set_description(obj, "iommu",
-                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable Intel IOMMU (VT-d)",
+                                    "Set on to enable IOMMU emulation",
+                                    NULL);
+    object_property_add_str(obj, "x-iommu-type",
+                            NULL, machine_set_iommu_override, NULL);
+    object_property_set_description(obj, "x-iommu-type",
+                                    "Set on to override emulated IOMMU to AMD IOMMU",
                                     NULL);
     object_property_add_bool(obj, "suppress-vmdesc",
                              machine_get_suppress_vmdesc,
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index aad5f2a..07788fc 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ struct MachineState {
     bool igd_gfx_passthru;
     char *firmware;
     bool iommu;
+    bool x_iommu_type;
     bool suppress_vmdesc;
     bool enforce_config_section;
 
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index a770086..14d30b7 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
     "                kvm_shadow_mem=size of KVM shadow MMU\n"
     "                dump-guest-core=on|off include guest memory in a core dump (default=on)\n"
     "                mem-merge=on|off controls memory merge support (default: on)\n"
-    "                iommu=on|off controls emulated Intel IOMMU (VT-d) support (default=off)\n"
+    "                iommu=on|off controls emulated IOMMU support(default: off)\n"
+    "                x-iommu-type=amd|intel overrides emulated IOMMU to AMD IOMMU (default: intel)\n"
     "                igd-passthru=on|off controls IGD GFX passthrough support (default=off)\n"
     "                aes-key-wrap=on|off controls support for AES key wrapping (default=on)\n"
     "                dea-key-wrap=on|off controls support for DEA key wrapping (default=on)\n"
@@ -74,7 +75,9 @@ Enables or disables memory merge support. This feature, when supported by
 the host, de-duplicates identical memory pages among VMs instances
 (enabled by default).
 @item iommu=on|off
-Enables or disables emulated Intel IOMMU (VT-d) support. The default is off.
+Enables and disables IOMMU emulation. The default is off.
+@item x-iommu-type=on|off
+Overrides emulated IOMMU from AMD IOMMU. By default Intel IOMMU is emulated.
 @item aes-key-wrap=on|off
 Enables or disables AES key wrapping support on s390-ccw hosts. This feature
 controls whether AES wrapping keys will be created to allow
diff --git a/util/qemu-config.c b/util/qemu-config.c
index fb97307..8886abf 100644
--- a/util/qemu-config.c
+++ b/util/qemu-config.c
@@ -213,8 +213,12 @@ static QemuOptsList machine_opts = {
             .help = "firmware image",
         },{
             .name = "iommu",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "Set on/off to enable/disable Intel IOMMU (VT-d)",
+            .type =  QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Set on/off to enable iommu",
+        },{
+            .name = "x-iommu-type",
+            .type =  QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Overrides emulated IOMMU from Intel to AMD",
         },{
             .name = "suppress-vmdesc",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
