diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
index 089ed92006..d9b7f83878 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ static const VirtIOBindings virtio_s390_bindings = {
 
 static Property s390_virtio_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_NIC_PROPERTIES(VirtIOS390Device, nic),
+    DEFINE_VIRTIO_NET_FEATURES(VirtIOS390Device, host_features),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("x-txtimer", VirtIOS390Device,
                        net.txtimer, TX_TIMER_INTERVAL),
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("x-txburst", VirtIOS390Device,