diff --git a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
index 3ee5782f8e..26e322a484 100644
--- a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,15 @@ static bool vtd_process_inv_desc(IntelIOMMUState *s)
         }
         break;
 
+    case VTD_INV_DESC_IEC:
+        VTD_DPRINTF(INV, "Interrupt Entry Cache Invalidation "
+                    "not implemented yet");
+        /*
+         * Since currently we do not cache interrupt entries, we can
+         * just mark this descriptor as "good" and move on.
+         */
+        break;
+
     default:
         VTD_DPRINTF(GENERAL, "error: unkonw Invalidation Descriptor type "
                     "hi 0x%"PRIx64 " lo 0x%"PRIx64 " type %"PRIu8,
diff --git a/hw/i386/intel_iommu_internal.h b/hw/i386/intel_iommu_internal.h
index e5f514c6e3..b648e694cd 100644
--- a/hw/i386/intel_iommu_internal.h
+++ b/hw/i386/intel_iommu_internal.h
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ typedef struct VTDInvDesc VTDInvDesc;
 #define VTD_INV_DESC_TYPE               0xf
 #define VTD_INV_DESC_CC                 0x1 /* Context-cache Invalidate Desc */
 #define VTD_INV_DESC_IOTLB              0x2
+#define VTD_INV_DESC_IEC                0x4 /* Interrupt Entry Cache
+                                               Invalidate Descriptor */
 #define VTD_INV_DESC_WAIT               0x5 /* Invalidation Wait Descriptor */
 #define VTD_INV_DESC_NONE               0   /* Not an Invalidate Descriptor */