diff --git a/resources/kubevirt-runner/vm.yml b/resources/kubevirt-runner/vm.yml
index e2e2c245..b65b8755 100644
--- a/resources/kubevirt-runner/vm.yml
+++ b/resources/kubevirt-runner/vm.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ spec:
             - name: default
               masquerade: {}
         cpu:
+          model: host-passthrough
           cores: 4
         resources:
           requests: