diff --git a/include/host/i386/cpuinfo.h b/include/host/i386/cpuinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6f7461378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/host/i386/cpuinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Host specific cpu indentification for x86.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HOST_CPUINFO_H
+#define HOST_CPUINFO_H
+
+/* Digested version of <cpuid.h> */
+
+#define CPUINFO_ALWAYS          (1u << 0)  /* so cpuinfo is nonzero */
+#define CPUINFO_CMOV            (1u << 1)
+#define CPUINFO_MOVBE           (1u << 2)
+#define CPUINFO_LZCNT           (1u << 3)
+#define CPUINFO_POPCNT          (1u << 4)
+#define CPUINFO_BMI1            (1u << 5)
+#define CPUINFO_BMI2            (1u << 6)
+#define CPUINFO_SSE2            (1u << 7)
+#define CPUINFO_SSE4            (1u << 8)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX1            (1u << 9)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX2            (1u << 10)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX512F         (1u << 11)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX512VL        (1u << 12)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX512BW        (1u << 13)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX512DQ        (1u << 14)
+#define CPUINFO_AVX512VBMI2     (1u << 15)
+#define CPUINFO_ATOMIC_VMOVDQA  (1u << 16)
+
+/* Initialized with a constructor. */
+extern unsigned cpuinfo;
+
+/*
+ * We cannot rely on constructor ordering, so other constructors must
+ * use the function interface rather than the variable above.
+ */
+unsigned cpuinfo_init(void);
+
+#endif /* HOST_CPUINFO_H */
diff --git a/include/host/x86_64/cpuinfo.h b/include/host/x86_64/cpuinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..535a8d79d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/host/x86_64/cpuinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "host/i386/cpuinfo.h"
diff --git a/util/cpuinfo-i386.c b/util/cpuinfo-i386.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb9475c688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cpuinfo-i386.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Host specific cpu indentification for x86.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "cpuinfo.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPUID_H
+# include "qemu/cpuid.h"
+#endif
+
+unsigned cpuinfo;
+
+/* Called both as constructor and (possibly) via other constructors. */
+unsigned __attribute__((constructor)) cpuinfo_init(void)
+{
+    unsigned info = cpuinfo;
+
+    if (info) {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPUID_H
+    unsigned max, a, b, c, d, b7 = 0, c7 = 0;
+
+    max = __get_cpuid_max(0, 0);
+
+    if (max >= 7) {
+        __cpuid_count(7, 0, a, b7, c7, d);
+        info |= (b7 & bit_BMI ? CPUINFO_BMI1 : 0);
+        info |= (b7 & bit_BMI2 ? CPUINFO_BMI2 : 0);
+    }
+
+    if (max >= 1) {
+        __cpuid(1, a, b, c, d);
+
+        info |= (d & bit_CMOV ? CPUINFO_CMOV : 0);
+        info |= (d & bit_SSE2 ? CPUINFO_SSE2 : 0);
+        info |= (c & bit_SSE4_1 ? CPUINFO_SSE4 : 0);
+        info |= (c & bit_MOVBE ? CPUINFO_MOVBE : 0);
+        info |= (c & bit_POPCNT ? CPUINFO_POPCNT : 0);
+
+        /* For AVX features, we must check available and usable. */
+        if ((c & bit_AVX) && (c & bit_OSXSAVE)) {
+            unsigned bv = xgetbv_low(0);
+
+            if ((bv & 6) == 6) {
+                info |= CPUINFO_AVX1;
+                info |= (b7 & bit_AVX2 ? CPUINFO_AVX2 : 0);
+
+                if ((bv & 0xe0) == 0xe0) {
+                    info |= (b7 & bit_AVX512F ? CPUINFO_AVX512F : 0);
+                    info |= (b7 & bit_AVX512VL ? CPUINFO_AVX512VL : 0);
+                    info |= (b7 & bit_AVX512BW ? CPUINFO_AVX512BW : 0);
+                    info |= (b7 & bit_AVX512DQ ? CPUINFO_AVX512DQ : 0);
+                    info |= (c7 & bit_AVX512VBMI2 ? CPUINFO_AVX512VBMI2 : 0);
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * The Intel SDM has added:
+                 *   Processors that enumerate support for Intel® AVX
+                 *   (by setting the feature flag CPUID.01H:ECX.AVX[bit 28])
+                 *   guarantee that the 16-byte memory operations performed
+                 *   by the following instructions will always be carried
+                 *   out atomically:
+                 *   - MOVAPD, MOVAPS, and MOVDQA.
+                 *   - VMOVAPD, VMOVAPS, and VMOVDQA when encoded with VEX.128.
+                 *   - VMOVAPD, VMOVAPS, VMOVDQA32, and VMOVDQA64 when encoded
+                 *     with EVEX.128 and k0 (masking disabled).
+                 * Note that these instructions require the linear addresses
+                 * of their memory operands to be 16-byte aligned.
+                 *
+                 * AMD has provided an even stronger guarantee that processors
+                 * with AVX provide 16-byte atomicity for all cachable,
+                 * naturally aligned single loads and stores, e.g. MOVDQU.
+                 *
+                 * See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104688
+                 */
+                __cpuid(0, a, b, c, d);
+                if (c == signature_INTEL_ecx || c == signature_AMD_ecx) {
+                    info |= CPUINFO_ATOMIC_VMOVDQA;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    max = __get_cpuid_max(0x8000000, 0);
+    if (max >= 1) {
+        __cpuid(0x80000001, a, b, c, d);
+        info |= (c & bit_LZCNT ? CPUINFO_LZCNT : 0);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    info |= CPUINFO_ALWAYS;
+    cpuinfo = info;
+    return info;
+}
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index 3c2cfc6ede..714c783b4c 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -106,3 +106,7 @@ if have_block
   endif
   util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LINUX', if_true: files('vfio-helpers.c'))
 endif
+
+if cpu in ['x86', 'x86_64']
+  util_ss.add(files('cpuinfo-i386.c'))
+endif
