diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index 056bda586a45..fc1c3134473b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #define PIN_BASED_EXT_INTR_MASK                 0x00000001
 #define PIN_BASED_NMI_EXITING                   0x00000008
 #define PIN_BASED_VIRTUAL_NMIS                  0x00000020
+#define PIN_BASED_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER          0x00000040
 
 #define PIN_BASED_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR	0x00000016
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
 
 #define VM_ENTRY_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR	0x000011ff
 
+#define VMX_MISC_PREEMPTION_TIMER_RATE_MASK	0x0000001f
 #define VMX_MISC_SAVE_EFER_LMA			0x00000020
 
 /* VMCS Encodings */
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ enum vmcs_field {
 	GUEST_INTERRUPTIBILITY_INFO     = 0x00004824,
 	GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE            = 0X00004826,
 	GUEST_SYSENTER_CS               = 0x0000482A,
+	VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_VALUE      = 0x0000482E,
 	HOST_IA32_SYSENTER_CS           = 0x00004c00,
 	CR0_GUEST_HOST_MASK             = 0x00006000,
 	CR4_GUEST_HOST_MASK             = 0x00006002,
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
index 2871fccfee68..d651082c7cf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #define EXIT_REASON_EOI_INDUCED         45
 #define EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION       48
 #define EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG       49
+#define EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER    52
 #define EXIT_REASON_WBINVD              54
 #define EXIT_REASON_XSETBV              55
 #define EXIT_REASON_APIC_WRITE          56
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
 	{ EXIT_REASON_EOI_INDUCED,           "EOI_INDUCED" }, \
 	{ EXIT_REASON_INVALID_STATE,         "INVALID_STATE" }, \
 	{ EXIT_REASON_INVD,                  "INVD" }, \
-	{ EXIT_REASON_INVPCID,               "INVPCID" }
-
+	{ EXIT_REASON_INVPCID,               "INVPCID" }, \
+	{ EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER,      "PREEMPTION_TIMER" }
 
 #endif /* _UAPIVMX_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 02f8c32b9b08..17a693868458 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ struct __packed vmcs12 {
 	u32 guest_activity_state;
 	u32 guest_sysenter_cs;
 	u32 host_ia32_sysenter_cs;
-	u32 padding32[8]; /* room for future expansion */
+	u32 vmx_preemption_timer_value;
+	u32 padding32[7]; /* room for future expansion */
 	u16 virtual_processor_id;
 	u16 guest_es_selector;
 	u16 guest_cs_selector;
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ static const unsigned short vmcs_field_to_offset_table[] = {
 	FIELD(GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE, guest_activity_state),
 	FIELD(GUEST_SYSENTER_CS, guest_sysenter_cs),
 	FIELD(HOST_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, host_ia32_sysenter_cs),
+	FIELD(VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_VALUE, vmx_preemption_timer_value),
 	FIELD(CR0_GUEST_HOST_MASK, cr0_guest_host_mask),
 	FIELD(CR4_GUEST_HOST_MASK, cr4_guest_host_mask),
 	FIELD(CR0_READ_SHADOW, cr0_read_shadow),
@@ -2049,7 +2051,8 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
 	 */
 	nested_vmx_pinbased_ctls_low |= PIN_BASED_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
 	nested_vmx_pinbased_ctls_high &= PIN_BASED_EXT_INTR_MASK |
-		PIN_BASED_NMI_EXITING | PIN_BASED_VIRTUAL_NMIS;
+		PIN_BASED_NMI_EXITING | PIN_BASED_VIRTUAL_NMIS |
+		PIN_BASED_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER;
 	nested_vmx_pinbased_ctls_high |= PIN_BASED_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
 
 	/*
@@ -2110,7 +2113,8 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
 
 	/* miscellaneous data */
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC, nested_vmx_misc_low, nested_vmx_misc_high);
-	nested_vmx_misc_low &= VMX_MISC_SAVE_EFER_LMA;
+	nested_vmx_misc_low &= VMX_MISC_PREEMPTION_TIMER_RATE_MASK |
+		VMX_MISC_SAVE_EFER_LMA;
 	nested_vmx_misc_high = 0;
 }
 
@@ -6190,6 +6194,9 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	case EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION:
 	case EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG:
 		return 0;
+	case EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER:
+		return vmcs12->pin_based_vm_exec_control &
+			PIN_BASED_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER;
 	case EXIT_REASON_WBINVD:
 		return nested_cpu_has2(vmcs12, SECONDARY_EXEC_WBINVD_EXITING);
 	case EXIT_REASON_XSETBV:
@@ -7011,6 +7018,10 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
 		(vmcs_config.pin_based_exec_ctrl |
 		 vmcs12->pin_based_vm_exec_control));
 
+	if (vmcs12->pin_based_vm_exec_control & PIN_BASED_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER)
+		vmcs_write32(VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_VALUE,
+			     vmcs12->vmx_preemption_timer_value);
+
 	/*
 	 * Whether page-faults are trapped is determined by a combination of
 	 * 3 settings: PFEC_MASK, PFEC_MATCH and EXCEPTION_BITMAP.PF.