diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 78f9c7ca01..4abdb8e325 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -4235,7 +4235,7 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             guest.add_device(consolelog)

     def _add_video_driver(self, guest, image_meta, flavor):
-        VALID_VIDEO_DEVICES = ("vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen", "qxl")
+        VALID_VIDEO_DEVICES = ("vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen", "qxl", "virtio")
         video = vconfig.LibvirtConfigGuestVideo()
         # NOTE(ldbragst): The following logic sets the video.type
         # depending on supported defaults given the architecture,
@@ -4251,6 +4251,10 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             # NOTE(ldbragst): PowerKVM doesn't support 'cirrus' be default
             # so use 'vga' instead when running on Power hardware.
             video.type = 'vga'
+        elif guestarch in (arch.AARCH64):
+            # NOTE: arm64 doesn't support 'cirrus'
+            # use 'virtio-gpu' instead
+            video.type = 'virtio'
         elif CONF.spice.enabled:
             video.type = 'qxl'
         if image_meta.properties.get('hw_video_model'):