diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/VMBus_x86.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/VMBus_x86.cpp
index 5d3556236f..ae60f54d5d 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/VMBus_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/VMBus_x86.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ vmbus_detect_hyperv()
 		return B_ERROR;
 	}
 
+	// Check for required Hyper-V features
+	// Some hypervisors claim to be Hyper-V, but may not actually implement all features
+	get_cpuid(&cpuInfo, IA32_CPUID_LEAF_HV_FEAT_ID, 0);
+	TRACE("Hyper-V features: %08" B_PRIX32 ":%08" B_PRIX32 ":%08" B_PRIX32 ":%08" B_PRIX32 "\n",
+		cpuInfo.regs.eax, cpuInfo.regs.ebx, cpuInfo.regs.ecx, cpuInfo.regs.edx);
+	if ((cpuInfo.regs.eax & HV_CPUID_EAX_REQUIRED_FEATURES) == 0
+			|| (cpuInfo.regs.ebx & HV_CPUID_EBX_REQUIRED_FEATURES) == 0) {
+		TRACE("Missing required Hyper-V features\n");
+		return B_ERROR;
+	}
+
 #ifdef TRACE_HYPERV
 	get_cpuid(&cpuInfo, IA32_CPUID_LEAF_HV_SYS_ID, 0);
 	TRACE("Hyper-V version: %d.%d.%d [SP%d]\n", cpuInfo.regs.ebx >> 16, cpuInfo.regs.ebx & 0xFFFF,
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/hyperv_cpu.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/hyperv_cpu.h
index 2025a12e13..06829f285d 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/hyperv_cpu.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/hyperv/arch/x86/hyperv_cpu.h
@@ -18,6 +18,32 @@
 // Hyper-V signature "Hv#1"
 #define HV_CPUID_INTERFACE_ID					0x31237648
 
+// Hyper-V x86 features from feature CPUID leaf, eax register
+// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/tlfs/datatypes/hv_partition_privilege_mask
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_VP_RUNTIME				(1 << 0)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_TIME_REF_COUNTER		(1 << 1)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_SYNIC					(1 << 2)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_SYNTIMER				(1 << 3)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_APIC					(1 << 4)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL				(1 << 5)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_VP_INDEX				(1 << 6)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_RESET					(1 << 7)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_STATS					(1 << 8)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_REFERENCE_TSC			(1 << 9)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_GUEST_IDLE				(1 << 10)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_FREQUENCY				(1 << 11)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_REENLIGHTMENT			(1 << 13)
+
+// Hyper-V x86 features from feature CPUID leaf, ebx register
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL_POST_MESSAGE		(1 << 4)
+#define HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL_SIGNAL_EVENT		(1 << 5)
+
+// Required feature bits for VMBus operation
+#define HV_CPUID_EAX_REQUIRED_FEATURES	(HV_CPUID_FEATURE_SYNIC | HV_CPUID_FEATURE_SYNTIMER \
+	| HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL)
+#define HV_CPUID_EBX_REQUIRED_FEATURES	(HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL_POST_MESSAGE \
+	| HV_CPUID_FEATURE_HYPERCALL_SIGNAL_EVENT)
+
 // MSR registers
 #define IA32_MSR_HV_GUEST_OS_ID					0x40000000
 #define IA32_MSR_HV_HYPERCALL					0x40000001