diff --git a/tools/tests/cpu-policy/test-cpu-policy.c b/tools/tests/cpu-policy/test-cpu-policy.c
index 7ba9707236..0fa209f1ea 100644
--- a/tools/tests/cpu-policy/test-cpu-policy.c
+++ b/tools/tests/cpu-policy/test-cpu-policy.c
@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@ static void test_msr_deserialise_failure(void)
             .msr = { .idx = 0xce, .val = ~0ull },
             .rc = -EOVERFLOW,
         },
+        {
+            .name = "truncated val",
+            .msr = { .idx = 0x10a, .val = ~0ull },
+            .rc = -EOVERFLOW,
+        },
     };
 
     printf("Testing MSR deserialise failure:\n");
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/msr.c b/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
index ca4307e19f..c3862033eb 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
@@ -220,8 +220,10 @@ int guest_rdmsr(struct vcpu *v, uint32_t msr, uint64_t *val)
         break;
 
     case MSR_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
-        /* Not implemented yet. */
-        goto gp_fault;
+        if ( !cp->feat.arch_caps )
+            goto gp_fault;
+        *val = mp->arch_caps.raw;
+        break;
 
     case MSR_INTEL_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES:
         *val = msrs->misc_features_enables.raw;
diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
index ce3deaa5c7..fc733e64f6 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(CET_IBT,       9*32+20) /*   CET - Indirect Branch Tracking */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(IBRSB,         9*32+26) /*A  IBRS and IBPB support (used by Intel) */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(STIBP,         9*32+27) /*A  STIBP */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(L1D_FLUSH,     9*32+28) /*S  MSR_FLUSH_CMD and L1D flush. */
-XEN_CPUFEATURE(ARCH_CAPS,     9*32+29) /*   IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(ARCH_CAPS,     9*32+29) /*a  IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(CORE_CAPS,     9*32+30) /*   IA32_CORE_CAPABILITIES MSR */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(SSBD,          9*32+31) /*A  MSR_SPEC_CTRL.SSBD available */
 
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/msr.h b/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/msr.h
index 203c713320..48ba4a59c0 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/msr.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/lib/x86/msr.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define XEN_LIB_X86_MSR_H
 
 /* Maximum number of MSRs written when serialising msr_policy. */
-#define MSR_MAX_SERIALISED_ENTRIES 1
+#define MSR_MAX_SERIALISED_ENTRIES 2
 
 /* MSR policy object for shared per-domain MSRs */
 struct msr_policy
@@ -23,6 +23,28 @@ struct msr_policy
             bool cpuid_faulting:1;
         };
     } platform_info;
+
+    /*
+     * 0x0000010a - MSR_ARCH_CAPABILITIES
+     *
+     * This is an Intel-only MSR, which provides miscellaneous enumeration,
+     * including those which indicate that microarchitectrual sidechannels are
+     * fixed in hardware.
+     */
+    union {
+        uint32_t raw;
+        struct {
+            bool rdcl_no:1;
+            bool ibrs_all:1;
+            bool rsba:1;
+            bool skip_l1dfl:1;
+            bool ssb_no:1;
+            bool mds_no:1;
+            bool if_pschange_mc_no:1;
+            bool tsx_ctrl:1;
+            bool taa_no:1;
+        };
+    } arch_caps;
 };
 
 #ifdef __XEN__
diff --git a/xen/lib/x86/msr.c b/xen/lib/x86/msr.c
index 171abf7008..7d71e92a38 100644
--- a/xen/lib/x86/msr.c
+++ b/xen/lib/x86/msr.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int x86_msr_copy_to_buffer(const struct msr_policy *p,
     })
 
     COPY_MSR(MSR_INTEL_PLATFORM_INFO, p->platform_info.raw);
+    COPY_MSR(MSR_ARCH_CAPABILITIES,   p->arch_caps.raw);
 
 #undef COPY_MSR
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ int x86_msr_copy_from_buffer(struct msr_policy *p,
 })
 
         case MSR_INTEL_PLATFORM_INFO: ASSIGN(platform_info.raw); break;
+        case MSR_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:   ASSIGN(arch_caps.raw);     break;
 
 #undef ASSIGN