diff --git a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
index 2589e1968e..d5ea9ad653 100644
--- a/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
+++ b/hw/nvme/ctrl.c
@@ -8536,7 +8536,8 @@ static void nvme_init_ctrl(NvmeCtrl *n, PCIDevice *pci_dev)
 
     id->ocfs = cpu_to_le16(NVME_OCFS_COPY_FORMAT_0 | NVME_OCFS_COPY_FORMAT_1 |
                             NVME_OCFS_COPY_FORMAT_2 | NVME_OCFS_COPY_FORMAT_3);
-    id->sgls = cpu_to_le32(NVME_CTRL_SGLS_SUPPORT_NO_ALIGN);
+    id->sgls = cpu_to_le32(NVME_CTRL_SGLS_SUPPORT_NO_ALIGN |
+                           NVME_CTRL_SGLS_MPTR_SGL);
 
     nvme_init_subnqn(n);