diff --git a/debian/parse-cpu-flags.pl b/debian/parse-cpu-flags.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1847b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/parse-cpu-flags.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+my @flags = ();
+my $got_flags_section;
+
+while (<STDIN>) {
+    if (/^\s*Recognized CPUID flags:/) {
+	$got_flags_section = 1;
+	next;
+    }
+    next if !$got_flags_section;
+
+    s/^\s+//;
+
+    push @flags, split(/\s+/);
+}
+
+die "no QEMU/KVM CPU flags detected from STDIN input" if scalar (@flags) <= 0;
+
+print join("\n", @flags) or die "$!\n";
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8f428c7..dad78dd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_CPU)
 PACKAGE=pve-qemu-kvm
 destdir := $(CURDIR)/debian/$(PACKAGE)
 
+flagfile := $(destdir)/usr/share/kvm/recognized-CPUID-flags-x86_64
+
 CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
@@ -128,6 +130,9 @@ install: build
 	rm -Rf $(destdir)/usr/include
 	rm -Rf $(destdir)/usr/lib*
 
+	# CPU flags are static for QEMU version, allows avoiding more costly checks
+	$(destdir)/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu help | ./debian/parse-cpu-flags.pl > $(flagfile)
+
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build install
 # We have nothing to do by default.