diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
index 443196f0aa1c..06850f74ebd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ Contact:	xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
 Description:
 		Compiler which was used to build the Xen hypervisor
 
+What:		/sys/hypervisor/guest_type
+Date:		May 2017
+KernelVersion:	4.12
+Contact:	xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
+Description:
+		Type of guest:
+		"native": standard guest type on arm
+		"HVM": fully virtualized guest (x86)
+		"PV": paravirtualized guest (x86)
+		"PVH": fully virtualized guest without legacy emulation (x86)
+		"PVHVM": fully virtualized guest using paravirtualized
+			interfaces (e.g. interrupts, timers) (x86)
+
 What:		/sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode
 Date:		August 2015
 KernelVersion:	4.3
diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
index ba7f4c8f5c3e..d2100f79e458 100644
--- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_start_info);
 enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type = XEN_NATIVE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_domain_type);
 
+char *xen_guest_type = "native";
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_guest_type);
+
 struct shared_info xen_dummy_shared_info;
 struct shared_info *HYPERVISOR_shared_info = (void *)&xen_dummy_shared_info;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index a5ffcbb20cc0..53bd23dfecac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(xen_vcpu_id);
 enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type = XEN_NATIVE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_domain_type);
 
+char *xen_guest_type = "HVM";
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_guest_type);
+
 unsigned long *machine_to_phys_mapping = (void *)MACH2PHYS_VIRT_START;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(machine_to_phys_mapping);
 unsigned long  machine_to_phys_nr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
index a6d014f47e52..ba6dbff8675d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ static void __init init_hvm_pv_info(void)
 	xen_domain_type = XEN_HVM_DOMAIN;
 
 	/* PVH set up hypercall page in xen_prepare_pvh(). */
-	if (xen_pvh_domain())
+	if (xen_pvh_domain()) {
 		pv_info.name = "Xen PVH";
-	else {
+		xen_guest_type = "PVH";
+	} else {
 		u64 pfn;
 		uint32_t msr;
 
 		pv_info.name = "Xen HVM";
+		xen_guest_type = "PVHVM";
 		msr = cpuid_ebx(base + 2);
 		pfn = __pa(hypercall_page);
 		wrmsr_safe(msr, (u32)pfn, (u32)(pfn >> 32));
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index f33eef4ebd12..7ac5e93d96f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 		return;
 
 	xen_domain_type = XEN_PV_DOMAIN;
+	xen_guest_type = "PV";
 
 	xen_setup_features();
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c b/drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c
index 84106f9c456c..d641e9970d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ static int __init xen_sysfs_type_init(void)
 	return sysfs_create_file(hypervisor_kobj, &type_attr.attr);
 }
 
+static ssize_t guest_type_show(struct hyp_sysfs_attr *attr, char *buffer)
+{
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%s\n", xen_guest_type);
+}
+
+HYPERVISOR_ATTR_RO(guest_type);
+
+static int __init xen_sysfs_guest_type_init(void)
+{
+	return sysfs_create_file(hypervisor_kobj, &guest_type_attr.attr);
+}
+
 /* xen version attributes */
 static ssize_t major_show(struct hyp_sysfs_attr *attr, char *buffer)
 {
@@ -471,6 +483,9 @@ static int __init hyper_sysfs_init(void)
 	ret = xen_sysfs_type_init();
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
+	ret = xen_sysfs_guest_type_init();
+	if (ret)
+		goto guest_type_out;
 	ret = xen_sysfs_version_init();
 	if (ret)
 		goto version_out;
@@ -502,6 +517,8 @@ static int __init hyper_sysfs_init(void)
 comp_out:
 	sysfs_remove_group(hypervisor_kobj, &version_group);
 version_out:
+	sysfs_remove_file(hypervisor_kobj, &guest_type_attr.attr);
+guest_type_out:
 	sysfs_remove_file(hypervisor_kobj, &type_attr.attr);
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
index 6e8b7fc79801..3defb2e03c8b 100644
--- a/include/xen/xen.h
+++ b/include/xen/xen.h
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ enum xen_domain_type {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN
 extern enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type;
+extern char *xen_guest_type;
 #else
 #define xen_domain_type		XEN_NATIVE
+#define xen_guest_type		"native"
 #endif
 
 #define xen_domain()		(xen_domain_type != XEN_NATIVE)
