diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
index ba13cb87e5200336dc5d23631fe65b75f01fb035..eb1264afc77752cba1c233705f12b3e3b955aa67 100644
--- a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ static uint64_t vhost_user_blk_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev,
     VHostUserBlk *s = VHOST_USER_BLK(vdev);
 
     /* Turn on pre-defined features */
+    virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY);