diff --git a/doc/source/admin/useful-image-properties.rst b/doc/source/admin/useful-image-properties.rst
index 2ffddf30dc..c3c3b120c6 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/useful-image-properties.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/useful-image-properties.rst
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ Here is a list of useful image properties and the values they expect.
   * ``virtio``
   * ``gop``
   * ``none``
+  * ``bochs``
 
   Only supported by the libvirt driver.
 
diff --git a/etc/metadefs/compute-libvirt-image.json b/etc/metadefs/compute-libvirt-image.json
index efb588b384..1b62e77676 100644
--- a/etc/metadefs/compute-libvirt-image.json
+++ b/etc/metadefs/compute-libvirt-image.json
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
                 "qxl",
                 "virtio",
                 "gop",
-                "none"
+                "none",
+                "bochs"
             ]
         },
         "hw_video_ram": {