diff --git a/qemu.go b/qemu.go
index 66bf21ebc..364f291be 100644
--- a/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu.go
@@ -768,6 +768,16 @@ type Knobs struct {
 	// Daemonize will turn the qemu process into a daemon
 	Daemonize bool
 
+	// Both HugePages and MemPrealloc require the Memory.Size of the VM
+	// to be set, as they need to reserve the memory upfront in order
+	// for the VM to boot without errors.
+	//
+	// HugePages always results in memory pre-allocation.
+	// However the setup is different from normal pre-allocation.
+	// Hence HugePages has precedence over MemPrealloc
+	// HugePages will pre-allocate all the RAM from huge pages
+	HugePages bool
+
 	// MemPrealloc will allocate all the RAM upfront
 	MemPrealloc bool
 
@@ -1025,7 +1035,19 @@ func (config *Config) appendKnobs() {
 		config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-daemonize")
 	}
 
-	if config.Knobs.MemPrealloc == true {
+	if config.Knobs.HugePages == true {
+		if config.Memory.Size != "" {
+			dimmName := "dimm1"
+			objMemParam := "memory-backend-file,id=" + dimmName + ",size=" + config.Memory.Size + ",mem-path=/dev/hugepages,share=on,prealloc=on"
+			numaMemParam := "node,memdev=" + dimmName
+
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-object")
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, objMemParam)
+
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-numa")
+			config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, numaMemParam)
+		}
+	} else if config.Knobs.MemPrealloc == true {
 		if config.Memory.Size != "" {
 			dimmName := "dimm1"
 			objMemParam := "memory-backend-ram,id=" + dimmName + ",size=" + config.Memory.Size + ",prealloc=on"