diff --git a/gns3server/modules/qemu/__init__.py b/gns3server/modules/qemu/__init__.py
index e5bf698a..510f6aab 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/qemu/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/qemu/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Qemu(BaseManager):
         for path in paths:
             try:
                 for f in os.listdir(path):
-                    if (f.startswith("qemu-system") or f == "qemu" or f == "qemu.exe") and \
+                    if (f.startswith("qemu-system") or f.startswith("qemu-kvm") or f == "qemu" or f == "qemu.exe") and \
                             os.access(os.path.join(path, f), os.X_OK) and \
                             os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, f)):
                         qemu_path = os.path.join(path, f)
diff --git a/tests/modules/qemu/test_qemu_manager.py b/tests/modules/qemu/test_qemu_manager.py
index ee732d11..fcdfe477 100644
--- a/tests/modules/qemu/test_qemu_manager.py
+++ b/tests/modules/qemu/test_qemu_manager.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_get_qemu_version(loop):
 
 def test_binary_list(loop):
 
-    files_to_create = ["qemu-system-x86", "qemu-system-x42", "hello"]
+    files_to_create = ["qemu-system-x86", "qemu-system-x42", "qemu-kvm", "hello"]
 
     for file_to_create in files_to_create:
         path = os.path.join(os.environ["PATH"], file_to_create)
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def test_binary_list(loop):
         qemus = loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.async(Qemu.binary_list()))
 
         assert {"path": os.path.join(os.environ["PATH"], "qemu-system-x86"), "version": "2.2.0"} in qemus
+        assert {"path": os.path.join(os.environ["PATH"], "qemu-kvm"), "version": "2.2.0"} in qemus
         assert {"path": os.path.join(os.environ["PATH"], "qemu-system-x42"), "version": "2.2.0"} in qemus
         assert {"path": os.path.join(os.environ["PATH"], "hello"), "version": "2.2.0"} not in qemus