diff --git a/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
index 2a111021..f2b8b7c9 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/qemu/qemu_vm.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
         self._kernel_image = ""
         self._kernel_command_line = ""
         self._tpm = False
+        self._uefi = False
         self._legacy_networking = False
         self._replicate_network_connection_state = True
         self._create_config_disk = False
@@ -833,6 +834,30 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
             log.info('QEMU VM "{name}" [{id}] has disabled the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)'.format(name=self._name, id=self._id))
         self._tpm = tpm
 
+    @property
+    def uefi(self):
+        """
+        Returns whether UEFI boot mode is activated for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :returns: boolean
+        """
+
+        return self._uefi
+
+    @uefi.setter
+    def uefi(self, uefi):
+        """
+        Sets whether UEFI boot mode is activated for this QEMU VM.
+
+        :param uefi: boolean
+        """
+
+        if uefi:
+            log.info(f'QEMU VM "{self._name}" [{self._id}] has enabled the UEFI boot mode')
+        else:
+            log.info(f'QEMU VM "{self._name}" [{self._id}] has disabled the UEFI boot mode')
+        self._uefi = uefi
+
     @property
     def options(self):
         """
@@ -1994,12 +2019,16 @@ class QemuVM(BaseNode):
 
         options = []
         if self._bios_image:
+            if self._uefi:
+                raise QemuError("Cannot use a bios image and the UEFI boot mode at the same time")
             if not os.path.isfile(self._bios_image) or not os.path.exists(self._bios_image):
                 if os.path.islink(self._bios_image):
                     raise QemuError("bios image '{}' linked to '{}' is not accessible".format(self._bios_image, os.path.realpath(self._bios_image)))
                 else:
                     raise QemuError("bios image '{}' is not accessible".format(self._bios_image))
             options.extend(["-bios", self._bios_image.replace(",", ",,")])
+        elif self._uefi:
+            options.extend(["-bios", "OVMF.fd"])  # the OVMF bios image should be in the image directory
         return options
 
     def _linux_boot_options(self):
diff --git a/gns3server/disks/OVMF.fd b/gns3server/disks/OVMF.fd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d05e10cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/gns3server/disks/OVMF.fd differ
diff --git a/gns3server/schemas/qemu.py b/gns3server/schemas/qemu.py
index 07cca4f8..3fb75f30 100644
--- a/gns3server/schemas/qemu.py
+++ b/gns3server/schemas/qemu.py
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ QEMU_CREATE_SCHEMA = {
             "description": "Enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Qemu",
             "type": ["boolean", "null"],
         },
+        "uefi": {
+            "description": "Enable the UEFI boot mode in Qemu",
+            "type": ["boolean", "null"],
+        },
         "create_config_disk": {
             "description": "Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)",
             "type": ["boolean", "null"],
@@ -392,6 +396,10 @@ QEMU_UPDATE_SCHEMA = {
             "description": "Enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Qemu",
             "type": ["boolean", "null"],
         },
+        "uefi": {
+            "description": "Enable the UEFI boot mode in Qemu",
+            "type": ["boolean", "null"],
+        },
         "create_config_disk": {
             "description": "Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)",
             "type": ["boolean", "null"],
@@ -603,6 +611,10 @@ QEMU_OBJECT_SCHEMA = {
             "description": "Enable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Qemu",
             "type": "boolean",
         },
+        "uefi": {
+            "description": "Enable the UEFI boot mode in Qemu",
+            "type": "boolean",
+        },
         "create_config_disk": {
             "description": "Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)",
             "type": ["boolean", "null"],
@@ -678,6 +690,7 @@ QEMU_OBJECT_SCHEMA = {
                  "legacy_networking",
                  "replicate_network_connection_state",
                  "tpm",
+                 "uefi",
                  "create_config_disk",
                  "on_close",
                  "cpu_throttling",
diff --git a/gns3server/schemas/qemu_template.py b/gns3server/schemas/qemu_template.py
index a84a3da9..89bc55b2 100644
--- a/gns3server/schemas/qemu_template.py
+++ b/gns3server/schemas/qemu_template.py
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ QEMU_TEMPLATE_PROPERTIES = {
         "type": "boolean",
         "default": False
     },
+    "uefi": {
+        "description": "Enable the UEFI boot mode in Qemu",
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "default": False
+    },
     "create_config_disk": {
         "description": "Automatically create a config disk on HDD disk interface (secondary slave)",
         "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
index 8e67e8b7..2d504732 100644
--- a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
+++ b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
@@ -387,6 +387,23 @@ async def test_bios_option(vm, tmpdir, fake_qemu_img_binary):
     assert ' '.join(['-bios', str(tmpdir / "test.img")]) in ' '.join(options)
 
 
+async def test_uefi_boot_mode_option(vm, tmpdir, fake_qemu_img_binary):
+
+    vm.manager.get_qemu_version = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value="3.1.0")
+    vm._uefi = True
+    options = await vm._build_command()
+    assert ' '.join(['-bios', 'OVMF.fd']) in ' '.join(options)
+
+
+async def test_uefi_with_bios_image_already_configured(vm, tmpdir, fake_qemu_img_binary):
+
+    vm.manager.get_qemu_version = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value="3.1.0")
+    vm._bios_image = str(tmpdir / "test.img")
+    vm._uefi = True
+    with pytest.raises(QemuError):
+        await vm._build_command()
+
+
 async def test_vnc_option(vm, fake_qemu_img_binary):
 
     vm._console_type = 'vnc'