diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/linux-4.9_defconfig b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/linux-4.9_defconfig
index 56305391aa7f..248ef29f2106 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/linux-4.9_defconfig
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/linux-4.9_defconfig
@@ -483,4 +483,21 @@ CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQFD=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD=y
+CONFIG_KVM_MMIO=y
+CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_MSI=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT=y
+CONFIG_KVM_VFIO=y
+CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT=y
+CONFIG_KVM_COMPAT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS=y
+CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
+CONFIG_KVM=m
+CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=m
+CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m
 CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK=m
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
index 1942583a5b6c..3af8a9c3c3d8 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/domain.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const domainTmpl = `
     <apic/>
     <pae/>
   </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
   <os>
     <type>hvm</type>
     <boot dev='cdrom'/>