diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Microvm/MicrovmX64.dsc b/OvmfPkg/Microvm/MicrovmX64.dsc
index 5f671bc384..46f951ae05 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Microvm/MicrovmX64.dsc
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Microvm/MicrovmX64.dsc
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@
   gEmbeddedTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMemoryTypeEfiRuntimeServicesCode|0x100
   gEmbeddedTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMemoryTypeEfiRuntimeServicesData|0x100
 
+  # use 1G pages
+  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdUse1GPageTable|TRUE
+
   #
   # Network Pcds
   #