diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtPkg.dec b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtPkg.dec
index efe83a383d..a8603e1b80 100644
--- a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtPkg.dec
+++ b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtPkg.dec
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   gArmVirtTokenSpaceGuid = { 0x0B6F5CA7, 0x4F53, 0x445A, { 0xB7, 0x6E, 0x2E, 0x36, 0x5B, 0x80, 0x63, 0x66 } }
   gEarlyPL011BaseAddressGuid       = { 0xB199DEA9, 0xFD5C, 0x4A84, { 0x80, 0x82, 0x2F, 0x41, 0x70, 0x78, 0x03, 0x05 } }
 
+  gArmVirtVariableGuid   = { 0x50bea1e5, 0xa2c5, 0x46e9, { 0x9b, 0x3a, 0x59, 0x59, 0x65, 0x16, 0xb0, 0x0a } }
+
 [Protocols]
   gFdtClientProtocolGuid = { 0xE11FACA0, 0x4710, 0x4C8E, { 0xA7, 0xA2, 0x01, 0xBA, 0xA2, 0x59, 0x1B, 0x4C } }
 
@@ -58,3 +60,10 @@
   # EFI_VT_100_GUID.
   #
   gArmVirtTokenSpaceGuid.PcdTerminalTypeGuidBuffer|{0x65, 0x60, 0xA6, 0xDF, 0x19, 0xB4, 0xD3, 0x11, 0x9A, 0x2D, 0x00, 0x90, 0x27, 0x3F, 0xC1, 0x4D}|VOID*|0x00000007
+
+[PcdsDynamic]
+  #
+  # Whether to force disable ACPI, regardless of the fw_cfg settings
+  # exposed by QEMU
+  #
+  gArmVirtTokenSpaceGuid.PcdForceNoAcpi|0x0|BOOLEAN|0x00000003
diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
index e00007eb03..ae96606cdd 100644
--- a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
+++ b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdSmbiosDocRev|0x0
   gUefiOvmfPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdQemuSmbiosValidated|FALSE
 
+[PcdsDynamicHii]
+  gArmVirtTokenSpaceGuid.PcdForceNoAcpi|L"ForceNoAcpi"|gArmVirtVariableGuid|0x0|FALSE|NV,BS
+
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Components Section - list of all EDK II Modules needed by this Platform
diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.c b/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.c
index 8932dacabe..da3cee645c 100644
--- a/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.c
+++ b/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <Guid/PlatformHasDeviceTree.h>
 #include <Library/BaseLib.h>
 #include <Library/DebugLib.h>
+#include <Library/PcdLib.h>
 #include <Library/QemuFwCfgLib.h>
 #include <Library/UefiBootServicesTableLib.h>
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ PlatformHasAcpiDt (
   // errors here.
   //
   if (MAX_UINTN == MAX_UINT64 &&
+      !PcdGetBool (PcdForceNoAcpi) &&
       !EFI_ERROR (
          QemuFwCfgFindFile (
            "etc/table-loader",
diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.inf b/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.inf
index 4466bead57..08025f0c37 100644
--- a/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.inf
+++ b/ArmVirtPkg/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe/PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.inf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   PlatformHasAcpiDtDxe.c
 
 [Packages]
+  ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtPkg.dec
   EmbeddedPkg/EmbeddedPkg.dec
   MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
   OvmfPkg/OvmfPkg.dec
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 [LibraryClasses]
   BaseLib
   DebugLib
+  PcdLib
   QemuFwCfgLib
   UefiBootServicesTableLib
   UefiDriverEntryPoint
@@ -40,5 +42,8 @@
   gEdkiiPlatformHasAcpiGuid       ## SOMETIMES_PRODUCES ## PROTOCOL
   gEdkiiPlatformHasDeviceTreeGuid ## SOMETIMES_PRODUCES ## PROTOCOL
 
+[Pcd]
+  gArmVirtTokenSpaceGuid.PcdForceNoAcpi
+
 [Depex]
   TRUE