diff --git a/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs b/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
index f55471e..87d7a88 100644
--- a/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/android/virtmgr/src/aidl.rs
@@ -1154,6 +1154,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    // Unfortunately specifying page_shift = 14 in bootconfig doesn't enable 16k pages emulation,
+    // so we need to provide it in the kernel cmdline.
+    // TODO(b/376901009): remove this after passing page_shift in bootconfig is supported.
+    if os_name.ends_with("_16k") && cfg!(target_arch = "x86_64") {
+        append_kernel_param("page_shift=14", &mut vm_config);
+    }
+
     if config.memoryMib > 0 {
         vm_config.memoryMib = config.memoryMib;
     }