diff --git a/lib/facter/vtx.rb b/lib/facter/vtx.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faec42d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/vtx.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Fact: vtx
+#
+# Purpose:
+#   Determine whether VT-X is enabled on the node.
+#
+# Resolution:
+#   Checks for vmx (intel) or svm (amd) is part of /proc/cpuinfo flags
+#
+# Caveats:
+#
+
+# Author: Emilien Macchi <emilien.macchi@enovance.com>
+
+Facter.add('vtx') do
+  confine :kernel => :linux
+  setcode do
+    result = false
+    begin
+      # test on Intel and AMD plateforms
+      if File.read('/proc/cpuinfo') =~ /(vmx|svm)/
+        result = true
+      end
+    rescue
+    end
+    result
+  end
+end
diff --git a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
index a0aad2b4..8d763a42 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/hypervisor.pp
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class cloud::compute::hypervisor(
   include 'cloud::telemetry'
   include 'cloud::network'
 
+  if $libvirt_type == 'kvm' and ! $::vtx {
+    fail('libvirt_type is set to KVM and VTX seems to be disabled on this node.')
+  }
+
   # Backward compatibility
   # if has_ceph was enabled, we consider deployments run Ceph for Nova & Cinder
   if $has_ceph {
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
index b66fb9de..eb137a71 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_compute_hypervisor_spec.rb
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
       let :facts do
         { :osfamily        => 'Debian',
           :operatingsystem => 'Ubuntu',
+          :vtx             => true,
           :concat_basedir  => '/var/lib/puppet/concat'
         }
       end
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
       before :each do
         facts.merge!( :osfamily         => 'Debian',
                       :operatingsystem  => 'Debian',
+                      :vtx              => true,
                       :kernelmajversion => '3.14',
                       :concat_basedir   => '/var/lib/puppet/concat' )
       end
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
     context 'ensure TSO/GSO/GRO is not managed on Debian systems with kernel < 3.14' do
       before :each do
         facts.merge!( :osfamily         => 'Debian',
+                      :vtx              => true,
                       :kernelmajversion => '3.12' )
       end
 
@@ -309,7 +312,8 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
 
     context 'with RBD backend for instances and volumes on Debian plaforms' do
       before :each do
-        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian' )
+        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian',
+                      :vtx      => true )
         params.merge!(
           :vm_rbd               => true,
           :volume_rbd           => true,
@@ -343,7 +347,8 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
 
     context 'with RBD support only for volumes on Debian plaforms' do
       before :each do
-        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian' )
+        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian',
+                      :vtx      => true )
         params.merge!(
           :vm_rbd               => false,
           :volume_rbd           => true,
@@ -375,7 +380,8 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
 
     context 'with RBD backend on Debian plaforms using deprecated parameter' do
       before :each do
-        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian' )
+        facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'Debian',
+                      :vtx      => true )
         params.merge!(
           :has_ceph             => true,
           :cinder_rbd_user      => 'cinder',
@@ -418,6 +424,13 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
       it_raises 'a Puppet::Error', /Red Hat does not support RBD backend for VMs./
     end
 
+    context 'when running KVM libvirt driver without VTX enabled' do
+      before :each do
+        facts.merge!( :vtx => false )
+      end
+      it_raises 'a Puppet::Error', /libvirt_type is set to KVM and VTX seems to be disabled on this node./
+    end
+
     context 'when trying to enable RBD backend with deprecated parameter on RedHat plaforms' do
       before :each do
         facts.merge!( :osfamily => 'RedHat' )
@@ -486,6 +499,7 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
     let :facts do
       { :osfamily        => 'Debian',
         :operatingsystem => 'Debian',
+        :vtx             => true,
         :concat_basedir  => '/var/lib/puppet/concat'
       }
     end
@@ -500,6 +514,7 @@ describe 'cloud::compute::hypervisor' do
   context 'on RedHat platforms' do
     let :facts do
       { :osfamily => 'RedHat',
+        :vtx             => true,
         :concat_basedir => '/var/lib/puppet/concat'
       }
     end