diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 735fb22..5009836 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static void pc_compat_2_3(MachineState *machine)
 {
     savevm_skip_section_footers();
     global_state_set_optional();
+    savevm_skip_configuration();
 }

 static void pc_compat_2_2(MachineState *machine)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 26104ca..d00766e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ static void pc_compat_2_3(MachineState *machine)
 {
     savevm_skip_section_footers();
     global_state_set_optional();
+    savevm_skip_configuration();
 }

 static void pc_compat_2_2(MachineState *machine)
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index bb53d93..cfc0608 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define QEMU_VM_SECTION_FULL         0x04
 #define QEMU_VM_SUBSECTION           0x05
 #define QEMU_VM_VMDESCRIPTION        0x06
+#define QEMU_VM_CONFIGURATION        0x07
 #define QEMU_VM_SECTION_FOOTER       0x7e

 struct MigrationParams {
@@ -199,4 +200,5 @@ void ram_mig_init(void);
 void savevm_skip_section_footers(void);
 void register_global_state(void);
 void global_state_set_optional(void);
+void savevm_skip_configuration(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/migration/savevm.c b/migration/savevm.c
index 8a15021..db8e943 100644
--- a/migration/savevm.c
+++ b/migration/savevm.c
@@ -246,11 +246,55 @@ typedef struct SaveStateEntry {
 typedef struct SaveState {
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, SaveStateEntry) handlers;
     int global_section_id;
+    bool skip_configuration;
+    uint32_t len;
+    const char *name;
 } SaveState;

 static SaveState savevm_state = {
     .handlers = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(savevm_state.handlers),
     .global_section_id = 0,
+    .skip_configuration = false,
+};
+
+void savevm_skip_configuration(void)
+{
+    savevm_state.skip_configuration = true;
+}
+
+
+static void configuration_pre_save(void *opaque)
+{
+    SaveState *state = opaque;
+    const char *current_name = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine)->name;
+
+    state->len = strlen(current_name);
+    state->name = current_name;
+}
+
+static int configuration_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
+{
+    SaveState *state = opaque;
+    const char *current_name = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine)->name;
+
+    if (strncmp(state->name, current_name, state->len) != 0) {
+        error_report("Machine type received is '%s' and local is '%s'",
+                     state->name, current_name);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_configuration = {
+    .name = "configuration",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .post_load = configuration_post_load,
+    .pre_save = configuration_pre_save,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT32(len, SaveState),
+        VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(name, SaveState, 0, NULL, 0, len),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    },
 };

 static void dump_vmstate_vmsd(FILE *out_file,
@@ -723,6 +767,11 @@ void qemu_savevm_state_begin(QEMUFile *f,
         se->ops->set_params(params, se->opaque);
     }

+    if (!savevm_state.skip_configuration) {
+        qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_CONFIGURATION);
+        vmstate_save_state(f, &vmstate_configuration, &savevm_state, 0);
+    }
+
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_state.handlers, entry) {
         if (!se->ops || !se->ops->save_live_setup) {
             continue;
@@ -1037,6 +1086,18 @@ int qemu_loadvm_state(QEMUFile *f)
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }

+    if (!savevm_state.skip_configuration) {
+        if (qemu_get_byte(f) != QEMU_VM_CONFIGURATION) {
+            error_report("Configuration section missing");
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+        ret = vmstate_load_state(f, &vmstate_configuration, &savevm_state, 0);
+
+        if (ret) {
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+
     while ((section_type = qemu_get_byte(f)) != QEMU_VM_EOF) {
         uint32_t instance_id, version_id, section_id;
         SaveStateEntry *se;
