diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_2062425.py b/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_2062425.py
index b7e6156b566f..42899cff7e39 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_2062425.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_2062425.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class TestSchedulingForImageCPUProperty(base.ServersTestBase):
 
     reference arch list
     https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/admin/useful-image-properties.html#image-property-keys-and-values
+    https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/df5454021543e8aa3c73289224158c9090f0da6a/nova/scheduler/request_filter.py#L208-L216
     """
     microversion = 'latest'
 
@@ -41,12 +42,21 @@ class TestSchedulingForImageCPUProperty(base.ServersTestBase):
         cpu_arch_image['id'] = uuids.cpu_arch_image
         self.glance.create(None, cpu_arch_image)
 
-        server = self._create_server(
+        self._create_server(
             image_uuid=uuids.cpu_arch_image,
             networks='none',
-            # FIXME(auniyal): Server failed to spawn
-            expected_state='ERROR'
+            expected_state='ACTIVE'
+        )
+
+    def test_server_create_with_valid_emul_arch(self):
+        emul_arch = "x86_64"
+        emul_image = copy.deepcopy(self.glance.image1)
+        emul_image['properties']['hw_emulation_architecture'] = emul_arch
+        emul_image['id'] = uuids.emul_image
+        self.glance.create(None, emul_image)
+
+        self._create_server(
+            image_uuid=uuids.emul_image,
+            networks='none',
+            expected_state='ACTIVE'
         )
-        # this is a bug, with valid hw_arch,
-        # scheduler should be able to find host
-        self.assertIn("No valid host was found", server['fault']['message'])
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index e56e9759bf51..c8e41977253c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -3609,6 +3609,16 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
 
         mock_designer.assert_called_once_with(cfg)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(host.Host, 'get_domain_capabilities')
+    def test__get_cpu_emulation_arch_traits(self, fake_domain_caps):
+        self._setup_fake_domain_caps(fake_domain_caps)
+        # as in mock setup we have set {'x86_64': {'q35': domain_caps}}
+        expected = {'COMPUTE_ARCH_X86_64': True}
+        drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), True)
+        traits = drvr._get_cpu_emulation_arch_traits()
+        # traits must be a dict object
+        self.assertDictEqual(traits, expected)
+
     def test_get_guest_memory_backing_config_file_backed(self):
         self.flags(file_backed_memory=1024, group="libvirt")
 
@@ -28584,6 +28594,21 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
 </cpu>
 '''], 1)
 
+    def _fake_get_host_capabilities(self, **args):
+        cpu = vconfig.LibvirtConfigGuestCPU()
+        cpu.arch = fields.Architecture.X86_64
+
+        caps = vconfig.LibvirtConfigCaps()
+        caps.host = vconfig.LibvirtConfigCapsHost()
+        caps.host.cpu = cpu
+        return caps
+
+    def test__get_cpu_arch_traits(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(host.Host, "get_capabilities",
+                               side_effect=self._fake_get_host_capabilities):
+            traits = self.drvr._get_cpu_arch_traits()
+            self.assertTrue(traits.get('HW_ARCH_X86_64'))
+
     @mock.patch('oslo_utils.fileutils.ensure_tree')
     @mock.patch('os.path.isdir')
     @mock.patch('os.path.exists')
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 2d57941e68fc..405ad252618b 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -13083,6 +13083,8 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         traits = self._get_cpu_feature_traits()
         traits[ot.HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SEV] = self._host.supports_amd_sev
         traits[ot.HW_CPU_HYPERTHREADING] = self._host.has_hyperthreading
+        traits.update(self._get_cpu_arch_traits())
+        traits.update(self._get_cpu_emulation_arch_traits())
 
         return traits
 
@@ -13151,6 +13153,28 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
 
         return libvirt_utils.cpu_features_to_traits(features)
 
+    def _get_cpu_arch_traits(self):
+        """Get CPU arch trait based on the host arch.
+        """
+        arch = self._host.get_capabilities().host.cpu.arch.upper()
+        # we only set for valid arch, rest will be assumed invalid
+        trait = 'HW_ARCH_' + arch
+        return {trait: trait in ot.get_traits(prefix='HW_ARCH_')}
+
+    def _get_cpu_emulation_arch_traits(self):
+        """Get CPU arch emulation traits
+        """
+        # get list of architecture supported by host for
+        # hw emulation
+        caps = self._host.get_domain_capabilities().keys()
+        traits = {}
+        for arch in caps:
+            trait = 'COMPUTE_ARCH_' + arch.upper()
+            if trait in ot.get_traits(prefix='COMPUTE_ARCH_'):
+                traits[trait] = True
+
+        return traits
+
     def _get_guest_baseline_cpu_features(self, xml_str):
         """Calls libvirt's baselineCPU API to compute the biggest set of
         CPU features which is compatible with the given host CPU.