diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/test_servers_provider_tree.py b/nova/tests/functional/test_servers_provider_tree.py
index aa572558085b..c7703cd089a4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/test_servers_provider_tree.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/test_servers_provider_tree.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class ProviderTreeTests(integrated_helpers.ProviderUsageBaseTestCase):
             os_traits.COMPUTE_TRUSTED_CERTS,
             os_traits.COMPUTE_ADDRESS_SPACE_EMULATED,
             os_traits.COMPUTE_ADDRESS_SPACE_PASSTHROUGH,
+            os_traits.COMPUTE_SECURITY_STATELESS_FIRMWARE,
         ]
     ])
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 660b671f2ec3..68a2851d7d4b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -21829,6 +21829,13 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
         self.assertTrue(
             driver.capabilities.get('supports_address_space_emulated'))
 
+    def test_update_host_specific_capabilities_without_stateless_firmware(
+            self):
+        driver = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI())
+        driver._update_host_specific_capabilities()
+        self.assertFalse(
+            driver.capabilities.get('supports_stateless_firmware'))
+
     @mock.patch.object(fakelibvirt.Connection, 'getLibVersion',
                        return_value=versionutils.convert_version_to_int(
                            libvirt_driver.MIN_LIBVIRT_MAXPHYSADDR))
diff --git a/nova/virt/driver.py b/nova/virt/driver.py
index f7f3530c638f..aa2f8aa8a01d 100644
--- a/nova/virt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/driver.py
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ CAPABILITY_TRAITS_MAP = {
         os_traits.COMPUTE_ADDRESS_SPACE_PASSTHROUGH,
     "supports_address_space_emulated":
         os_traits.COMPUTE_ADDRESS_SPACE_EMULATED,
+    "supports_stateless_firmware":
+        os_traits.COMPUTE_SECURITY_STATELESS_FIRMWARE,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/nova/virt/fake.py b/nova/virt/fake.py
index 1ac2bd668d6b..38e5d21db30f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/fake.py
+++ b/nova/virt/fake.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class FakeDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         "supports_remote_managed_ports": True,
         "supports_address_space_passthrough": True,
         "supports_address_space_emulated": True,
+        "supports_stateless_firmware": True,
 
         # Supported image types
         "supports_image_type_raw": True,
diff --git a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
index c99021866962..5a6fcdf7b617 100644
--- a/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/ironic/driver.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class IronicDriver(virt_driver.ComputeDriver):
         "supports_remote_managed_ports": False,
         "supports_address_space_passthrough": False,
         "supports_address_space_emulated": False,
+        "supports_stateless_firmware": False,
 
         # Image type support flags
         "supports_image_type_aki": False,
diff --git a/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py b/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py
index 456e9648154a..bbb00be55875 100644
--- a/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class VMwareVCDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         "supports_remote_managed_ports": False,
         "supports_address_space_passthrough": False,
         "supports_address_space_emulated": False,
+        "supports_stateless_firmware": False,
 
         # Image type support flags
         "supports_image_type_aki": False,
diff --git a/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py b/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py
index d996527f38bd..4d4cd7533fd3 100644
--- a/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class ZVMDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
         "supports_remote_managed_ports": False,
         "supports_address_space_passthrough": False,
         "supports_address_space_emulated": False,
+        "supports_stateless_firmware": False,
 
         # Image type support flags
         "supports_image_type_aki": False,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb158af1c067..430e6e96d138 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
 oslo.versionedobjects>=1.35.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-brick>=5.2 # Apache-2.0
 os-resource-classes>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-os-traits>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+os-traits>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-vif>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 castellan>=0.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 microversion-parse>=0.2.1 # Apache-2.0