diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm b/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
index 33f00a59..a5962443 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer/Machine.pm
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ sub windows_get_pinned_machine_version {
     my $pin_version = $base_version;
     if (!defined($base_version) || !can_run_pve_machine_version($base_version, $kvmversion)) {
 	$pin_version = get_installed_machine_version($kvmversion);
+	# pin to the current pveX version to make use of most current features if > 0
+	my $pvever = get_pve_version($pin_version);
+	if ($pvever > 0) {
+	    $pin_version .= "+pve$pvever";
+	}
     }
     if (!$machine || $machine eq 'pc') {
 	$machine = "pc-i440fx-$pin_version";