diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 48791b2d..eb1c77d9 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -2184,9 +2184,17 @@ sub print_vga_device {
 	$type = 'virtio-gpu';
     }
     my $vgamem_mb = $vga->{memory};
+
+    my $max_outputs = '';
     if ($qxlnum) {
 	$type = $id ? 'qxl' : 'qxl-vga';
+
+	if ($conf->{ostype} =~ m/^l(?=\d)/) {
+	    # set max outputs so linux can have up to 4 qxl displays with one device
+	    $max_outputs = ",max_outputs=4";
+	}
     }
+
     die "no devicetype for $vga->{type}\n" if !$type;
 
     my $memory = "";
@@ -2218,7 +2226,7 @@ sub print_vga_device {
 	$pciaddr = print_pci_addr($vgaid, $bridges, $arch, $machine);
     }
 
-    return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${pciaddr}";
+    return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${max_outputs}${pciaddr}";
 }
 
 sub drive_is_cloudinit {
diff --git a/test/cfg2cmd/spice-usb3.conf.cmd b/test/cfg2cmd/spice-usb3.conf.cmd
index 627c0777..d10ba9ab 100644
--- a/test/cfg2cmd/spice-usb3.conf.cmd
+++ b/test/cfg2cmd/spice-usb3.conf.cmd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   -device 'nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci,bus=pci.1,addr=0x1b' \
   -chardev 'spicevmc,id=usbredirchardev1,name=usbredir' \
   -device 'usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev1,id=usbredirdev1,bus=xhci.0' \
-  -device 'qxl-vga,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2' \
+  -device 'qxl-vga,id=vga,max_outputs=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2' \
   -device 'virtio-serial,id=spice,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9' \
   -chardev 'spicevmc,id=vdagent,name=vdagent' \
   -device 'virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0' \