diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index a9c0dac0..d41f1621 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -1648,6 +1648,11 @@ sub print_vga_device {
 	$memory = ",ram_size=67108864,vram_size=33554432";
     }
 
+    my $edidoff = "";
+    if ($type eq 'VGA' && windows_version($conf->{ostype})) {
+	$edidoff=",edid=off" if $conf->{bios} ne 'ovmf';
+    }
+
     my $q35 = PVE::QemuServer::Machine::machine_type_is_q35($conf);
     my $vgaid = "vga" . ($id // '');
     my $pciaddr;
@@ -1659,7 +1664,7 @@ sub print_vga_device {
 	$pciaddr = print_pci_addr($vgaid, $bridges, $arch, $machine);
     }
 
-    return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${max_outputs}${pciaddr}";
+    return "$type,id=${vgaid}${memory}${max_outputs}${pciaddr}${edidoff}";
 }
 
 sub parse_number_sets {
diff --git a/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model-host-phys-bits.conf.cmd b/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model-host-phys-bits.conf.cmd
index d8fa2544..fb6e8c8f 100644
--- a/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model-host-phys-bits.conf.cmd
+++ b/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model-host-phys-bits.conf.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.2,chassis_nr=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f' \
   -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' \
   -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' \
-  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2' \
+  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,edid=off' \
   -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' \
   -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:aabbccddeeff' \
   -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' \
diff --git a/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model.conf.cmd b/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model.conf.cmd
index 193140f1..b30163c4 100644
--- a/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model.conf.cmd
+++ b/test/cfg2cmd/custom-cpu-model.conf.cmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.2,chassis_nr=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f' \
   -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' \
   -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' \
-  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2' \
+  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,edid=off' \
   -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' \
   -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:aabbccddeeff' \
   -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' \