diff -Nru qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/changelog qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2016-11-23 12:28:08.000000000 +0100
+++ qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2016-12-01 14:12:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+qemu (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu8~ppa1) zesty; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Breno Leitao ]
+  * d/qemu-kvm-init, d/kvm.powerpc: Adding a check SMT on ppc64el
+
+ -- Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>  Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:44:33 +0100
+
 qemu (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu7) zesty; urgency=medium
 
   [ Rafael David Tinoco ]
diff -Nru qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/control qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/control
--- qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/control	2016-06-15 23:52:09.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/control	2016-12-01 14:14:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
  qemu-block-extra (= ${binary:Version}),
 # to fix wrong acl for newly created device node on ubuntu:
- acl
+ acl,
+ powerpc-utils [ppc64el]
 Breaks:
  qemu-common,
 # qemu-system before qemu-system-split
@@ -519,7 +520,8 @@
  qemu-system-x86 (= ${binary:Version}) [i386 amd64 x32],
  qemu-system-arm (= ${binary:Version}) [armhf armel arm64],
  qemu-system-ppc (= ${binary:Version}) [powerpc ppc64 ppc64el],
- qemu-system-s390x (= ${binary:Version}) [s390x]
+ qemu-system-s390x (= ${binary:Version}) [s390x],
+ powerpc-utils [ppc64el]
 Provides: kvm,
  qemu-kvm-spice
 Conflicts: kvm,
diff -Nru qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/kvm.powerpc qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/kvm.powerpc
--- qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/kvm.powerpc	2016-06-15 23:41:02.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/kvm.powerpc	2016-12-01 14:18:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
   *)
     case "$(uname -m)" in
       ppc64*)
+        SMT=$(/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --smt | grep "SMT=[248]")
+        if [ -n "$SMT" ]
+        then
+          logger -t qemu-kvm "Error: You must disable SMT if you want to run QEMU/KVM on ppc64le archtecture"
+          logger -t qemu-kvm "In order to disable SMT, run: # ppc64_cpu --smt=off"
+        fi
         qemu=qemu-system-ppc64
         ;;
       *)
diff -Nru qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-kvm-init qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-kvm-init
--- qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-kvm-init	2016-06-15 23:41:02.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu-2.6.1+dfsg/debian/qemu-kvm-init	2016-12-01 14:17:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
         fi
         ;;
     ppc*)
+        SMT=$(/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --smt | grep "SMT=[248]")
+        if [ -n "$SMT" ]
+        then
+          logger -t qemu-kvm "Error: You must disable SMT if you want to run QEMU/KVM on ppc64le archtecture"
+          logger -t qemu-kvm "In order to disable SMT, run: # ppc64_cpu --smt=off"
+        fi
         kvm=/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64
         if [ `uname -m` != "ppc64le" ]; then
             exit 0