diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 1ebe4f8..814a377 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ function vm_boot() {
             NET_DEVICE="virtio-net"
             USB_HOST_PASSTHROUGH_CONTROLLER="nec-usb-xhci"
             GUEST_TWEAKS="${GUEST_TWEAKS} -global nec-usb-xhci.msi=off"
+            USB_CONTROLLER="xhci"
             ;;
         *)
             # Backwards compatibility if no macos_release is specified.