diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index b5e53ce..a9b4fd1 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -114,20 +114,16 @@ static QXLMode qxl_modes[] = {
     QXL_MODE_EX(1600, 1200),
     QXL_MODE_EX(1680, 1050),
     QXL_MODE_EX(1920, 1080),
-#if VGA_RAM_SIZE >= (16 * 1024 * 1024)
     /* these modes need more than 8 MB video memory */
     QXL_MODE_EX(1920, 1200),
     QXL_MODE_EX(1920, 1440),
     QXL_MODE_EX(2048, 1536),
     QXL_MODE_EX(2560, 1440),
     QXL_MODE_EX(2560, 1600),
-#endif
-#if VGA_RAM_SIZE >= (32 * 1024 * 1024)
     /* these modes need more than 16 MB video memory */
     QXL_MODE_EX(2560, 2048),
     QXL_MODE_EX(2800, 2100),
     QXL_MODE_EX(3200, 2400),
-#endif
 };
 
 static PCIQXLDevice *qxl0;
@@ -284,6 +280,7 @@ static inline uint32_t msb_mask(uint32_t val)
 static ram_addr_t qxl_rom_size(void)
 {
     uint32_t rom_size = sizeof(QXLRom) + sizeof(QXLModes) + sizeof(qxl_modes);
+
     rom_size = MAX(rom_size, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
     rom_size = msb_mask(rom_size * 2 - 1);
     return rom_size;
@@ -296,8 +293,9 @@ static void init_qxl_rom(PCIQXLDevice *d)
     uint32_t ram_header_size;
     uint32_t surface0_area_size;
     uint32_t num_pages;
-    uint32_t fb, maxfb = 0;
+    uint32_t fb;
     int i;
+    int n_modes = 0;
 
     memset(rom, 0, d->rom_size);
 
@@ -312,11 +310,13 @@ static void init_qxl_rom(PCIQXLDevice *d)
     rom->slots_end     = NUM_MEMSLOTS - 1;
     rom->n_surfaces    = cpu_to_le32(NUM_SURFACES);
 
-    modes->n_modes     = cpu_to_le32(ARRAY_SIZE(qxl_modes));
     for (i = 0; i < modes->n_modes; i++) {
         fb = qxl_modes[i].y_res * qxl_modes[i].stride;
-        if (maxfb < fb) {
-            maxfb = fb;
+        if (d->fb_size < fb) {
+            d->fb_size = fb;
+        }
+        if (fb <= d->fb_size) {
+            n_modes++;
         }
         modes->modes[i].id          = cpu_to_le32(i);
         modes->modes[i].x_res       = cpu_to_le32(qxl_modes[i].x_res);
@@ -327,11 +327,13 @@ static void init_qxl_rom(PCIQXLDevice *d)
         modes->modes[i].y_mili      = cpu_to_le32(qxl_modes[i].y_mili);
         modes->modes[i].orientation = cpu_to_le32(qxl_modes[i].orientation);
     }
-    if (maxfb < VGA_RAM_SIZE && d->id == 0)
-        maxfb = VGA_RAM_SIZE;
+    if (d->fb_size < VGA_RAM_SIZE && d->id == 0) {
+        d->fb_size = VGA_RAM_SIZE;
+    }
+    modes->n_modes     = cpu_to_le32(n_modes);
 
     ram_header_size    = ALIGN(sizeof(QXLRam), 4096);
-    surface0_area_size = ALIGN(maxfb, 4096);
+    surface0_area_size = ALIGN(d->fb_size, 4096);
     num_pages          = d->vga.vram_size;
     num_pages         -= ram_header_size;
     num_pages         -= surface0_area_size;
@@ -1720,6 +1722,12 @@ static void qxl_init_ramsize(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, uint32_t ram_min_mb)
     if (qxl->vga.vram_size < ram_min_mb * 1024 * 1024) {
         qxl->vga.vram_size = ram_min_mb * 1024 * 1024;
     }
+    if (qxl->fb_size_mb != -1 &&
+        qxl->fb_size_mb * 1024 * 1024 < qxl->vga.vram_size) {
+        qxl->fb_size = qxl->fb_size_mb * 1024 * 1024;
+    } else {
+        qxl->fb_size = VGA_RAM_SIZE;
+    }
 
     /* vram32 (surfaces, 32bit, bar 1) */
     if (qxl->vram32_size_mb != -1) {
@@ -2052,6 +2060,7 @@ static Property qxl_properties[] = {
         DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("ram_size_mb",  PCIQXLDevice, ram_size_mb, -1),
         DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vram_size_mb", PCIQXLDevice, vram32_size_mb, -1),
         DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vram64_size_mb", PCIQXLDevice, vram_size_mb, -1),
+        DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("fb_size_mb", PCIQXLDevice, fb_size_mb, -1),
         DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/qxl.h b/hw/qxl.h
index a4ab7cc..1b4ec16 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.h
+++ b/hw/qxl.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ typedef struct PCIQXLDevice {
     QXLReleaseInfo     *last_release;
     uint32_t           last_release_offset;
     uint32_t           oom_running;
+    uint32_t           fb_size;
 
     /* rom pci bar */
     QXLRom             shadow_rom;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ typedef struct PCIQXLDevice {
     uint32_t          ram_size_mb;
     uint32_t          vram_size_mb;
     uint32_t          vram32_size_mb;
+    uint32_t          fb_size_mb;
 
     /* qxl_render_update state */
     int                render_update_cookie_num;
