diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index 3eee7dae0..4a781939e 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ impl vm::Vm for KvmVm {
         let data = TdxInitVm {
             max_vcpus,
             reserved: 0,
-            attributes: 0,
+            attributes: 1, // TDX1_TD_ATTRIBUTE_DEBUG,
             cpuid: cpuid.as_fam_struct_ptr() as u64,
         };