diff --git a/src/fc/qemu/agent.py b/src/fc/qemu/agent.py
index d0ef734..640e415 100644
--- a/src/fc/qemu/agent.py
+++ b/src/fc/qemu/agent.py
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ def ensure_online_local(self):
             # reduce the time we're unnecessarily waiting for timeouts.
             self.ensure_thawed()
             self.mark_qemu_binary_generation()
+            self.mark_qemu_guest_properties()
 
     def cleanup(self):
         """Removes various run and tmp files."""
@@ -1102,6 +1103,24 @@ def ensure_thawed(self):
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.error("ensure-thawed-failed", reason=str(e))
 
+    def mark_qemu_guest_properties(self):
+        props = {
+            "binary_generation": self.binary_generation,
+            "cpu_model": self.cfg["cpu_model"],
+            "rbd_pool": self.cfg["rbd_pool"],
+        }
+        self.log.info(
+            "mark-qemu-guest-properties",
+            properties=props,
+        )
+        try:
+            self.qemu.write_file(
+                "/run/qemu-guest-properties-current",
+                (json.dumps(props)).encode("utf-8"),
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.error("mark-qemu-guest-properties", reason=str(e))
+
     def mark_qemu_binary_generation(self):
         self.log.info(
             "mark-qemu-binary-generation", generation=self.binary_generation
diff --git a/src/fc/qemu/hazmat/volume.py b/src/fc/qemu/hazmat/volume.py
index e7927d5..390f50c 100644
--- a/src/fc/qemu/hazmat/volume.py
+++ b/src/fc/qemu/hazmat/volume.py
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ class Volume(Image):
         ),
     }
 
+    # ENC parameters which should be seeded at boot-time into the VM
+    ENC_SEED_PARAMETERS = ["cpu_model", "rbd_pool"]
+
     def __init__(self, ceph, name, label):
         super(Volume, self).__init__(ceph, name)
         self.label = label
@@ -416,6 +419,21 @@ def seed(self, enc, generation):
                 os.fchmod(f.fileno(), 0o640)
                 json.dump(enc, f)
                 f.write("\n")
+            # Seed boot-time VM properties which require a reboot to
+            # change. While some of these properties are copied from
+            # the ENC data, a separate file allows properties which
+            # are not exposed to guests through ENC to be added in the
+            # future.
+            guest_properties = p.join(fc_data, "qemu-guest-properties-booted")
+            with open(guest_properties, "w") as f:
+                props = {}
+                props["binary_generation"] = generation
+                for key in self.ENC_SEED_PARAMETERS:
+                    if key in enc["parameters"]:
+                        props[key] = enc["parameters"][key]
+                json.dump(props, f)
+            # For backwards compatibility with old fc-agent versions,
+            # write the Qemu binary generation into a separate file.
             generation_marker = p.join(fc_data, "qemu-binary-generation-booted")
             with open(generation_marker, "w") as f:
                 f.write(str(generation) + "\n")