diff --git a/builder/qemu/builder.go b/builder/qemu/builder.go
index 1535eda86..79885daef 100644
--- a/builder/qemu/builder.go
+++ b/builder/qemu/builder.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var accels = map[string]struct{}{
 	"xen":  {},
 	"hax":  {},
 	"hvf":  {},
+	"whpx": {},
 }
 
 var netDevice = map[string]bool{
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 
 	if _, ok := accels[b.config.Accelerator]; !ok {
 		errs = packer.MultiErrorAppend(
-			errs, errors.New("invalid accelerator, only 'kvm', 'tcg', 'xen', 'hax', 'hvf', or 'none' are allowed"))
+			errs, errors.New("invalid accelerator, only 'kvm', 'tcg', 'xen', 'hax', 'hvf', 'whpx', or 'none' are allowed"))
 	}
 
 	if _, ok := netDevice[b.config.NetDevice]; !ok {
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md.erb
index 0099f657f..d21e212a6 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md.erb
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/qemu.html.md.erb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Linux server and have not enabled X11 forwarding (`ssh -X`).
 ### Optional:
 
 -   `accelerator` (string) - The accelerator type to use when running the VM.
-    This may be `none`, `kvm`, `tcg`, `hax`, `hvf`, or `xen`. The appropriate
+    This may be `none`, `kvm`, `tcg`, `hax`, `hvf`, `whpx`, or `xen`. The appropriate
     software must have already been installed on your build machine to use the
     accelerator you specified. When no accelerator is specified, Packer will try
     to use `kvm` if it is available but will default to `tcg` otherwise.
@@ -116,12 +116,16 @@ Linux server and have not enabled X11 forwarding (`ssh -X`).
     upstream issue which can be tracked
     [here](https://github.com/intel/haxm/issues/20).
 
-    -> The `hvf` accelerator is new and experimental as of
+    -> The `hvf` and `whpx` accelerator are new and experimental as of
     [QEMU 2.12.0](https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.12#Host_support).
-    You may encounter issues unrelated to Packer when using it.  You may need to
+    You may encounter issues unrelated to Packer when using these.  You may need to
     add [ "-global", "virtio-pci.disable-modern=on" ] to `qemuargs` depending on the
     guest operating system.
 
+    -> For `whpx`, note that [Stefan Weil's QEMU for Windows distribution](https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/)
+    does not include WHPX support and users may need to compile or source a
+    build of QEMU for Windows themselves with WHPX support.
+
 -   `boot_command` (array of strings) - This is an array of commands to type
     when the virtual machine is first booted. The goal of these commands should
     be to type just enough to initialize the operating system installer. Special