diff --git a/nova_powervm/tests/virt/powervm/test_driver.py b/nova_powervm/tests/virt/powervm/test_driver.py
index a306a815..4e281bbf 100644
--- a/nova_powervm/tests/virt/powervm/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova_powervm/tests/virt/powervm/test_driver.py
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ class TestPowerVMDriverInit(test.NoDBTestCase):
             test_driver.capabilities['supports_tagged_attach_volume'])
         self.assertTrue(test_driver.capabilities['supports_extend_volume'])
         self.assertFalse(test_driver.capabilities['supports_multiattach'])
+        self.assertTrue(test_driver.capabilities['supports_evacuate'])
         self.assertNotIn('has_imagecache', test_driver.capabilities)
-        self.assertEqual(8, len(test_driver.capabilities))
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(test_driver.capabilities))
 
     @mock.patch('pypowervm.tasks.storage.find_vg',
                 new=mock.Mock(return_value=(mock.Mock(), mock.Mock())))
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class TestPowerVMDriverInit(test.NoDBTestCase):
         test_driver._setup_disk_adapter()
         # Localdisk driver has the image cache capability
         self.assertTrue(test_driver.capabilities['has_imagecache'])
-        self.assertEqual(9, len(test_driver.capabilities))
+        self.assertEqual(10, len(test_driver.capabilities))
 
     @mock.patch('nova_powervm.virt.powervm.disk.ssp.SSPDiskAdapter.'
                 '_fetch_cluster', new=mock.Mock())
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class TestPowerVMDriverInit(test.NoDBTestCase):
         test_driver._setup_disk_adapter()
         # SSP driver doesn't have image cache capability
         self.assertFalse(test_driver.capabilities['has_imagecache'])
-        self.assertEqual(9, len(test_driver.capabilities))
+        self.assertEqual(10, len(test_driver.capabilities))
 
     @mock.patch('nova_powervm.virt.powervm.event.PowerVMNovaEventHandler',
                 autospec=True)
diff --git a/nova_powervm/virt/powervm/driver.py b/nova_powervm/virt/powervm/driver.py
index 0db99bce..8aa3a599 100644
--- a/nova_powervm/virt/powervm/driver.py
+++ b/nova_powervm/virt/powervm/driver.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class PowerVMDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             "supports_tagged_attach_volume": False,
             "supports_extend_volume": True,
             "supports_multiattach": False,
+            "supports_evacuate": True,
         }
         super(PowerVMDriver, self).__init__(virtapi)