diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 139658d..f023a8c 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3576,7 +3576,23 @@
                                                      optarg, true);
                 optarg = qemu_opt_get(accel_opts, "accel");
                 if (!optarg || is_help_option(optarg)) {
-                    printf("Possible accelerators: kvm, xen, hax, tcg\n");
+                    printf("Accelerators supported in QEMU binary:\n");
+                    GSList *el, *accel_list = object_class_get_list(TYPE_ACCEL,
+                                                                    false);
+                    for (el = accel_list; el; el = el->next) {
+                        gchar *typename = g_strdup(object_class_get_name(
+                                                   OBJECT_CLASS(el->data)));
+                        /* omit qtest which is used for tests only */
+                        if (g_strcmp0(typename, ACCEL_CLASS_NAME("qtest")) &&
+                            g_str_has_suffix(typename, ACCEL_CLASS_SUFFIX)) {
+                            gchar **optname = g_strsplit(typename,
+                                                         ACCEL_CLASS_SUFFIX, 0);
+                            printf("%s\n", optname[0]);
+                            g_free(optname);
+                        }
+                        g_free(typename);
+                    }
+                    g_slist_free(accel_list);
                     exit(0);
                 }
                 opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("machine"), NULL,