--- /dev/null
+#@TYPE: Machine
+#@NAME: QEMU PPC64 machine
+#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for running a PPC system on QEMU
+
+require conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
+require conf/machine/include/tune-power9.inc
+
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
+
+SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;hvc0"
+
+# For runqemu
+QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-ppc64"
+QB_MACHINE = "-machine pseries"
+QB_CPU = "-cpu POWER9"
+QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=hvc0"
+#QB_OPT_APPEND += "-device qemu-xhci -device usb-tablet -device usb-kbd"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "-usb -device usb-tablet"
+
+#prelink broken on ppc64
+#USER_CLASSES_remove = "image-prelink"
+#IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND_remove = "prelink_image;"
+
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += " kernel-modules"