diff --git a/sys/conf/options.powerpc b/sys/conf/options.powerpc
index 6e9eb81ecaf..1a22f931450 100644
--- a/sys/conf/options.powerpc
+++ b/sys/conf/options.powerpc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MAMBO
 POWERNV			opt_platform.h
 PSERIES
 PSIM
+QEMU			opt_platform.h
 
 SC_OFWFB		opt_ofwfb.h
 
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64 b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
index a70cd0db605..18eedb7f927 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ makeoptions	WITH_CTF=1
 options 	POWERMAC		#NewWorld Apple PowerMacs
 options 	PS3			#Sony Playstation 3
 options 	MAMBO			#IBM Mambo Full System Simulator
+options		QEMU			#QEMU processor emulator
 options 	PSERIES			#PAPR-compliant systems (e.g. IBM p)
 options 	POWERNV			#Non-virtualized OpenPOWER systems
 
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/NOTES b/sys/powerpc/conf/NOTES
index 74a03f2cedc..c41a0a61184 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/NOTES
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ options 	POWERMAC		#NewWorld Apple PowerMacs
 #options	PS3			#Sony Playstation 3
 options 	PSIM			#GDB PSIM ppc simulator
 options 	MAMBO			#IBM Mambo Full System Simulator
+options		QEMU			#QEMU processor emulator
 
 # The cpufreq(4) driver provides support for CPU frequency control
 device		cpufreq
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofwcall64.S b/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofwcall64.S
index 481c109affd..3230cdf79c3 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofwcall64.S
+++ b/sys/powerpc/ofw/ofwcall64.S
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <machine/spr.h>
 #include <machine/asm.h>
 
+#include "opt_platform.h"
+
 #define	OFWSTKSZ	4096		/* 4K Open Firmware stack */
 
 /*
@@ -119,6 +121,10 @@ ASENTRY_NOPROF(ofwcall)
 	addis	%r5,%r2,TOC_REF(ofmsr)@ha
 	ld	%r5,TOC_REF(ofmsr)@l(%r5)
 	ld	%r5,0(%r5)
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && defined(QEMU)
+	/* QEMU hack: qemu does not emulate mtmsrd correctly! */
+	ori	%r5,%r5,1	/* Leave PSR_LE set */
+#endif
 	mtmsrd	%r5
 	isync
 
@@ -270,6 +276,10 @@ ASENTRY_NOPROF(rtascall)
 	addis	%r7,%r2,TOC_REF(rtasmsr)@ha
 	ld	%r7,TOC_REF(rtasmsr)@l(%r7)
 	ld	%r7,0(%r7)
+#ifdef	__LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	/* QEMU hack: qemu does not emulate mtmsrd correctly! */
+	ori	%r7,%r7,1	/* Leave PSR_LE set */
+#endif
 	mtmsrd	%r7
 	isync
 
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/powernv/opalcall.S b/sys/powerpc/powernv/opalcall.S
index 1d1f60353ad..56ba5c7f186 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/powernv/opalcall.S
+++ b/sys/powerpc/powernv/opalcall.S
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #include <machine/asm.h>
 
+#include "opt_platform.h"
+
 GLOBAL(opal_entrypoint)
 	.llong	0
 GLOBAL(opal_data)
@@ -70,8 +72,17 @@ ASENTRY(opal_call)
 	ld	%r2,TOC_REF(opal_data)@l(%r2)
 	ld	%r2,0(%r2)
 
+
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && defined(QEMU)
+	/* QEMU hack: qemu does not emulate mtmsrd correctly! */
+	ori     %r3,%r3,1       /* Leave PSR_LE set */
+#endif
 	mtmsrd	%r3
 	isync
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && defined(QEMU)
+	/* Clean up from qemu hack */
+	xori	%r3,%r3,1
+#endif
 
 	/* Shift registers over */
 	mr	%r3,%r4