diff --git a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/cpu.h b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/cpu.h
index 1fe12e5230..7363132a19 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/cpu.h
+++ b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/cpu.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ static inline unsigned int cpuid_edx(unsigned int op)
 #define X86_VENDOR_TRANSMETA  8
 #define X86_VENDOR_NSC        9
 #define X86_VENDOR_SIS       10
+#define X86_VENDOR_ANY     0xfe
 #define X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN 0xff
 
 #if !defined(__PRE_RAM__) && !defined(__SMM__)
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/lib/cpu.c b/src/arch/x86/lib/cpu.c
index be8e38da13..bddfe1ae12 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/lib/cpu.c
+++ b/src/arch/x86/lib/cpu.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ struct cpu_driver *find_cpu_driver(struct device *cpu)
 			{
 				return driver;
 			}
+			if (X86_VENDOR_ANY == id->vendor)
+				return driver;
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/src/cpu/Kconfig b/src/cpu/Kconfig
index dd28cb7ff8..d1e52376dd 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if ARCH_X86
 source src/cpu/amd/Kconfig
 source src/cpu/intel/Kconfig
 source src/cpu/via/Kconfig
+source src/cpu/qemu-x86/Kconfig
 source src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
 
 config CACHE_AS_RAM
diff --git a/src/cpu/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
index 25ef424f35..8b9d0747c8 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/Makefile.inc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ subdirs-y += samsung
 subdirs-y += ti
 subdirs-y += via
 subdirs-y += x86
+subdirs-$(CONFIG_CPU_QEMU_X86) += qemu-x86
 
 ################################################################################
 ## Rules for building the microcode blob in CBFS
diff --git a/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Kconfig b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c5c3fd4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+##
+## This file is part of the coreboot project.
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2013 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+##
+
+config CPU_QEMU_X86
+	bool
diff --git a/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Makefile.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e206b4d72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+##
+## This file is part of the coreboot project.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+##
+
+ramstage-y += qemu.c
+subdirs-y += ../x86/mtrr
+subdirs-y += ../x86/lapic
diff --git a/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c27a1eeed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <cpu/cpu.h>
+#include <device/device.h>
+
+static struct device_operations cpu_dev_ops = {
+};
+
+static struct cpu_device_id cpu_table[] = {
+	{ X86_VENDOR_ANY, 0 },
+	{ 0, 0 },
+};
+
+static const struct cpu_driver driver __cpu_driver = {
+	.ops      = &cpu_dev_ops,
+	.id_table = cpu_table,
+};
+
+struct chip_operations cpu_x86_qemu_ops = {
+	CHIP_NAME("QEMU x86 CPU")
+};