diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index d62787ab9fff0b587b0cb24ce50f0e60a1ed9fe8..9c91e70d8ee252f41fc6e9f878406ef3cbd3f0b5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -774,10 +774,17 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_SEAD
 all:	vmlinux.srec
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_QEMU
+all:	vmlinux.bin
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_SNI_RM200_PCI
 all:	vmlinux.ecoff
 endif
 
+vmlinux.bin: $(vmlinux-32)
+	+@$(call makeboot,$@)
+
 vmlinux.ecoff vmlinux.rm200: $(vmlinux-32)
 	+@$(call makeboot,$@)
 
@@ -793,7 +800,6 @@ archclean:
 	@$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/boot
 	@$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/lasat
 
-
 CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.32 \
 	       vmlinux.64 \
 	       vmlinux.ecoff
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
index efbeac326815fd24e47fd194375f427bdce3d95c..0dc84417bf49367e37c9ef63306230c2658ebcf1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ vmlinux.ecoff: $(obj)/elf2ecoff $(VMLINUX)
 $(obj)/elf2ecoff: $(obj)/elf2ecoff.c
 	$(HOSTCC) -o $@ $^
 
+vmlinux.bin: $(VMLINUX)
+	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $(strip-flags) $(VMLINUX) $(obj)/vmlinux.bin
+
 vmlinux.srec: $(VMLINUX)
 	$(OBJCOPY) -S -O srec $(strip-flags) $(VMLINUX) $(obj)/vmlinux.srec
 
@@ -45,5 +48,6 @@ archhelp:
 
 clean-files += addinitrd \
 	       elf2ecoff \
+	       vmlinux.bin \
 	       vmlinux.ecoff \
 	       vmlinux.srec