diff --git a/hw/ppc/Makefile.objs b/hw/ppc/Makefile.objs
index 8fe21235f093c169c5dc38b038893013fd58f9e0..44921273c36b95d957dff82cd1d5a1f7a8460779 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/ppc/Makefile.objs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj-y += ppc_newworld.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += spapr.o spapr_hcall.o spapr_rtas.o spapr_vio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += xics.o spapr_vty.o spapr_llan.o spapr_vscsi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += spapr_pci.o pci-hotplug.o spapr_iommu.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += spapr_events.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += spapr_events.o spapr_nvram.o
 # PowerPC 4xx boards
 obj-y += ppc4xx_devs.o ppc4xx_pci.o ppc405_uc.o ppc405_boards.o
 obj-y += ppc440_bamboo.o
diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index eafee0313d71f5876c9c5b4e6835b78cf058240f..d23aa9d7c1da7ca5395160260ae7be19e8a441a2 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -657,6 +657,36 @@ static void spapr_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
         (spapr->htab_shift - 18);
 }
 
+static void spapr_create_nvram(sPAPREnvironment *spapr)
+{
+    QemuOpts *machine_opts;
+    DeviceState *dev;
+
+    dev = qdev_create(&spapr->vio_bus->bus, "spapr-nvram");
+
+    machine_opts = qemu_opts_find(qemu_find_opts("machine"), 0);
+    if (machine_opts) {
+        const char *drivename;
+
+        drivename = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "nvram");
+        if (drivename) {
+            BlockDriverState *bs;
+
+            bs = bdrv_find(drivename);
+            if (!bs) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "No such block device \"%s\" for nvram\n",
+                        drivename);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            qdev_prop_set_drive_nofail(dev, "drive", bs);
+        }
+    }
+
+    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+
+    spapr->nvram = (struct sPAPRNVRAM *)dev;
+}
+
 /* Returns whether we want to use VGA or not */
 static int spapr_vga_init(PCIBus *pci_bus)
 {
@@ -818,6 +848,9 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
         }
     }
 
+    /* We always have at least the nvram device on VIO */
+    spapr_create_nvram(spapr);
+
     /* Set up PCI */
     spapr_pci_rtas_init();
 
diff --git a/hw/spapr.h b/hw/spapr.h
index 971a50ab02b459a8536d5662fe954550225376e4..600722f13229ee96972fa77cb92419e47eeecfc6 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.h
+++ b/hw/spapr.h
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 
 struct VIOsPAPRBus;
 struct sPAPRPHBState;
+struct sPAPRNVRAM;
 struct icp_state;
 
 typedef struct sPAPREnvironment {
     struct VIOsPAPRBus *vio_bus;
     QLIST_HEAD(, sPAPRPHBState) phbs;
+    struct sPAPRNVRAM *nvram;
     struct icp_state *icp;
 
     hwaddr ram_limit;
diff --git a/hw/spapr_nvram.c b/hw/spapr_nvram.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..641de485f9c9a1ca089a1b630762ea839f0fd5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/spapr_nvram.c
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU sPAPR NVRAM emulation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 David Gibson, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <libfdt.h>
+
+#include "device_tree.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "hw/spapr.h"
+#include "hw/spapr_vio.h"
+
+typedef struct sPAPRNVRAM {
+    VIOsPAPRDevice sdev;
+    uint32_t size;
+    uint8_t *buf;
+    BlockDriverState *drive;
+} sPAPRNVRAM;
+
+#define MIN_NVRAM_SIZE 8192
+#define DEFAULT_NVRAM_SIZE 16384
+#define MAX_NVRAM_SIZE (UINT16_MAX * 16)
+
+static void rtas_nvram_fetch(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                             uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
+                             target_ulong args,
+                             uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
+{
+    sPAPRNVRAM *nvram = spapr->nvram;
+    hwaddr offset, buffer, len;
+    int alen;
+    void *membuf;
+
+    if ((nargs != 3) || (nret != 2)) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!nvram) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -1);
+        rtas_st(rets, 1, 0);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    offset = rtas_ld(args, 0);
+    buffer = rtas_ld(args, 1);
+    len = rtas_ld(args, 2);
+
+    if (((offset + len) < offset)
+        || ((offset + len) > nvram->size)) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        rtas_st(rets, 1, 0);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    membuf = cpu_physical_memory_map(buffer, &len, 1);
+    if (nvram->drive) {
+        alen = bdrv_pread(nvram->drive, offset, membuf, len);
+    } else {
+        assert(nvram->buf);
+
+        memcpy(membuf, nvram->buf + offset, len);
+        alen = len;
+    }
+    cpu_physical_memory_unmap(membuf, len, 1, len);
+
+    rtas_st(rets, 0, (alen < len) ? -1 : 0);
+    rtas_st(rets, 1, (alen < 0) ? 0 : alen);
+}
+
+static void rtas_nvram_store(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                             uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
+                             target_ulong args,
+                             uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
+{
+    sPAPRNVRAM *nvram = spapr->nvram;
+    hwaddr offset, buffer, len;
+    int alen;
+    void *membuf;
+
+    if ((nargs != 3) || (nret != 2)) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!nvram) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    offset = rtas_ld(args, 0);
+    buffer = rtas_ld(args, 1);
+    len = rtas_ld(args, 2);
+
+    if (((offset + len) < offset)
+        || ((offset + len) > nvram->size)) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    membuf = cpu_physical_memory_map(buffer, &len, 0);
+    if (nvram->drive) {
+        alen = bdrv_pwrite(nvram->drive, offset, membuf, len);
+    } else {
+        assert(nvram->buf);
+
+        memcpy(nvram->buf + offset, membuf, len);
+        alen = len;
+    }
+    cpu_physical_memory_unmap(membuf, len, 0, len);
+
+    rtas_st(rets, 0, (alen < len) ? -1 : 0);
+    rtas_st(rets, 1, (alen < 0) ? 0 : alen);
+}
+
+static int spapr_nvram_init(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev)
+{
+    sPAPRNVRAM *nvram = (sPAPRNVRAM *)dev;
+
+    if (nvram->drive) {
+        nvram->size = bdrv_getlength(nvram->drive);
+    } else {
+        nvram->size = DEFAULT_NVRAM_SIZE;
+        nvram->buf = g_malloc0(nvram->size);
+    }
+
+    if ((nvram->size < MIN_NVRAM_SIZE) || (nvram->size > MAX_NVRAM_SIZE)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "spapr-nvram must be between %d and %d bytes in size\n",
+                MIN_NVRAM_SIZE, MAX_NVRAM_SIZE);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    spapr_rtas_register("nvram-fetch", rtas_nvram_fetch);
+    spapr_rtas_register("nvram-store", rtas_nvram_store);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int spapr_nvram_devnode(VIOsPAPRDevice *dev, void *fdt, int node_off)
+{
+    sPAPRNVRAM *nvram = (sPAPRNVRAM *)dev;
+
+    return fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, node_off, "#bytes", nvram->size);
+}
+
+static Property spapr_nvram_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_SPAPR_PROPERTIES(sPAPRNVRAM, sdev),
+    DEFINE_PROP_DRIVE("drive", sPAPRNVRAM, drive),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void spapr_nvram_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    VIOsPAPRDeviceClass *k = VIO_SPAPR_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    k->init = spapr_nvram_init;
+    k->devnode = spapr_nvram_devnode;
+    k->dt_name = "nvram";
+    k->dt_type = "nvram";
+    k->dt_compatible = "qemu,spapr-nvram";
+    dc->props = spapr_nvram_properties;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo spapr_nvram_type_info = {
+    .name          = "spapr-nvram",
+    .parent        = TYPE_VIO_SPAPR_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(sPAPRNVRAM),
+    .class_init    = spapr_nvram_class_init,
+};
+
+static void spapr_nvram_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&spapr_nvram_type_info);
+}
+
+type_init(spapr_nvram_register_types)
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index aa78fb9ea7fbb92a25d8de7df13489f739203be9..de100516543e770e1f52d5a0ea7131341b74bbc6 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -579,6 +579,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
             .name = "usb",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
             .help = "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
+        }, {
+            .name = "nvram",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Drive backing persistent NVRAM",
         },
         { /* End of list */ }
     },