diff --git a/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
index ca34cf446242084381abba33dc7d0bf08e28801c..54f855d0720602a759d8ea1fd751eeccccabc368 100644
--- a/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ CONFIG_STELLARIS_INPUT=y
 CONFIG_STELLARIS_ENET=y
 CONFIG_SSD0303=y
 CONFIG_SSD0323=y
+CONFIG_DDC=y
+CONFIG_SII9022=y
 CONFIG_ADS7846=y
 CONFIG_MAX111X=y
 CONFIG_SSI=y
diff --git a/hw/arm/vexpress.c b/hw/arm/vexpress.c
index dc5928ae1ab5a4e8ec093ef687be070b0e95e82e..9fad79177a1922f28f22fa59ca1197941025dc30 100644
--- a/hw/arm/vexpress.c
+++ b/hw/arm/vexpress.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "hw/arm/arm.h"
 #include "hw/arm/primecell.h"
 #include "hw/devices.h"
+#include "hw/i2c/i2c.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ static void vexpress_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     uint32_t sys_id;
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
     pflash_t *pflash0;
+    I2CBus *i2c;
     ram_addr_t vram_size, sram_size;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
     MemoryRegion *vram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
@@ -628,7 +630,9 @@ static void vexpress_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     sysbus_create_simple("sp804", map[VE_TIMER01], pic[2]);
     sysbus_create_simple("sp804", map[VE_TIMER23], pic[3]);
 
-    /* VE_SERIALDVI: not modelled */
+    dev = sysbus_create_simple("versatile_i2c", map[VE_SERIALDVI], NULL);
+    i2c = (I2CBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "i2c");
+    i2c_create_slave(i2c, "sii9022", 0x39);
 
     sysbus_create_simple("pl031", map[VE_RTC], pic[4]); /* RTC */