diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
index f98e9f73a5e69a92898b774a44ddcd36c747bd75..456dea0a6c8a8b7d8cd6fdb57068bd6cbdbc0df4 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 #define GIC_DIST_ADDR       0xf9010000
 #define GIC_CPU_ADDR        0xf9020000
 
+static const uint64_t gem_addr[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS] = {
+    0xFF0B0000, 0xFF0C0000, 0xFF0D0000, 0xFF0E0000,
+};
+
+static const int gem_intr[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS] = {
+    57, 59, 61, 63,
+};
+
 typedef struct XlnxZynqMPGICRegion {
     int region_index;
     uint32_t address;
@@ -57,6 +65,11 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_init(Object *obj)
 
     object_initialize(&s->gic, sizeof(s->gic), TYPE_ARM_GIC);
     qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gic), sysbus_get_default());
+
+    for (i = 0; i < XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS; i++) {
+        object_initialize(&s->gem[i], sizeof(s->gem[i]), TYPE_CADENCE_GEM);
+        qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->gem[i]), sysbus_get_default());
+    }
 }
 
 static void xlnx_zynqmp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -64,6 +77,7 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     XlnxZynqMPState *s = XLNX_ZYNQMP(dev);
     MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     uint8_t i;
+    qemu_irq gic_spi[GIC_NUM_SPI_INTR];
     Error *err = NULL;
 
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->gic), "num-irq", GIC_NUM_SPI_INTR + 32);
@@ -127,6 +141,27 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                                arm_gic_ppi_index(i, ARM_VIRT_TIMER_PPI));
         qdev_connect_gpio_out(DEVICE(&s->cpu[i]), 1, irq);
     }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < GIC_NUM_SPI_INTR; i++) {
+        gic_spi[i] = qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(&s->gic), i);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS; i++) {
+        NICInfo *nd = &nd_table[i];
+
+        if (nd->used) {
+            qemu_check_nic_model(nd, TYPE_CADENCE_GEM);
+            qdev_set_nic_properties(DEVICE(&s->gem[i]), nd);
+        }
+        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->gem[i]), true, "realized", &err);
+        if (err) {
+            error_propagate((errp), (err));
+            return;
+        }
+        sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->gem[i]), 0, gem_addr[i]);
+        sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->gem[i]), 0,
+                           gic_spi[gem_intr[i]]);
+    }
 }
 
 static void xlnx_zynqmp_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
index 719bc8b3efc4a4c85aa24b0289a9abd16ce8c310..c6ccbd8981871c37466c87c74b3b00dc831d68cd 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "hw/arm/arm.h"
 #include "hw/intc/arm_gic.h"
+#include "hw/net/cadence_gem.h"
 
 #define TYPE_XLNX_ZYNQMP "xlnx,zynqmp"
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(XlnxZynqMPState, (obj), \
                                        TYPE_XLNX_ZYNQMP)
 
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_CPUS 4
+#define XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS 4
 
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP_GIC_REGIONS 2
 
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ typedef struct XlnxZynqMPState {
     ARMCPU cpu[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_CPUS];
     GICState gic;
     MemoryRegion gic_mr[XLNX_ZYNQMP_GIC_REGIONS][XLNX_ZYNQMP_GIC_ALIASES];
+    CadenceGEMState gem[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS];
 }  XlnxZynqMPState;
 
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP_H