diff --git a/hw/arm/armv7m.c b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
index 0f2c8e066cffec6b6162f2493d53ad60f3a78d89..adae11e76edc918b14c9f52d10b7b814d017832d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/armv7m.c
+++ b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
             return;
         }
     }
+    if (object_property_find(OBJECT(s->cpu), "start-powered-off", NULL)) {
+        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s->cpu), s->start_powered_off,
+                                 "start-powered-off", &err);
+        if (err != NULL) {
+            error_propagate(errp, err);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 
     /*
      * Tell the CPU where the NVIC is; it will fail realize if it doesn't
@@ -250,6 +258,8 @@ static Property armv7m_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_LINK("idau", ARMv7MState, idau, TYPE_IDAU_INTERFACE, Object *),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("init-svtor", ARMv7MState, init_svtor, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("enable-bitband", ARMv7MState, enable_bitband, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("start-powered-off", ARMv7MState, start_powered_off,
+                     false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/armv7m.h b/include/hw/arm/armv7m.h
index 2ba24953b633185da610efeba4beefc541ac38d4..e96a98f80931aa19fbbcc2239b35a7eb589a1891 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/armv7m.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/armv7m.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef struct ARMv7MState {
     Object *idau;
     uint32_t init_svtor;
     bool enable_bitband;
+    bool start_powered_off;
 } ARMv7MState;
 
 #endif