diff --git a/target-arm/Makefile.objs b/target-arm/Makefile.objs
index 190499f068c18edcbe638eb642fb2169d0630f09..dcd167e0d880e48a855388b2ff0e1aaa04fc8a31 100644
--- a/target-arm/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target-arm/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_KVM)) += kvm-stub.o
 obj-y += translate.o op_helper.o helper.o cpu.o
 obj-y += neon_helper.o iwmmxt_helper.o
 obj-y += gdbstub.o
-obj-$(TARGET_AARCH64) += cpu64.o translate-a64.o gdbstub64.o
+obj-$(TARGET_AARCH64) += cpu64.o translate-a64.o helper-a64.o gdbstub64.o
 obj-y += crypto_helper.o
diff --git a/target-arm/helper-a64.c b/target-arm/helper-a64.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..adb842810533911c23037fb22cc612ce7bf8bda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-arm/helper-a64.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  AArch64 specific helpers
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "exec/gdbstub.h"
+#include "helper.h"
+#include "qemu/host-utils.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qemu/bitops.h"
diff --git a/target-arm/helper-a64.h b/target-arm/helper-a64.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd283061dd73e04827645119fd42d8d54695c091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-arm/helper-a64.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ *  AArch64 specific helper definitions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
diff --git a/target-arm/helper.h b/target-arm/helper.h
index 496eb6511c87b80b17d556e1586e09e2bafc07bc..73d67dcc179b15907016c96edf6035bffd7b86e7 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.h
+++ b/target-arm/helper.h
@@ -466,4 +466,8 @@ DEF_HELPER_3(neon_qzip32, void, env, i32, i32)
 DEF_HELPER_4(crypto_aese, void, env, i32, i32, i32)
 DEF_HELPER_4(crypto_aesmc, void, env, i32, i32, i32)
 
+#ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
+#include "helper-a64.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "exec/def-helper.h"