diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 57564e5b8e504c84973900e3838c16913c392c45..0787c664865a5ff608f3e4ef2388dad0a7dc9afc 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1815,6 +1815,11 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     if (mc->query_hotpluggable_cpus) {
         char *type = spapr_get_cpu_core_type(machine->cpu_model);
 
+        if (type == NULL) {
+            error_report("Unable to find sPAPR CPU Core definition");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
         spapr->cores = g_new0(Object *, spapr_max_cores);
         for (i = 0; i < spapr_max_cores; i++) {
             int core_id = i * smp_threads;
@@ -1826,15 +1831,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
             qemu_register_reset(spapr_drc_reset, drc);
 
             if (i < spapr_cores) {
-                char *type = spapr_get_cpu_core_type(machine->cpu_model);
-                Object *core;
-
-                if (!object_class_by_name(type)) {
-                    error_report("Unable to find sPAPR CPU Core definition");
-                    exit(1);
-                }
-
-                core  = object_new(type);
+                Object *core  = object_new(type);
                 object_property_set_int(core, smp_threads, "nr-threads",
                                         &error_fatal);
                 object_property_set_int(core, core_id, CPU_CORE_PROP_CORE_ID,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 716f7c44cdbb39ee43c05d1ca08da86e560073a3..bcb483dbe69af4ece1a659780494b5073543d2ae 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ char *spapr_get_cpu_core_type(const char *model)
 
     core_type = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", model_pieces[0], TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE);
     g_strfreev(model_pieces);
+
+    /* Check whether it exists or whether we have to look up an alias name */
+    if (!object_class_by_name(core_type)) {
+        const char *realmodel;
+
+        g_free(core_type);
+        realmodel = ppc_cpu_lookup_alias(model);
+        if (realmodel) {
+            return spapr_get_cpu_core_type(realmodel);
+        }
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     return core_type;
 }
 
@@ -354,41 +367,32 @@ typedef struct SPAPRCoreInfo {
 } SPAPRCoreInfo;
 
 static const SPAPRCoreInfo spapr_cores[] = {
-    /* 970 and aliaes */
+    /* 970 */
     { .name = "970_v2.2", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970_initfn },
-    { .name = "970", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970_initfn },
 
-    /* 970MP variants and aliases */
+    /* 970MP variants */
     { .name = "970MP_v1.0", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970MP_v10_initfn },
     { .name = "970mp_v1.0", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970MP_v10_initfn },
     { .name = "970MP_v1.1", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970MP_v11_initfn },
     { .name = "970mp_v1.1", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970MP_v11_initfn },
-    { .name = "970mp", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_970MP_v11_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER5 and aliases */
+    /* POWER5+ */
     { .name = "POWER5+_v2.1", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER5plus_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER5+", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER5plus_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER7 and aliases */
+    /* POWER7 */
     { .name = "POWER7_v2.3", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER7_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER7", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER7_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER7+ and aliases */
+    /* POWER7+ */
     { .name = "POWER7+_v2.1", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER7plus_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER7+", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER7plus_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER8 and aliases */
+    /* POWER8 */
     { .name = "POWER8_v2.0", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER8", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8_initfn },
-    { .name = "power8", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER8E and aliases */
+    /* POWER8E */
     { .name = "POWER8E_v2.1", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8E_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER8E", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8E_initfn },
 
-    /* POWER8NVL and aliases */
+    /* POWER8NVL */
     { .name = "POWER8NVL_v1.0", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8NVL_initfn },
-    { .name = "POWER8NVL", .initfn = spapr_cpu_core_POWER8NVL_initfn },
 
     { .name = NULL }
 };
diff --git a/target-ppc/arch_dump.c b/target-ppc/arch_dump.c
index df1fd8c336827a51b8b108256df8c468b25c2e74..40282a1f50fa853958019e9bbbd58800ef8e0f20 100644
--- a/target-ppc/arch_dump.c
+++ b/target-ppc/arch_dump.c
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ int cpu_get_dump_info(ArchDumpInfo *info,
     } else {
         info->d_endian = ELFDATA2LSB;
     }
+    /* 64KB is the max page size for pseries kernel */
+    if (strncmp(object_get_typename(qdev_get_machine()),
+                "pseries-", 8) == 0) {
+        info->page_size = (1U << 16);
+    }
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target-ppc/cpu.h b/target-ppc/cpu.h
index 5fce1ffa251ad85f8d60a9803478b6148f05bca9..786ab5cdfa24cc226a7122b8417e453d5046ce5a 100644
--- a/target-ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target-ppc/cpu.h
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ extern const struct VMStateDescription vmstate_ppc_cpu;
 /*****************************************************************************/
 PowerPCCPU *cpu_ppc_init(const char *cpu_model);
 void ppc_translate_init(void);
+const char *ppc_cpu_lookup_alias(const char *alias);
 void gen_update_current_nip(void *opaque);
 /* you can call this signal handler from your SIGBUS and SIGSEGV
    signal handlers to inform the virtual CPU of exceptions. non zero
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index 84764edeae714fd2b384e2d3cab7b216c6efc9d8..dcb68b9081266b85e2485fdd74a3d7500af4aacc 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2394,6 +2394,13 @@ static int kvm_ppc_register_host_cpu_type(void)
     type_info.parent = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(pvr_pcc));
     type_register(&type_info);
 
+    /* Register generic family CPU class for a family */
+    pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_get_family_class(pvr_pcc);
+    dc = DEVICE_CLASS(pvr_pcc);
+    type_info.parent = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(pvr_pcc));
+    type_info.name = g_strdup_printf("%s-"TYPE_POWERPC_CPU, dc->desc);
+    type_register(&type_info);
+
 #if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
     type_info.name = g_strdup_printf("%s-"TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE, "host");
     type_info.parent = TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE,
@@ -2402,16 +2409,12 @@ static int kvm_ppc_register_host_cpu_type(void)
     type_info.class_init = NULL;
     type_register(&type_info);
     g_free((void *)type_info.name);
-    type_info.instance_size = 0;
-    type_info.instance_init = NULL;
-#endif
 
-    /* Register generic family CPU class for a family */
-    pvr_pcc = ppc_cpu_get_family_class(pvr_pcc);
-    dc = DEVICE_CLASS(pvr_pcc);
-    type_info.parent = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(pvr_pcc));
-    type_info.name = g_strdup_printf("%s-"TYPE_POWERPC_CPU, dc->desc);
+    /* Register generic spapr CPU family class for current host CPU type */
+    type_info.name = g_strdup_printf("%s-"TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE, dc->desc);
     type_register(&type_info);
+    g_free((void *)type_info.name);
+#endif
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target-ppc/translate_init.c b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
index 5f28a36998827cbafe51e41680eb84a859bb90b9..7a9b15e7e1f2af93b588fcf0b185c2653eaeba8d 100644
--- a/target-ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -10012,6 +10012,19 @@ static ObjectClass *ppc_cpu_class_by_name(const char *name)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+const char *ppc_cpu_lookup_alias(const char *alias)
+{
+    int ai;
+
+    for (ai = 0; ppc_cpu_aliases[ai].alias != NULL; ai++) {
+        if (strcmp(ppc_cpu_aliases[ai].alias, alias) == 0) {
+            return ppc_cpu_aliases[ai].model;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 PowerPCCPU *cpu_ppc_init(const char *cpu_model)
 {
     return POWERPC_CPU(cpu_generic_init(TYPE_POWERPC_CPU, cpu_model));