diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.h b/target-arm/cpu.h
index 6c0f9d61d1..a83ce48c4d 100644
--- a/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ void cpu_arm_set_cp_io(CPUARMState *env, int cpnum,
 #define ARM_CPUID_ARM1136_R2  0x4107b362
 #define ARM_CPUID_ARM11MPCORE 0x410fb022
 #define ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA8    0x410fc080
+#define ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA9    0x410fc090
 #define ARM_CPUID_CORTEXM3    0x410fc231
 #define ARM_CPUID_ANY         0xffffffff
 
diff --git a/target-arm/helper.c b/target-arm/helper.c
index cb95c6eaba..ffc14f032b 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.c
+++ b/target-arm/helper.c
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "host-utils.h"
 
+static uint32_t cortexa9_cp15_c0_c1[8] =
+{ 0x1031, 0x11, 0x000, 0, 0x00100103, 0x20000000, 0x01230000, 0x00002111 };
+
+static uint32_t cortexa9_cp15_c0_c2[8] =
+{ 0x00101111, 0x13112111, 0x21232041, 0x11112131, 0x00111142, 0, 0, 0 };
+
 static uint32_t cortexa8_cp15_c0_c1[8] =
 { 0x1031, 0x11, 0x400, 0, 0x31100003, 0x20000000, 0x01202000, 0x11 };
 
@@ -101,6 +107,27 @@ static void cpu_reset_model_id(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t id)
         env->cp15.c0_ccsid[1] = 0x2007e01a; /* 16k L1 icache. */
         env->cp15.c0_ccsid[2] = 0xf0000000; /* No L2 icache. */
         break;
+    case ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA9:
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_V6);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_V6K);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_V7);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_AUXCR);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_THUMB2);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_VFP);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_VFP3);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_VFP_FP16);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_NEON);
+        set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_THUMB2EE);
+        env->vfp.xregs[ARM_VFP_FPSID] = 0x41034000; /* Guess */
+        env->vfp.xregs[ARM_VFP_MVFR0] = 0x11110222;
+        env->vfp.xregs[ARM_VFP_MVFR1] = 0x01111111;
+        memcpy(env->cp15.c0_c1, cortexa9_cp15_c0_c1, 8 * sizeof(uint32_t));
+        memcpy(env->cp15.c0_c2, cortexa9_cp15_c0_c2, 8 * sizeof(uint32_t));
+        env->cp15.c0_cachetype = 0x80038003;
+        env->cp15.c0_clid = (1 << 27) | (1 << 24) | 3;
+        env->cp15.c0_ccsid[0] = 0xe00fe015; /* 16k L1 dcache. */
+        env->cp15.c0_ccsid[1] = 0x200fe015; /* 16k L1 icache. */
+        break;
     case ARM_CPUID_CORTEXM3:
         set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_V6);
         set_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_THUMB2);
@@ -287,6 +314,7 @@ static const struct arm_cpu_t arm_cpu_names[] = {
     { ARM_CPUID_ARM11MPCORE, "arm11mpcore"},
     { ARM_CPUID_CORTEXM3, "cortex-m3"},
     { ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA8, "cortex-a8"},
+    { ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA9, "cortex-a9"},
     { ARM_CPUID_TI925T, "ti925t" },
     { ARM_CPUID_PXA250, "pxa250" },
     { ARM_CPUID_PXA255, "pxa255" },
@@ -1633,7 +1661,11 @@ uint32_t HELPER(get_cp15)(CPUState *env, uint32_t insn)
                 case 3: /* TLB type register.  */
                     return 0; /* No lockable TLB entries.  */
                 case 5: /* CPU ID */
-                    return env->cpu_index;
+                    if (ARM_CPUID(env) == ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA9) {
+                        return env->cpu_index | 0x80000900;
+                    } else {
+                        return env->cpu_index;
+                    }
                 default:
                     goto bad_reg;
                 }
@@ -1697,6 +1729,8 @@ uint32_t HELPER(get_cp15)(CPUState *env, uint32_t insn)
                 return 1;
             case ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA8:
                 return 2;
+            case ARM_CPUID_CORTEXA9:
+                return 0;
             default:
                 goto bad_reg;
             }