diff --git a/hw/core/Makefile.objs b/hw/core/Makefile.objs
index 833fd46897..7f8c9dc659 100644
--- a/hw/core/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/core/Makefile.objs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_AXI) += stream.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_PTIMER) += ptimer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += sysbus.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += machine.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += null-machine.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += loader.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += qdev-properties-system.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += register.o
@@ -20,3 +19,4 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += or-irq.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_PLATFORM_BUS) += platform-bus.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += generic-loader.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += null-machine.o
diff --git a/hw/core/null-machine.c b/hw/core/null-machine.c
index 0351ba7828..27c8369b57 100644
--- a/hw/core/null-machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/null-machine.c
@@ -13,18 +13,41 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
 
-static void machine_none_init(MachineState *machine)
+static void machine_none_init(MachineState *mch)
 {
+    CPUState *cpu = NULL;
+
+    /* Initialize CPU (if a model has been specified) */
+    if (mch->cpu_model) {
+        cpu = cpu_init(mch->cpu_model);
+        if (!cpu) {
+            error_report("Unable to initialize CPU");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* RAM at address zero */
+    if (mch->ram_size) {
+        MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
+
+        memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, "ram", mch->ram_size);
+        memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), 0, ram);
+    }
 }
 
 static void machine_none_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
 {
     mc->desc = "empty machine";
     mc->init = machine_none_init;
-    mc->max_cpus = 0;
+    mc->max_cpus = 1;
+    mc->default_ram_size = 0;
 }
 
 DEFINE_MACHINE("none", machine_none_machine_init)