diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 23cde20019..e1a9fd7ff3 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1784,8 +1784,6 @@ static void spapr_machine_2_2_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     mc->name = "pseries-2.2";
     mc->desc = "pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant) v2.2";
-    mc->alias = "pseries";
-    mc->is_default = 1;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo spapr_machine_2_2_info = {
@@ -1794,11 +1792,28 @@ static const TypeInfo spapr_machine_2_2_info = {
     .class_init    = spapr_machine_2_2_class_init,
 };
 
+static void spapr_machine_2_3_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    mc->name = "pseries-2.3";
+    mc->desc = "pSeries Logical Partition (PAPR compliant) v2.3";
+    mc->alias = "pseries";
+    mc->is_default = 1;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo spapr_machine_2_3_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_SPAPR_MACHINE "2.3",
+    .parent        = TYPE_SPAPR_MACHINE,
+    .class_init    = spapr_machine_2_3_class_init,
+};
+
 static void spapr_machine_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&spapr_machine_info);
     type_register_static(&spapr_machine_2_1_info);
     type_register_static(&spapr_machine_2_2_info);
+    type_register_static(&spapr_machine_2_3_info);
 }
 
 type_init(spapr_machine_register_types)