diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c3faa38790..2a43dbcd7c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "roms/openbios"]
 	path = roms/openbios
 	url = git://git.qemu.org/openbios.git
+[submodule "roms/qemu-palcode"]
+	path = roms/qemu-palcode
+	url = git://repo.or.cz/qemu-palcode.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6ed3194fd7..8b6c19a0a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ bamboo.dtb petalogix-s3adsp1800.dtb petalogix-ml605.dtb \
 mpc8544ds.dtb \
 multiboot.bin linuxboot.bin \
 s390-zipl.rom \
-spapr-rtas.bin slof.bin
+spapr-rtas.bin slof.bin \
+palcode-clipper
 else
 BLOBS=
 endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 29cdd752a9..9b4fe34fce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3618,7 +3618,13 @@ FILES="$FILES tests/cris/Makefile tests/cris/.gdbinit"
 FILES="$FILES pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile pc-bios/keymaps"
 FILES="$FILES pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile"
 FILES="$FILES roms/seabios/Makefile roms/vgabios/Makefile"
-for bios_file in $source_path/pc-bios/*.bin $source_path/pc-bios/*.rom $source_path/pc-bios/*.dtb $source_path/pc-bios/openbios-*; do
+for bios_file in \
+    $source_path/pc-bios/*.bin \
+    $source_path/pc-bios/*.rom \
+    $source_path/pc-bios/*.dtb \
+    $source_path/pc-bios/openbios-* \
+    $source_path/pc-bios/palcode-*
+do
     FILES="$FILES pc-bios/`basename $bios_file`"
 done
 mkdir -p $DIRS
diff --git a/pc-bios/README b/pc-bios/README
index 02651fe224..4d1d816fdb 100644
--- a/pc-bios/README
+++ b/pc-bios/README
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@
 - The S390 zipl loader is an addition to the official IBM s390-tools
   package. That fork is maintained in its own git repository at:
   git://repo.or.cz/s390-tools.git
+
+- The sources for the Alpha palcode image is available from:
+  git://repo.or.cz/qemu-palcode.git
diff --git a/pc-bios/palcode-clipper b/pc-bios/palcode-clipper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a92372c107
Binary files /dev/null and b/pc-bios/palcode-clipper differ
diff --git a/roms/qemu-palcode b/roms/qemu-palcode
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..7abb12f60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roms/qemu-palcode
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7abb12f60eb3069019e9497e193733d77d8f0722