diff --git a/bsd-user/elfload.c b/bsd-user/elfload.c
index ccb1744800..c28ef34143 100644
--- a/bsd-user/elfload.c
+++ b/bsd-user/elfload.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "qemu/path.h"
 
 #include "target_arch_elf.h"
+#include "target_os_thread.h"
 
 /* this flag is uneffective under linux too, should be deleted */
 #ifndef MAP_DENYWRITE
@@ -1001,5 +1002,6 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct bsd_binprm *bprm, struct target_pt_regs *regs,
 
 void do_init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs, struct image_info *infop)
 {
-    init_thread(regs, infop);
+
+    target_thread_init(regs, infop);
 }
diff --git a/bsd-user/freebsd/target_os_thread.h b/bsd-user/freebsd/target_os_thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77433acdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsd-user/freebsd/target_os_thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  FreeBSD thread dependent code and definitions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Stacey D. Son
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+#define _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+
+#include "target_arch_thread.h"
+
+#endif /* !_TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_ */
diff --git a/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_elf.h b/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_elf.h
index 84f61bd930..eb760e07fa 100644
--- a/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_elf.h
+++ b/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_elf.h
@@ -19,62 +19,16 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_ARCH_ELF_H_
 #define _TARGET_ARCH_ELF_H_
 
-#define ELF_PLATFORM get_elf_platform()
-
-static const char *get_elf_platform(void)
-{
-    static char elf_platform[] = "i386";
-    int family = object_property_get_int(OBJECT(thread_cpu), "family", NULL);
-    if (family > 6) {
-        family = 6;
-    }
-    if (family >= 3) {
-        elf_platform[1] = '0' + family;
-    }
-    return elf_platform;
-}
-
-#define ELF_HWCAP get_elf_hwcap()
-
-static uint32_t get_elf_hwcap(void)
-{
-    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(thread_cpu);
-
-    return cpu->env.features[FEAT_1_EDX];
-}
-
 #define ELF_START_MMAP 0x80000000
-
-/*
- * This is used to ensure we don't load something for the wrong architecture.
- */
+#define ELF_ET_DYN_LOAD_ADDR    0x01001000
 #define elf_check_arch(x) (((x) == EM_386) || ((x) == EM_486))
 
-/*
- * These are used to set parameters in the core dumps.
- */
+#define ELF_HWCAP       0 /* FreeBSD doesn't do AT_HWCAP{,2} on x86 */
+
 #define ELF_CLASS       ELFCLASS32
 #define ELF_DATA        ELFDATA2LSB
 #define ELF_ARCH        EM_386
 
-static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
-                               struct image_info *infop)
-{
-    regs->esp = infop->start_stack;
-    regs->eip = infop->entry;
-
-    /*
-     * SVR4/i386 ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the program
-     * starts %edx contains a pointer to a function which might be
-     * registered using `atexit'.  This provides a mean for the
-     * dynamic linker to call DT_FINI functions for shared libraries
-     * that have been loaded before the code runs.
-     *
-     * A value of 0 tells we have no such handler.
-     */
-    regs->edx = 0;
-}
-
 #define USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
 #define ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE       4096
 
diff --git a/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_thread.h b/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e65e476f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsd-user/i386/target_arch_thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ *  i386 thread support
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Stacey D. Son
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef _TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_
+#define _TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_
+
+/* Compare to vm_machdep.c cpu_set_upcall_kse() */
+static inline void target_thread_set_upcall(CPUX86State *regs, abi_ulong entry,
+    abi_ulong arg, abi_ulong stack_base, abi_ulong stack_size)
+{
+    /* XXX */
+}
+
+static inline void target_thread_init(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
+        struct image_info *infop)
+{
+    regs->esp = infop->start_stack;
+    regs->eip = infop->entry;
+
+    /*
+     * SVR4/i386 ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the program starts %edx
+     * contains a pointer to a function which might be registered using
+     * `atexit'.  This provides a mean for the dynamic linker to call DT_FINI
+     * functions for shared libraries that have been loaded before the code
+     * runs.
+     *
+     * A value of 0 tells we have no such handler.
+     */
+    regs->edx = 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* !_TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_ */
diff --git a/bsd-user/netbsd/target_os_thread.h b/bsd-user/netbsd/target_os_thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..904dd1bf78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsd-user/netbsd/target_os_thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  NetBSD thread dependent code and definitions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Stacey D. Son
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+#define _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+
+#include "target_arch_thread.h"
+
+#endif /* !_TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_ */
diff --git a/bsd-user/openbsd/target_os_thread.h b/bsd-user/openbsd/target_os_thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01ed0d9fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsd-user/openbsd/target_os_thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  OpenBSD thread dependent code and definitions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Stacey D. Son
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+#define _TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_
+
+#include "target_arch_thread.h"
+
+#endif /* !_TARGET_OS_THREAD_H_ */
diff --git a/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_elf.h b/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_elf.h
index e7c8aa2755..c2f8553962 100644
--- a/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_elf.h
+++ b/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_elf.h
@@ -19,48 +19,16 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_ARCH_ELF_H_
 #define _TARGET_ARCH_ELF_H_
 
-#define ELF_PLATFORM get_elf_platform()
-
-static const char *get_elf_platform(void)
-{
-    static char elf_platform[] = "i386";
-    int family = object_property_get_int(OBJECT(thread_cpu), "family", NULL);
-    if (family > 6) {
-        family = 6;
-    }
-    if (family >= 3) {
-        elf_platform[1] = '0' + family;
-    }
-    return elf_platform;
-}
-
-#define ELF_HWCAP get_elf_hwcap()
-
-static uint32_t get_elf_hwcap(void)
-{
-    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(thread_cpu);
-
-    return cpu->env.features[FEAT_1_EDX];
-}
-
 #define ELF_START_MMAP 0x2aaaaab000ULL
+#define ELF_ET_DYN_LOAD_ADDR    0x01021000
 #define elf_check_arch(x) (((x) == ELF_ARCH))
 
+#define ELF_HWCAP      0 /* FreeBSD doesn't do AT_HWCAP{,2} on x86 */
+
 #define ELF_CLASS      ELFCLASS64
 #define ELF_DATA       ELFDATA2LSB
 #define ELF_ARCH       EM_X86_64
 
-static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
-                               struct image_info *infop)
-{
-    regs->rax = 0;
-    regs->rsp = infop->start_stack;
-    regs->rip = infop->entry;
-    if (bsd_type == target_freebsd) {
-        regs->rdi = infop->start_stack;
-    }
-}
-
 #define USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
 #define ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE       4096
 
diff --git a/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_thread.h b/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d105e43fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bsd-user/x86_64/target_arch_thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ *  x86_64 thread support
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Stacey D. Son
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef _TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_
+#define _TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_
+
+/* Compare to vm_machdep.c cpu_set_upcall_kse() */
+static inline void target_thread_set_upcall(CPUX86State *regs, abi_ulong entry,
+    abi_ulong arg, abi_ulong stack_base, abi_ulong stack_size)
+{
+    /* XXX */
+}
+
+static inline void target_thread_init(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
+    struct image_info *infop)
+{
+    regs->rax = 0;
+    regs->rsp = infop->start_stack;
+    regs->rip = infop->entry;
+    if (bsd_type == target_freebsd) {
+        regs->rdi = infop->start_stack;
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* !_TARGET_ARCH_THREAD_H_ */