diff --git a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
index d916baed6a..4b7ad77a44 100644
--- a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
+++ b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_SMBIOS_H
 #define QEMU_SMBIOS_H
 
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-machine.h"
+
 /*
  * SMBIOS Support
  *
@@ -23,14 +25,6 @@ struct smbios_phys_mem_area {
     uint64_t length;
 };
 
-/*
- * SMBIOS spec defined tables
- */
-typedef enum SmbiosEntryPointType {
-    SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_32,
-    SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_64,
-} SmbiosEntryPointType;
-
 /* SMBIOS Entry Point
  * There are two types of entry points defined in the SMBIOS specification
  * (see below). BIOS must place the entry point(s) at a 16-byte-aligned
diff --git a/qapi/machine.json b/qapi/machine.json
index 372535b348..b6a37e17c4 100644
--- a/qapi/machine.json
+++ b/qapi/machine.json
@@ -1568,3 +1568,15 @@
 { 'command': 'x-query-usb',
   'returns': 'HumanReadableText',
   'features': [ 'unstable' ] }
+
+##
+# @SmbiosEntryPointType:
+#
+# @32: SMBIOS version 2.1 (32-bit) Entry Point
+#
+# @64: SMBIOS version 3.0 (64-bit) Entry Point
+#
+# Since: 7.0
+##
+{ 'enum': 'SmbiosEntryPointType',
+  'data': [ '32', '64' ] }