diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 2febd0e136..a25619dfbf 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -426,21 +426,30 @@ static void pc_i440fx_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     m->default_display = "std";
 }
 
-static void pc_i440fx_2_11_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+static void pc_i440fx_2_12_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_i440fx_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = "pc";
     m->is_default = 1;
 }
 
+DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(v2_12, "pc-i440fx-2.12", NULL,
+                      pc_i440fx_2_12_machine_options);
+
+static void pc_i440fx_2_11_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+{
+    pc_i440fx_2_12_machine_options(m);
+    m->is_default = 0;
+    m->alias = NULL;
+    SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_11);
+}
+
 DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(v2_11, "pc-i440fx-2.11", NULL,
                       pc_i440fx_2_11_machine_options);
 
 static void pc_i440fx_2_10_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_i440fx_2_11_machine_options(m);
-    m->is_default = 0;
-    m->alias = NULL;
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_10);
     m->auto_enable_numa_with_memhp = false;
 }
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index d6060043ac..5c6c608fcb 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -303,19 +303,28 @@ static void pc_q35_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     m->max_cpus = 288;
 }
 
-static void pc_q35_2_11_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+static void pc_q35_2_12_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_q35_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = "q35";
 }
 
+DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(v2_12, "pc-q35-2.12", NULL,
+                   pc_q35_2_12_machine_options);
+
+static void pc_q35_2_11_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+{
+    pc_q35_2_12_machine_options(m);
+    m->alias = NULL;
+    SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_11);
+}
+
 DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(v2_11, "pc-q35-2.11", NULL,
                    pc_q35_2_11_machine_options);
 
 static void pc_q35_2_10_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_q35_2_11_machine_options(m);
-    m->alias = NULL;
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_2_10);
     m->numa_auto_assign_ram = numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram;
     m->auto_enable_numa_with_memhp = false;
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 6f77eb0665..83d825e896 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ int e820_add_entry(uint64_t, uint64_t, uint32_t);
 int e820_get_num_entries(void);
 bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t *);
 
+#define PC_COMPAT_2_11 \
+    HW_COMPAT_2_11 \
+
 #define PC_COMPAT_2_10 \
     HW_COMPAT_2_10 \
     {\